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Cellular/Mobile Phone Forensics Click  HERE  for Cellular/Mobile Phone Forensic Tools Portals, Blogs, Wikis 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 Examiner Portal Mobile Forensics Central [Registration Required] Mobile Forensics Training [Training & Webinars] Mobile Phone Forensics Forum The National Mobile Phone Crime Unit, London, UK Phone-Forensics Portal Small Scale Digital Device Forensics Articles, Papers, Presentations Afentis Security Mobile Telephone Engineer Codes Mobile Telephone Engineer Codes Part 2 Mobile Telephone Handsets October 2006 SIM Cards - The Essentials [PDF] Al-Zarouni, Marwan Introduction to Mobile Phone Flasher Devices and Considerations for their Use in Mobile Phone Forensics [PDF] December 2007  *NEW* Mobile Handset Forensic Evidence - a challenge for Law Enforcement [PDF] December 2006 Almeida, Cathy B. IPhone Tantalizes, Frustrates Forensics Experts August 2007 Ayers, Rick An Overview of Cell Phone Forensic Tools [PDF Presentation] November 2006 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 Baggili, Ibrahim M., Richard Mislan & Marcus Rogers [IJDE] Mobile Phone Forensics Tool Testing: A Database Driven Approach [PDF] Fall 2007 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, Robert & Ylva Hård af Segerstad The SMS Murder Mystery: The Dark Side of Technology [PDF] September 2005 CFTT Review Draft GSM Mobile Device and Associated Media Tool Specification [PDF] December 2007  *NEW* 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 Çeliktutana, Oya, Ismail Avcibasa, Bülent Sankurb, & Nasir Memonc Source Cell-phone Identification [PDF] 2005 Central Point [Oregon] Police Department Example Cellualr Phone Language for Phone Analysis (Affadavit) [Word doc] CFTT Review Draft GSM Mobile Device and Associated Media Tool Specification [PDF] December 2007  *NEW* Churchill, Matt Basic Cell Phone and PDA Forensics [PDF Presentation] August 2007 Clark, Jonathan Advanced Cell (Mobile) Phone Forensics [PDF Presentation] October 2007 Compton, Dr. David Handheld Forensic Challenges – Capturing the Smoldering Cell Phone from Hell [PP Presentation] November 2006 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 Creating a Cell Phone Investigation Toolkit: Basic Hardware and Software Specifications [PDF] August 2006 Del Vecchio, Davide Retrieving "deleted" sms/mms from Nokia phone (Symbian S60)  *NEW* 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 Doherty, Eamon P. & Joel Liebesfeld Enterprise Theft by Cell Phone October 2007 Donnelly, Emma & Michelle Fagan Mobile Phone Forensics [wiki] Duijnmayer, David Netherlands Forensic Institute develops and publishes open source software December 2004 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 [PP 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 ForensicFocus Mobile phones & pda's [Listserv Thread] Forensics Wiki Cell phones SIM Cards Garfinkel, Simson Images of Cellphones [.bin files] 2007 See this page if above links do not work Goode, Amanda Forensic extraction of electronic evidence from GSM mobile phones [PDF Presentation] 2001 Grand, Joe Handheld Forensics: Palm and Beyond [PDF Presentation] 2005 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 [PP Presentation] March 2006 GSM-Forum Sim cloning Thread GSM-Security.net http://www.gsm-security.net/ Portal to the world of GSM Security 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 Mobile Phone Seizure and Examination Guide [PDF] March 2007 RF 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 [PP Presentation] August 2006 Understanding SMS: Practitioner's Basics [PDF] June 2007 He, Sheng SIM Card Security [PDF] July 2007 Heinecke, Jeannine An evolution in cell forensics November 2007  *NEW* Hilton, Kelvin An Example of Mobile Forensics [PP Presentation] 2005 Fraud in Mobile Technologies [PP 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 [PDF] 2000 Jahankhani, Hamid Criminal Investigation and Forensic Analysis of Smartphones [PDF] 2006  *NEW* Janes Police Review Forensic Telecoms' Revolution is Turning Mobile Phones Against Their Criminal Owners October 2004 (from archive.org) Jansen, Wayne Forensic Software Tools for Cell Phones [PDF Presentation] June 2006 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 Jansen, Wayne, Ronan Daniellou & Nicolas Cilleros Fingerprint Identification and Mobile Handheld Devices: An Overview and Implementation [PDF] March 2006 Jansen, Wayne, & Aurelien Delaitre 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  *NEW* Jones, Dr. Benjamin Burnt to Memory [PDF] 2007  *NEW* 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  *NEW* 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  *NEW* Lucich, John Accessing Cell Phones 2005 Martinez, Javier Mobile Forensics [PDF Presentation] October 2007 Mobile Forensics [PDF Presentation] June 2007 McCarthy, Paul Forensic Analysis of Mobile Phones [PDF] October 2005 McCutcheon, Chuck Cell Phone Evidence Becomes Key Law Enforcement Tool December 2005 McQuown, Richard F. "Carving" out pictures from a Handset (ENCASE) October 2006 "Carving" out pictures from a Handset (FTK) October 2006 Cell Phone , PDA, Smart Phone, Device, Handset page October 2006 Checklist for Conducting Cell Phone Forensic Exams [Word doc] October 2006 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) Mislan, Rick, Kyle Lutes, Amber Schroader & Karl Dunnagan Forensic Rapid Evidence Extraction and Analysis Kit [PDF] 2006 Project FREEAK Mokhonoana, Pontjho M. & Martin S. Olivier Acquisition of a Symbian Smart Phone’s Content with an On-Phone Forensic Tool [PDF] September 2007  *NEW* 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 Alternate Link 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 Patel, Ross Cell Site Analysis - Challenging ‘the new fingerprints’ [PDF Presentation] August 2007  *NEW* Perton, Marc World Tracker turns anyone into a cellphone spy January 2006 Poropudas, Timo How the victims of Soham murders were found December 2004 Page also includes a link to PP Presentation given by Peter Uglow on Cell Site Analysis 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 Robinson, Graham and Gregory Smith Evidence from mobile phones July 2001 Savoldi, Antonio & Paolo Gubian Embedded Forensics: An Ongoing Research about SIM/USIM Cards [PDF Presentation] June 2007 SIM and USIM Filesystem: a Forensics Perspective [PDF] May 2007 Schmitz, Peter & Antony Cooper Using Mobile Phone Data Records to Determine Criminal Activity Space [PDF Presentation] September 2007  *NEW* 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)  *NEW* Handheld Forensics [PDF Presentation] November 2005 (from archive.org) IPhone Forensics [PDF Presentation] January 2008 (Registration Required)  *NEW* Mobile Forensics: Bridging the Gap between Cops and Examiners [PDF Presentation] November 2005 (from archive.org) Contributor to Techno Security's Guide to Managing Risks: For It Managers, Auditors and Investigators Chapter 4 - Handheld Forensics [PDF] 2005 Schroeder, Amber & Tyler Cohen CSI Crime Scene Investigation - Did Jack Do It? [PDF Presentation] August 2006 Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence Special Considerations When Dealing with Cellular Phones [PDF] 2007 Shachtman, Noah Fighting Crime With Cellphones' Clues May 2006 Registration Required Police using suspects' personal electronic devices to collect evidence June 2006 Slashdot Cellphone Forensic Software Open Sourced December 2004 Smith, Gregory (aka TrewMTE) Cell Site Analysis Part 1 [.rar PDF] November 2006 Cloning SIM Cards [PDF] 2002 Deleted SMS text messages [.rar PDF] November 2006 Master Password Unlock (or Nokia mobile telephones) [.rar PDF] February 2007 Starter Kit - Mobile Telephone Evidence Part 1 [PDF Presentation] March 2005 Starter Kit - Mobile Telephone Evidence Part 2 [PDF Presentation] March 2005 Switch On, Update, Lose Evidence [.rar PDF] November 2006 Warning! Deleted Data May Not Amount to Possession [.rar PDF] November 2006 Sobieraj, Sean & Richard Mislan Mobile Phones: Digital Photo Metadata [PDF Poster] 2007 Summers, Chris Mobile phones - the new fingerprints December 2003 Teel, Bill Mobile Device Forensics [PP Presentation] August 2007  *NEW* 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. The Nation, Kenya Cellphones Used to Track Down Crooks in Kenya May 2006 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 Van Horenbeeck, Maarten Key constraints in forensic mobile device acquisition April 2007  *NEW* Mobile Forensics and the Trust Factor April 2007  *NEW* Vandenreijt, Kris Recover Deleted SMS Messages October 2006 Project / Report using Tulp2G Vogon's Forensic Bulletin – The Smoking Gun Mobile Forensics? January 2005 (from archive.org) 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  *NEW* 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. © 2006-2008 All rights reserved