Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook; 1st edition (June 29, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597496510
• ISBN-13: 978-1597496513

eBook Description:

Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android

The open source nature of the platform has not only established a new direction for the industry, but enables a developer or forensic analyst to understand the device at the most fundamental level. Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android covers an open source mobile device platform based on the Linux 2.6 kernel and managed by the Open Handset Alliance. The Android platform is a major source of digital forensic investigation and analysis. This book provides a thorough review of the Android platform including supported hardware devices, the structure of the Android development project and implementation of core services (wireless communication, data storage and other low-level functions). Finally, it will focus on teaching readers how to apply actual forensic techniques to recover data.

Android is now the world’s most popular mobile device platform and still growing at an astonishing rate. Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android provides a thorough review of the Android platform, including the core hardware and software components, file systems and data structures, data security considerations, a detailed review of forensic acquisition techniques and strategies for the subsequent analysis required. A heavy emphasis on open source tools and step-by-step examples are a primary focus on this book.

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Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android

The open source nature of the platform has not only established a new direction for the industry, but enables a developer or forensic analyst to understand the device at the most fundamental level. Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android covers an open source mobile device platform based on the Linux 2.6 kernel and managed by the Open Handset Alliance. The Android platform is a major source of digital forensic investigation and analysis. This book provides a thorough review of the Android platform including supported hardware devices, the structure of the Android development project and implementation of core services (wireless communication, data storage and other low-level functions). Finally, it will focus on teaching readers how to apply actual forensic techniques to recover data.

• Ability to forensically acquire Android devices using the techniques outlined in the book
• Detailed information about Android applications needed for forensics investigations
• Important information about SQLite, a file based structured data storage relevant for both Android and many other platforms.

Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android

Android is now the world’s most popular mobile device platform and still growing at an astonishing rate. Android Forensics: Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Google Android provides a thorough review of the Android platform, including the core hardware and software components, file systems and data structures, data security considerations, a detailed review of forensic acquisition techniques and strategies for the subsequent analysis required. A heavy emphasis on open source tools and step-by-step examples are a primary focus on this book.

• Learn techniques to forensically acquire Android devices
• Includes information about Android applications needed for forensics investigations
• Entire chapter focused on Android Device, Data and App Security, which can assist not only forensic investigators but also for app developers and IT security managers

About the Authors

Andrew Hoog is a computer scientist, certified forensic analyst (GCFA and CCE), computer and mobile forensics researcher, former adjunct professor (assembly language) and owner of viaForensics, an innovative computer and mobile forensic firm.

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