Computer Forensics | Cell Phone Forensics

A brief overview of current topics in digital forensics and related subjects

Cellebrite UFED and Cell Phone Forensics

Got a chance to play with Cellebrite’s UFED device recently.  This device is commonly use by law enforcement to quickly collect data in many modern smartphones.  Much of the appeal for the UFED is that it can collect data from a wide variety of devices, and this data can be analyzed on the spot or [...]

Google-Motorola acquisition

While plenty of ink has spilled over the acquisition of Motorola by Google, this merger has a good chance to push the Android platform past the tipping point.  While Android has been languishing, this move gives Google a little bit more control over the hardware required to produce a cell phone.  While Google is unlikely [...]

Full-Disk Encryption comes to Android

The wonderful folks over at WhisperSys have released a new product called WhisperCore.  This product provides full-disk encryption for the Android-enabled Nexus S smartphone.  WhisperCore can also be configured to encrypt an SD card.  Unfortunately, I do not own a Google Nexus S, so I’m not available to test this piece of software. Of course, [...]