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Cellular/Mobile Phone Forensics Click  HERE  for Cellular/Mobile Phone Forensic Tools Portals, Blogs, Wikis Forensic Focus - Mobile Forensics Forum Training, procedures, software, & hardware   Cell Phone Forensics - Yahoo Group Training, procedures, software, & hardware Mobile Telephone Evidence Excellent site out of the UK maintained by Greg Smith Mobile Device Forensics Another Great site by Michael Harrington Hex-Dump.com Portal Mobile Forensics Central [Registration Required] Mobile Forensics Training [Training & Restricted Forum] Mobile Phone Forensics Forum Multimedia Forensics Forum - Cell Phone Forensics Phone-Forensics Portal Small Scale Digital Device Forensics Mobile Forensics World Conference Videos from 2008 Purdue Phone Phorensics Knowledge Base Articles, Papers, Presentations Abate, Tom Police probe cell phones to thwart criminals September 2008 Afentis Security Mobile Telephone Engineer Codes Mobile Telephone Engineer Codes Part 2 Mobile Telephone Handsets October 2006 SIM Cards - The Essentials [PDF] Akkaladevi, Somasheker, Himabindu Keesara & Xin Luo Efficient Forensic Tools for Handheld Devices: A Comprehensive Perspective [PDF] March 2008 AL-Hajri, Haitham & Krishnun Sansurooah iPhone Forensics Methodology and Tools [PDF] December 2008 In 'Complete Proceedings' Al-Zarouni, Marwan Introduction to Mobile Phone Flasher Devices and Considerations for their Use in Mobile Phone Forensics [PDF] December 2007   Mobile Handset Forensic Evidence - a challenge for Law Enforcement [PDF] December 2006 Almeida, Cathy B. IPhone Tantalizes, Frustrates Forensics Experts August 2007 Ayers, Rick Mobile Device Forensics - Tool Testing [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Ayers, Rick, Wayne Jansen, Nicolas Cilleros & Ronan Daniellou Cell Phone Forensic Tools: An Overview and Analysis [PDF] October 2005 Ayers, Rick, Wayne Jansen, Ludovic Moenner & Aurelien Delaitre Cell Phone Forensic Tools: An Overview and Analysis Update [PDF] March 2007 Bachman, Jim & Peter LaMonica [IJDE] Digital Evidence and Cell Phone Services [PPT Presentation] August 2007 Baggili, Ibrahim M., Richard Mislan & Marcus Rogers [IJDE] Mobile Phone Forensics Tool Testing: A Database Driven Approach [PDF] Fall 2007 Barbanel, Jerry F. & Bruce W. Pixley Data Searching Strategies For Mobile Devices That Can Help Counsel Win Cases [PDF] December 2007 Bhadsavle, Neil & Ju An Wang Validating Tools for Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] 2008 Binns, Roger (Developer of BitPim) BitPim - An application in Python [PDF Presentation] July 2004 LG VX4400 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Susteen Datapilot Review March 2003 Where do I download cell phone specifications? Updated August 2004 Brothers, Sam How Cell Phone 'Forensic' Tools Actually Work [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Burnett, Michael Forensic Examination of a RIM (BlackBerry) Wireless Device [PDF] June 2002 Related PPT Presentation Burnett, Robert & Ylva Hård af Segerstad The SMS Murder Mystery: The Dark Side of Technology [PDF] September 2005 Butler, John Fit a doin'? April 2008 Forensic Analysis of Mobile Phones [PDF] May 2008 Casadei, Fabio, Antonio Savoldi, & Paolo Gubian Forensics and SIM cards: an Overview [PDF] Fall 2006 Case, Chadd Fighting Crime With Cellphones' Clues May 3, 2006 Çeliktutan, Oya, Ismail Avcibas, Bülent Sankur, & Nasir Memonc Source Cell-phone Identification [PDF] 2005 Çeliktutan, Oya, Bülent Sankur & Ismail Avcibas Blind Identification of Source Cell-phone Model [PDF] 2008 Center for Democracy & Technology Court: Constitution Protects Stored Cell Phone Location Information [PDF] September 2008 Central Point [Oregon] Police Department Example Cellular Phone Language for Phone Analysis (Affidavit) [Word doc] CFREDS Mobile Device Images - Micro Systemation .XRY Mobile Device Images - Guidance Software Neutrino Mobile Device Images - Device Seizure Chen, Brian X. IPhone Can Take Screenshots of Anything You Do September 2008 Churchill, Matt Basic Cell Phone and PDA Forensics [PDF Presentation] August 2007 Clark, Jonathan Advanced Cell (Mobile) Phone Forensics [PDF Presentation] October 2007 Computer Forensics Tool Testing Program Mobile Devices Imaging Specifications and Reports Croft, N. J. & M. S. Olivier Sequenced Release of Privacy Accurate Call Data Record Information in a GSM Forensic Investigation [PDF] May 2006 Daniels, Keith & Chris Sanft Creating a Cell Phone Investigation Toolkit: Basic Hardware and Software Specifications [PDF] March 2007 (from archive.org) Creating a Cell Phone Investigation Toolkit: Basic Hardware and Software Specifications [PDF] August 2006 (from archive.org) Daniels, Keith I. & Lauren Wagner Cellular Device Data Recovery Preparation Considerations and Troubleshooting [PDF] April 2008 Del Vecchio, Davide Retrieving "deleted" sms/mms from Nokia phone (Symbian S60)   Delaitre, Aurélien & Wayne Jansen Forensic Filtering of Cell Phone Protocols [PDF] August 2008 Desai, Stavan BJP’s Naroda MLA says she wasn’t at riot site, cellphone records say she was there November 2004 Disklabs Mobile Data Recovery in Action [.wmv Video] Sample Forensics Report Distefano, Alessandro & Gianluigi Me An overall assessment of Mobile Internal Acquisition Tool [PDF] August 2008 Slides Donnelly, Derrick Macintosh and Iphone Forensics [PDF Presentation] June 2008 Doherty, Eamon P. & Joel Liebesfeld Enterprise Theft by Cell Phone October 2007 Donnelly, Emma & Michelle Fagan Mobile Phone Forensics [wiki] Dunnagan, Karl & Lee Reiber I See You Now - How to track suspects via their cell phones November 2006 Dunnagan, Karl & Amber Schroader Dialing for Evidence [PDF] Jan/Feb 2006 (from archive.org) Egeberg, Tommy Storage of sensitive data in a Java enabled cell phone [PDF] June 2006 Storage of sensitive data in a Java enabled cell phone [PPT Presentation] June 2006 Espiner, Tom Mobile phone forensics 'hole' reported June 2006 Forensic Science Northern Ireland Mobile Phones Provide the Evidence [PDF - See pages 14 & 17] 2003 (from archive.org) ForensicFocus Mobile phones & pda's [Listserv Thread] Forensics Wiki Blackberry Forensics Cell phones SIM Cards Garfinkel, Simson Images of Cellphones [.bin files] 2007 See this page if above links do not work Grand, Joe Handheld Forensics: Palm and Beyond [PDF Presentation] 2005 (from archive.org) Gratzner, Vanessa, & David Naccache Cryptography, Law Enforcement, and Mobile Communications November/December 2006 Gratzner, Vanessa, David Naccache, & Daniel Znaty Law Enforcement, Forensics and Mobile Communications [PDF] March 2006 National Security, Forensics and Mobile Communications [PPT Presentation] March 2006 GSM-Forum Sim cloning Thread GSM-Security.net http://www.gsm-security.net/ Portal to the world of GSM Security Guariglia, Justin What Your Cell Knows About You August 2007 Harrington, Michael Black Berry IPD Files [Demystified] & Black Berry Forensic Exams-How-To March 2007 General Characteristics of the Subscriber Identity Module File System [PDF] February 2007 Hex Dumping Primer Part I [PDF] April 2007 Hex Dumping Primer Part II [PDF] April 2007 iPhone Forensic Examinations - A Series September 2008 iPhone Forensics - A Series #2 September 2008 Mobile Phone Seizure and Examination Guide [PDF] March 2007 Phone Codes July 2007 RF Signal Isolation [PDF] March 2007 Signal Isolation [PDF] March 2007 SIM Card File System [PDF] February 2007 SIM Card Protocols [PDF] March 2007 SMS Encoding and Mobile Phone Hex Dumps [PPT Presentation] August 2006 Understanding SMS: Practitioner's Basics [PDF] June 2007 Must register for forum He, Sheng SIM Card Security [PDF] July 2007 Heinecke, Jeannine An evolution in cell forensics November 2007 Hilton, Kelvin An Example of Mobile Forensics [PPT Presentation] 2005 Fraud in Mobile Technologies [PPT Presentation] 2005 Interpol Mobile Phone Forensic Tools Sub-Group Good Practice Guide for Mobile Phone Seizure & Examination [Word doc] March 2006 IOCE Good Practices for Seizing Electronic Devices - Mobile Telephones [Word doc] 2000 Jahankhani, Hamid Criminal Investigation and Forensic Analysis of Smartphones [PDF] 2006 Bottom of page; must provide some field entries Janes Police Review Forensic Telecoms' Revolution is Turning Mobile Phones Against Their Criminal Owners October 2004 (from archive.org) Jansen, Wayne Mobile Device Forensic Software Tools [PDF Presentation] November 2005 (from archive.org) Jansen, Wayne & Rick Ayers An Overview and Analysis of PDA Forensic Tools [PDF] Forensic Software Tools for Cell Phone Subscriber Identity Modules [PDF] April 2006 Guidelines on Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] May 2007 Guidelines on PDA Forensics [PDF] November 2004 PDA Forensic Tools: An Overview and Analysis [PDF] August 2004 Jansen, Wayne, Ronan Daniellou & Nicolas Cilleros Fingerprint Identification and Mobile Handheld Devices: An Overview and Implementation [PDF] March 2006 Jansen, Wayne, & Aurelien Delaitre Forensic Protocol Filtering of Phone Managers [PDF] July 2008 Reference Material for Assessing Forensic SIM Tools [PDF] October 2007 Jansen, Wayne, Aurélien Delaitre & Ludovic Moenner Overcoming Impediments to Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] January 2008   Jones, Dr. Benjamin Burnt to Memory [PDF] 2007   Data extraction from damaged mobile phones Jones, B.J. & A.J. Kenyon Retention of data in heat-damaged SIM cards and potential recovery methods [PDF] 2007   Kanable, Rebecca The new frontier in digital evidence July 2007 Kessler, Gary C. Cell Phone Analysis [PDF Presentation] January 2007 Kim, Keonwoo, Dowon Hong, Kyoil Chung, & Jae-Cheol Ryou Data Acquisition from Cell Phone using Logical Approach [PDF] December 2007 Koennecke, Katja Forensic Analysis of Cell Phones and SIM Cards [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Kohtz, Don & Matt Churchill Cell Phone Forensics: The New “Evidentiary” Gold Mine [PDF] October 2008 Lackey, Zane & Luis Miras Mobile Phone Messaging Anti-Forensics [PDF Presentation] August 2008 (BlackHat) Mobile Phone Messaging Anti-Forensics [PDF Presentation] September 2008 (Toorcon) Lawrence, Troy Apple iPhone Passcode Work-Around [PDF] February 2008 Lee, Jennifer A Palmtop for the Prosecution October 2002 Lesemann, Dana J. & Heather Mahalik Dialing Up and Drilling Down - Forensic Preservation of Handheld Devices [PDF] November 2008 *NEW* Lucich, John Accessing Cell Phones 2005 Mansell, Kevin Digging Deeper Finding Gold [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Essential Online Tools for Phone Examiners [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Martin, Andrew Mobile Device Forensics [PDF] September 2008 Martinez, Javier Mobile Forensics [PDF Presentation] October 2007 McCarthy, Paul Forensic Analysis of Mobile Phones [PDF] October 2005 McCullagh, Dean Police blotter: Cell phone tracking rejected September 2005 Police blotter: Cops need warrant to search cell phone? May 2007 Police blotter: Cops OK to copy cell phone content April 2007 McCutcheon, Chuck Cell Phone Evidence Becomes Key Law Enforcement Tool December 2005 McQuown, Richard F. "Carving" out pictures from a Handset (ENCASE V5) September 2007 "Carving" out pictures from a Handset (FTK) October 2007 Mellars, Barrie Forensic examination of mobile phones [PDF] 2004 Metropolitan Police (UK) National Mobile Phone Crime Unit Miller, Christa Law Enforcement Technology Magazine Helping Investigators Lift Evidence from Cell Phones [PDF] July 2004 (from archive.org) Law Enforcement Technology Magazine The mobile device INVESTIGATOR'S TOOLBOX November 2008 Law Enforcement Technology Magazine The other side of mobile forensics July 2008 Mislan, Rick, Kyle Lutes, Amber Schroader & Karl Dunnagan Forensic Rapid Evidence Extraction and Analysis Kit [PDF] 2006 Mokhonoana, Pontjho M. & Martin S. Olivier Acquisition of a Symbian Smart Phone’s Content with an On-Phone Forensic Tool [PDF] September 2007   Musters, Marty Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] February 2006 Naavi Mobile Forensics..A New Challenge November 2004 Mobile Forensics..Understanding the Technology of GSM Vs CDMA December 2004 Nakashima, Ellen Cellphone users beware: Bad guys may have your number October 2006 (from archive.org) Used Cellphones Hold Trove of Secrets That Can Be Hard to Erase October 2006 Netherlands Forensic Institute Extracting SIM-card Data [Using Tulp2G] [PDF] 2006 Mobile Phone Forensic Examination - Basic Workflow & Preservation Select options from drop-down menu at left Newitz, Annalee Courts Cast Wary Eye on Evidence Gleaned From Cell Phones May 2007 NIST CSRC Mobile Forensics Projects, Publications and Links Paraben Corporation Cell Phone Seizure Chart 1 [PDF] Cell Phone Seizure Chart 2 [PDF] CSI Crime Scene Investigation - Handheld Forensics; What You Didn't Learn on TV [PDF Presentation] 2006 Pasupatheeswaran, Satheesaan Data recovery from PalmmsgV001 [PDF] December 2008 Also in the 'Complete Proceedings' from conference website Patel, Ross Cell Site Analysis - Challenging ‘the new fingerprints’ [PDF Presentation] August 2007   Perton, Marc World Tracker turns anyone into a cellphone spy January 2006 Pescoe, Larry Simcard Forensics, An Adventure in Information Gathering [PDF Presentation] September 2008 Punja, Shafik G. & Richard P. Mislan Mobile Device Analysis [PDF] June 2008 Quirke, Jeremy Security in the GSM system [PDF] May 2004 Radack, Shirley Forensic Techniques for Cellphones [PDF] June 2007 Ramabhadran, Anup Forensic Investigation Process Model For Windows Mobile Devices [PDF] August 2007 RCFL Cell Phones & Digital Evidence [Audio Slide Show] January 2008 Reiber, Lee SIMs and Salsa [PDF] September 2008 The Smoking Phone; Using cell phone records to solve crimes June 2007 Robinson, Graham and Gregory Smith Evidence from mobile phones July 2001 (from archive.org) Savoldi, Antonio & Paolo Gubian Embedded Forensics: An Ongoing Research about SIM/USIM Cards [PDF Presentation] June 2007 Schmitz, Peter & Antony Cooper Using Mobile Phone Data Records to Determine Criminal Activity Space [PDF Presentation] September 2007 Schmitz, Peter, Antony Cooper, Tom de Jong & Kim Rossmo Mapping Criminal Activity Space using Cellular (Mobile) Telephone Data [PDF Presentation] March 2007 Schroader, Amber GPS Forensics [PDF Presentation] January 2008 (Registration Required)   Handheld Forensics [PDF Presentation] November 2005 (from archive.org) IPhone Forensics [PDF Presentation] January 2008 (Registration Required)   Mobile Forensics: Bridging the Gap between Cops and Examiners [PDF Presentation] November 2005 (from archive.org) Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence Special Considerations When Dealing With Cellular Telephones [PDF] April 2007 SEARCH Seized Handheld Device Worksheets [PDF] 2008 Shachtman, Noah Fighting Crime With Cellphones' Clues May 2006 Registration Required Police using suspects' personal electronic devices to collect evidence June 2006 Siebert, Bill Neutrino [PPT Presentation] 2007 Slashdot Cellphone Forensic Software Open Sourced December 2004 Slovenski, Tom Cellular Forensics: Are You Missing Valuable Evidence? July 2008 Cellular Forensics...Is IT Ready for Prime Time [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Smith, Gregory (aka TrewMTE) Cloning SIM Cards [PDF] 2002 TrewMTE Starter Kit - Mobile Telephone Evidence [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Overview GSM, Directives, Legal, Standards TrewMTE Starter Kit TWO - Mobile Telephone Evidence [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Comparative and Holistic Approach to Mobile Telephone Evidence Sobieraj, Sean C. Mobile Device Forensics Case File Integrity Verification [PDF] May 2008 Sobieraj, Sean & Richard Mislan Mobile Phones: Digital Photo Metadata [PDF Poster] 2007 Summers, Chris Mobile phones - the new fingerprints December 2003 The Economist Trial and triangulation December 2003 Mobile phones are increasingly useful as forensic evidence in trials The Guardian Eyes on the child (from archive.org) The Soham murder trial highlighted the use of mobile phone tracking. Thompson, Tony Mobiles leave no hiding places August 2004 van den Bos, Jeroen, & Ronald van der Knijff TULP2G – An Open Source Forensic Software Framework for Acquiring and Decoding Data Stored in Electronic Devices [PDF] Fall 2005 van der Knijff, Ronald 10 Good Reasons Why You Should Shift Focus to Small Scale Digital Device Forensics [PDF Presentation] August 2007 Mobile and Embedded Device Forensics [PDF Presentation] June 2008 Van Horenbeeck, Maarten Key constraints in forensic mobile device acquisition April 2007 Mobile Forensics and the Trust Factor April 2007   Vogon's Forensic Bulletin – The Smoking Gun Mobile Forensics? January 2005 (from archive.org) Westman, Martin Complete Mobile Phones Forensic Examination Logical & Physical [PDF Presentation] October 2008 Westra, Derek Hilton hacking sparks concern March 2005 Willassen, Svein Y. A method for implementing Mobile Station Location in GSM 1998 Evidence in Mobile Phone Systems 2003 Forensic analysis of mobile phone internal memory [PDF] Forensics and the GSM Mobile Telephone system [PDF] Spring 2003 Williamson, B., Apeldoorn, P., Cheam, B. & McDonald, M. Forensic Analysis of the Contents of Nokia Mobile Phones [PDF] December 2006 Wolleschensky, Lars Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] August 2007 Yap, Lee Fueng & Andy Jones Profiling Through a Digital Mobile Device [PDF] December 2007 Zdziarski, Jonathan His Personal Website iPhone Forensics Book's webpage; code and tools iPhone Forensics Demonstration April 2008 Webcast; YouTube Link iPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing the iPhone Passcode September 2008 Webcast; YouTube Link Other Back Up Your Phone, Not Just Your Computer Sprint has introduced Sprint Wireless Backup, which synchronizes the contact list on a phone with a copy on Sprint's servers. Jangl "After subscription to the service, you receive a series of anonymous phone numbers that act as a bumping layer. When people call you using the given number, their calls are automatically forward to your real one." source StaySafe The temporary phone number that diverts to your mobile phone - keep your own number safe Tossable Digits They are an inexpensive and temporary disposable phone number that forwards to your existing home, cell or office phone. When you're done with it, you just throw it away. © 2006-2009 All rights reserved