Learning Android Forensics

Challenges in mobile forensics

With the increased usage of Android devices and the wider array of communication platforms that they support, demand for forensic examination has automatically grown. While working with mobile devices, forensic analysts face a number of challenges. The following points shed light on some of the mobile forensics challenges faced today:

• Preventing data alteration on the device: One of the fundamental rules to remember in forensics is to not modify the evidence. In other words, the forensic techniques that are applied to a device to extract any information, should not alter the data present on the device. But this is not practical with respect to mobile forensics because simply switching ON a device might also change ...