Course Number
695.645
Primary Program
Course Format
In-person

This course introduces the student to the field of applied Mobile Device Forensics as practiced by corporate security and law enforcement personnel. The emphasis is on “live” (powered-on) data extraction and analysis of Linux-based Android mobile devices/cell phones with open-source tools. Topics covered include data extraction from a “live” system; cell phone file systems (EXT/YAFFS) and data recovery; cell phone configuration records; Android/Linux log analysis and operating system artifacts; memory dump analysis (NAND); Android Operating System application artifacts to include SMS/MMS messaging apps, contacts list, calendar, Gmail, browser bookmarks/searches, call logs, picture/video, and GPS/maps; installed application artifacts such as Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok; cell phone network forensics; Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card analysis; and Secure Digital (SD) card analysis.