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Cellular/Mobile Phone Forensics Click  HERE  for Cellular/Mobile Phone Forensic Tools All links current as of Feb 2010 Portals, Blogs, Wikis Forensic Focus - Mobile Forensics Forum Training, procedures, software, & hardware   Mobile Forensics Central [Registration Required] Mobile Forensics Training [Training & Restricted Forum] 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 Mobile Phone Forensics Forum viaForensics Blog iPhone Forensics and more Phone-Forensics Portal GSM Forum Small Scale Digital Device Forensics Mobile Forensics World Conference Presentation and Video archive Purdue Phone Phorensics Knowledge Base NIST CSRC Mobile Forensics CFREDS Mobile Device Images Computer Forensics Tool Testing Program Mobile Device Reports Digital Corpora Cell Phone Images Articles, Papers, Presentations 2009 Gilliland, Joshua Textual Relations [PDF Presentation] November 2009 Paraben Corporation Cell Phone Forensics Lab [PDF] November 2009 Hybrid & PDA Devices [PDF] November 2009 Focus on Android Forensics Daniels, Keith & Lauren Wagner Creating a Cellular Device Investigation Toolkit: Basic Hardware and Software Specifications [PDF] October 2009 Jansen, Wayne & Aurélien Delaitre Mobile Forensic Reference Materials: A Methodology and Reification [PDF] October 2009 Lewis, Don L. Examining Cellular Phones and Handheld Devices August/September 2009 Casey, Eoghan Mobile Device Forensics Essentials [PDF Presentation] July 2009 Danker, Shira, Rick Ayers & Richard P. Mislan Hashing Techniques for Mobile Device Forensics [PDF] June 2009 Hoog, Andrew & Kyle Gaffaney iPhone Forensics [PDF] Updated June 2009 Murphy, Det. Cynthia A. The Fraternal Clone Method for CDMA Cell Phones [PDF] June 2009 O’Connor, Terrence P. Provider Side Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] June 2009 Schroader, Amber Do’s & Don’ts of Mobile Device Seizure [PDF Presentation] June 2009 Strawn, Chad Expanding the Potential for GPS Evidence Acquisition [PDF] June 2009 Brothers, Sam Cell Phone and GPS Forensic Tool Classification System [PDF Presentation] May 2009 Image Ballistics [PDF Presentation] May 2009 Dankner, Shira Viability of Using Hash Values in Mobile Phone Forensics [PDF Presentation] May 2009 Hoog, Andrew Android Forensics [PDF Presentation] May 2009 Kessler, Gary Cell Phone Analysis: Technology, Tools, and Processes [PDF Presentation] May 2009 Punja, Shafik BlackBerry Forensics [PDF Presentation] May 2009 Slovenski, Thomas J. Mobile Phone Spy-Ware [PDF Presentation] May 2009 Souvignet, Thomas Using Bootloaders to Dump the Internal Flash Memory of Mobile Phones [PPT Presentation] May 2009 Voss, Rick Mobile Forensics: A Path Forward [PDF Presentation] May 2009 Westman, Martin Complete Mobile Phones Forensic Examination: Why we need both Logical & Physical Extractions [PDF Presentation] May 2009 Billard, David & Rolf Hauri Making Sense of Unstructured Memory Dumps from Cell Phones [PDF] April 2009 Antoniewicz, Brad Defeating the iPhone Passcode [PDF] March 2009 Savoldi, Antonio & Paolo Gubian Issues in Symbian S60 platform forensics [PDF] March 2009   2008 Ahmed, Rizwan & Rajiv V. Dharaskar Mobile Forensics: an Overview, Tools, Future trends and Challenges from Law Enforcement perspective [PDF] December 2008 AL-Hajri, Haitham An overview of Mobile Embedded Memory and Forensics Methodology [PDF] December 2008 Page 19 in 'Complete Proceedings' AL-Hajri, Haitham & Krishnun Sansurooah iPhone Forensics Methodology and Tools [PDF] December 2008 Page 4 in 'Complete Proceedings' Pasupatheeswaran, Satheesaan Data recovery from PalmmsgV001 [PDF] December 2008 Lesemann, Dana J. & Heather Mahalik Dialing Up and Drilling Down - Forensic Preservation of Handheld Devices [PDF] November 2008 Miller, Christa Law Enforcement Technology Magazine The mobile device INVESTIGATOR'S TOOLBOX November 2008 Reiber, Lee Moto Madness [PDF] October 2008 Whalen, Steve iPhone Processing [PDF Presentation] October 2008 Abate, Tom Police probe cell phones to thwart criminals September 2008 Center for Democracy & Technology Court: Constitution Protects Stored Cell Phone Location Information [PDF] September 2008 Chen, Brian X. IPhone Can Take Screenshots of Anything You Do September 2008 Lackey, Zane & Luis Miras Mobile Phone Messaging Anti-Forensics [PDF Presentation] September 2008 Martin, Andrew Mobile Device Forensics [PDF] September 2008 Pescoe, Larry Simcard Forensics, An Adventure in Information Gathering [PDF Presentation] September 2008 Reiber, Lee SIMs and Salsa [PDF] September 2008 Delaitre, Aurélien & Wayne Jansen Forensic Filtering of Cell Phone Protocols [PDF] August 2008 Distefano, Alessandro & Gianluigi Me An overall assessment of Mobile Internal Acquisition Tool (MIAT) [PDF] August 2008 Slides Lackey, Zane & Luis Miras Mobile Phone Messaging Anti-Forensics [PDF Presentation] August 2008 Orange County Sheriff's Office Computer Forensic Cell Phone Report [PDF] August 2008 Jansen, Wayne, & Aurelien Delaitre Forensic Protocol Filtering of Phone Managers [PDF] July 2008 Miller, Christa Law Enforcement Technology Magazine The other side of mobile forensics July 2008 Slovenski, Tom Cellular Forensics: Are You Missing Valuable Evidence? July 2008 Dellutri, Fabio, Vittorio Ottaviani, & Gianluigi Me MIAT-WM5: Forensic Acquisition for Windows Mobile PocketPC [PDF] June 2008 Punja, Shafik G. & Richard P. Mislan Mobile Device Analysis [PDF] June 2008 van der Knijff, Ronald Mobile and Embedded Device Forensics [PDF Presentation] June 2008 Ayers, Rick Mobile Device Forensics - Tool Testing [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Brothers, Sam How Cell Phone 'Forensic' Tools Actually Work [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Butler, John Forensic Analysis of Mobile Phones [PDF] May 2008 Koennecke, Katja Forensic Analysis of Cell Phones and SIM Cards [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Mansell, Kevin Digging Deeper Finding Gold [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Essential Online Tools for Phone Examiners [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Smith, Gregory (aka TrewMTE) 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 Slovenski, Tom Cellular Forensics...Is IT Ready for Prime Time [PDF Presentation] May 2008 Sobieraj, Sean C. Mobile Device Forensics Case File Integrity Verification [PDF] May 2008 Butler, John Fit a doin'? April 2008 Introduction to the challenging world of the mobile phone forensic analyst Daniels, Keith I. & Lauren Wagner Cellular Device Data Recovery Preparation Considerations and Troubleshooting [PDF] April 2008 Mohindra, Dhruv “The Android Project” Incident Response and Forensics [PDF] Spring 2008 Akkaladevi, Somasheker, Himabindu Keesara & Xin Luo Efficient Forensic Tools for Handheld Devices: A Comprehensive Perspective [PDF] March 2008 Lawrence, Troy Apple iPhone Passcode Work-Around [PDF] February 2008 Gershowitz, Adam M. The iPhone Meets the Fourth Amendment [PDF] January 2008 Jansen, Wayne, Aurélien Delaitre & Ludovic Moenner Overcoming Impediments to Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] January 2008 RCFL Cell Phones & Digital Evidence [Audio Slide Show] January 2008 Bhadsavle, Neil & Ju An Wang Validating Tools for Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] 2008 Çeliktutan, Oya, Bülent Sankur & Ismail Avcibas Blind Identification of Source Cell-phone Model [PDF] 2008 SEARCH Seized Handheld Device Worksheets [PDF] 2008 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   2007 Al-Zarouni, Marwan Introduction to Mobile Phone Flasher Devices and Considerations for their Use in Mobile Phone Forensics [PDF] December 2007 Barbanel, Jerry F. & Bruce W. Pixley Data Searching Strategies For Mobile Devices That Can Help Counsel Win Cases [PDF] December 2007 Kim, Keonwoo, Dowon Hong, Kyoil Chung, & Jae-Cheol Ryou Data Acquisition from Cell Phone using Logical Approach [PDF] December 2007 Yap, Lee Fueng & Andy Jones Profiling Through a Digital Mobile Device [PDF] December 2007 Heinecke, Jeannine An evolution in cell forensics November 2007 Clark, Jonathan Advanced Cell (Mobile) Phone Forensics [PDF Presentation] October 2007 Doherty, Eamon P. & Joel Liebesfeld Enterprise Theft by Cell Phone October 2007 Jansen, Wayne, & Aurelien Delaitre Reference Material for Assessing Forensic SIM Tools [PDF] October 2007 Martinez, Javier Mobile Forensics [PDF Presentation] October 2007 McQuown, Richard F. "Carving" out pictures from a Handset (FTK) October 2007 "Carving" out pictures from a Handset (ENCASE V5) September 2007 Mokhonoana, Pontjho M. & Martin S. Olivier Acquisition of a Symbian Smart Phone’s Content with an On-Phone Forensic Tool [PDF] September 2007 Schmitz, Peter & Antony Cooper Using Mobile Phone Data Records to Determine Criminal Activity Space [PDF Presentation] September 2007 Baggili, Ibrahim M., Richard Mislan & Marcus Rogers [IJDE] Mobile Phone Forensics Tool Testing: A Database Driven Approach [PDF] Fall 2007 Almeida, Cathy B. IPhone Tantalizes, Frustrates Forensics Experts August 2007 Churchill, Matt Basic Cell Phone and PDA Forensics [PDF Presentation] August 2007 Guariglia, Justin What Your Cell Knows About You August 2007 Patel, Ross Cell Site Analysis - Challenging ‘the new fingerprints’ [PDF Presentation] August 2007 Ramabhadran, Anup Forensic Investigation Process Model For Windows Mobile Devices [PDF] August 2007 Schroader, Amber & Tyler Cohen CSI Crime Scene Investigations [PDF Presentation] August 2007 van der Knijff, Ronald 10 Good Reasons Why You Should Shift Focus to Small Scale Digital Device Forensics [PDF Presentation] August 2007 Wolleschensky, Lars Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] August 2007 He, Sheng SIM Card Security [PDF] July 2007 Kanable, Rebecca The new frontier in digital evidence July 2007 Radack, Shirley Forensic Techniques for Cellphones [PDF] June 2007 Reiber, Lee The Smoking Phone; Using cell phone records to solve crimes June 2007 Savoldi, Antonio & Paolo Gubian Embedded Forensics: An Ongoing Research about SIM/USIM Cards [PDF Presentation] June 2007 Newitz, Annalee Courts Cast Wary Eye on Evidence Gleaned From Cell Phones May 2007 Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence Special Considerations When Dealing With Cellular Telephones [PDF] April 2007 Van Horenbeeck, Maarten Key constraints in forensic mobile device acquisition April 2007 Mobile Forensics and the Trust Factor April 2007 Ayers, Rick, Wayne Jansen, Ludovic Moenner & Aurelien Delaitre Cell Phone Forensic Tools: An Overview and Analysis Update [PDF] March 2007 Daniels, Keith & Chris Sanft Creating a Cell Phone Investigation Toolkit: Basic Hardware and Software Specifications [PDF] March 2007 (from archive.org) Schmitz, Peter, Antony Cooper, Tom de Jong & Kim Rossmo Mapping Criminal Activity Space using Cellular (Mobile) Telephone Data [PDF Presentation] March 2007 Kessler, Gary C. Cell Phone Analysis [PDF Presentation] January 2007 Del Vecchio, Davide Retrieving "deleted" sms/mms from Nokia phone (Symbian S60) 2007 James, Peter Can SDV Technology be Utilised in a Smartphone to Prevent Forensic Analysis? [PDF] 2007 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 Sobieraj, Sean & Richard Mislan Mobile Phones: Digital Photo Metadata [PDF Poster] 2007   2006 Al-Zarouni, Marwan Mobile Handset Forensic Evidence - a challenge for Law Enforcement [PDF] December 2006 Central Point [Oregon] Police Department Example Cellular Phone Language for Phone Analysis (Affidavit) [Word doc] December 2006 Williamson, B., Apeldoorn, P., Cheam, B. & McDonald, M. Forensic Analysis of the Contents of Nokia Mobile Phones [PDF] December 2006 Dunnagan, Karl & Lee Reiber I See You Now - How to track suspects via their cell phones November 2006 Afentis Security Mobile Telephone Engineer Codes Mobile Telephone Engineer Codes Part 2 Mobile Telephone Handsets October 2006 SIM Cards - The Essentials [PDF] 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 Casadei, Fabio, Antonio Savoldi, & Paolo Gubian Forensics and SIM cards: an Overview [PDF] Fall 2006 Daniels, Keith & Chris Sanft Creating a Cell Phone Investigation Toolkit: Basic Hardware and Software Specifications [PDF] August 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 Shachtman, Noah Police using suspects' personal electronic devices to collect evidence June 2006 Fighting Crime With Cellphones' Clues May 2006 Croft, N. J. & M. S. Olivier Sequenced Release of Privacy Accurate Call Data Record Information in a GSM Forensic Investigation [PDF] May 2006 Jansen, Wayne, Ronan Daniellou & Nicolas Cilleros Fingerprint Identification and Mobile Handheld Devices: An Overview and Implementation [PDF] March 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 Interpol Mobile Phone Forensic Tools Sub-Group Good Practice Guide for Mobile Phone Seizure & Examination [Word doc] March 2006 Musters, Marty Cell Phone Forensics [PDF] February 2006 Dunnagan, Karl & Amber Schroader Dialing for Evidence [PDF] Jan/Feb 2006 (from archive.org) Perton, Marc World Tracker turns anyone into a cellphone spy January 2006 Arikat, Leen R. GSM Mobile Security [PPT Presentation] 2006 Jahankhani, Hamid Criminal Investigation and Forensic Analysis of Smartphones [PDF] 2006 Bottom of page; must provide some field entries Mislan, Rick, Kyle Lutes, Amber Schroader & Karl Dunnagan Forensic Rapid Evidence Extraction and Analysis Kit [PDF] 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 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   2005 McCutcheon, Chuck Cell Phone Evidence Becomes Key Law Enforcement Tool [PDF] December 2005 (Page 15) Ayers, Rick, Wayne Jansen, Nicolas Cilleros & Ronan Daniellou Cell Phone Forensic Tools: An Overview and Analysis [PDF] October 2005 McCarthy, Paul Forensic Analysis of Mobile Phones [PDF] October 2005 Burnett, Robert & Ylva Hård af Segerstad The SMS Murder Mystery: The Dark Side of Technology [PDF] September 2005 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 Westra, Derek Hilton hacking sparks concern March 2005 Vogon's Forensic Bulletin – The Smoking Gun Mobile Forensics? January 2005 (from archive.org) Çeliktutan, Oya, Ismail Avcibas, Bülent Sankur, & Nasir Memonc Source Cell-phone Identification [PDF] 2005 Grand, Joe Handheld Forensics: Palm and Beyond [PDF Presentation] 2005 (from archive.org) Hilton, Kelvin An Example of Mobile Forensics [PDF Presentation] 2005 Fraud in Mobile Technologies [PPT Presentation] 2005 (from archive.oW`rg)   2000 - 2004 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 Burnett, Michael Forensic Examination of a RIM (BlackBerry) Wireless Device [PDF] June 2002 Related PPT Presentation Forensic Science Northern Ireland Mobile Phones Provide the Evidence [PDF - See pages 14 & 17] 2003 (from archive.org) IOCE Good Practices for Seizing Electronic Devices - Mobile Telephones [Word doc] 2000 Lee, Jennifer A Palmtop for the Prosecution October 2002 Mellars, Barrie Forensic examination of mobile phones [PDF] 2004 Miller, Christa Law Enforcement Technology Magazine Helping Investigators Lift Evidence from Cell Phones [PDF] July 2004 (from archive.org) Naavi Mobile Forensics..A New Challenge November 2004 Mobile Forensics..Understanding the Technology of GSM Vs CDMA December 2004 Quirke, Jeremy Security in the GSM system [PDF] May 2004 Robinson, Graham and Gregory Smith Evidence from mobile phones July 2001 (from archive.org) Smith, Gregory (aka TrewMTE) Cloning SIM Cards [PDF] 2002 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 January 2004 (from archive.org) The Soham murder trial highlighted the use of mobile phone tracking. Thompson, Tony Mobiles leave no hiding places August 2004 Willassen, Svein Y. A method for implementing Mobile Station Location in GSM 1998 Evidence in Mobile Phone Systems 2003 Forensics and the GSM Mobile Telephone system [PDF] Spring 2003 Forensics Wiki Blackberry Forensics Cell phones SIM Cards 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 Understanding SMS: Practitioner's Basics [PDF] June 2007 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 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 © 2006-2010 All rights reserved