Certified Mobile Forensics Expert
Discover the complex field of mobile forensics and get practical practice removing important digital evidence from tablets and smartphones. Examine the approaches used to study mobile devices, emphasising issues particular to this ever-evolving sector.
Eligibility
Knowledge on Computer Forensics or CHFI Certified with basic knowledge of Android & iOS
What Will You Learn
Participants will acquire proficiency in mobile device forensics tools, data acquisition techniques, and analysis methods. Learn how to read text messages, call records, app data, and more to lay the groundwork for productive investigations.
Duration
40 hrs
Course Fees
$ 216
Course Objective
- Gain a thorough understanding of the operating systems and hardware of mobile devices
- Gain expertise in extracting mobile data using forensic technologies that are industry-standard
- Gain expertise in the analysis and interpretation of call records, message histories, and app data, among other mobile device artefacts
- Learn how to restore erased data and navigate mobile device file systems with ease
- Understand how to handle the moral and legal issues that arise during mobile forensics investigations
- Recognise sophisticated methods for getting over mobile device security measures
- Develop your abilities to write forensic reports and convey your results
- Examine methods for protecting and keeping digital evidence safe while conducting an investigation
- Gain experience working efficiently in conjunction with law enforcement and legal professionals
- Keep abreast on the most recent developments and difficulties in the constantly changing field of mobile forensics
Course Benefits
Master the tools and techniques to extract and analyse mobile data—secure roles in law enforcement or the private sector to tackle cybercrime. Ensure the future safeguarding of personal and corporate data integrity.
course syllabus
- Overview of smartphone forensics
- Importance of understanding Android and iOS devices
- Role of smartphones in digital investigations
- Android acquisition methods: physical, file system, and logical/backups
- Limitations of extraction options and traces left behind
- Understanding Android file system layouts
- Data storage formats and parsing techniques on Android devices
- Primary evidentiary locations on Android
- Parsing SQLite database files and recovering deleted data
- Traces of user activity on Android devices
- Deep dive into data structures: SMS/MMS, calls, contacts, calendar
- Advanced exercises on Android backup file forensics
- iCloud data extraction and analysis for Android devices
- Malware and spyware forensics on Android
- Detection and analysis of mobile malware
- Introduction to iOS devices and their architecture
- NAND flash memory in iOS devices and iOS file systems
- iOS file system layouts and data storage formats
- Decryption, file parsing, and traces of user activities on iOS
- Primary evidentiary locations on iOS
- Parsing SQLite database files and recovering deleted data
- Traces of user activity on iOS devices
- Deep dive into data structures: SMS/MMS, calls, contacts, calendar
- Advanced exercises on iOS backup file forensics
- iCloud data extraction and analysis for iOS devices
- Malware and spyware forensics on iOS
- Detection and analysis of mobile malware
- Methods for detecting evidence destruction on iOS devices
- Practical tips for accessing locked iOS devices
- Overview of third-party applications across smartphones
- Manual decoding of data from third-party applications
- Recovery of deleted data and attachments from third-party applications
- Analysis of mobile browser artifacts
- Introduction to the capstone exercise
- Scenario setup and identification of devices involved
- Group analysis of three smartphones
- Independent examination, manual decoding, and answering key questions
- Formulation of investigation hypotheses, report development, and presentation
- Award for the top-performing group in the forensic challenge
- Review of key concepts and skills learned
- Recap of practical exercises and hands-on labs
- Certification and presentation of ForensicsHQ Smartphone Forensics Expert status
tools
Practical experience using advanced digital forensic tools.
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