Mobile Device Forensics: Extracting Data from Unallocated Space

Authors

  • Goka Madhuri  M.Tech Second Year, Department of IT & Telecommunication, Raksha Shakti University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Dr. Ravi K Sheth  Asst. Professor, Department of IT & Telecommunication, Raksha Shakti University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Keywords:

Android Mobiles, Extracting Data, Unallocated Space, Autopsy, Santoku.

Abstract

The number of smartphone users are increasing day by day and majority of people rely on it for communication and business related matters With ease of smartphones and internet, which creates opportunity for the cyber criminals to commit such cybercrimes by utilizing smartphones. Therefore, The mobility and flexibility of smartphones leverages accessibility of user to store their personal and confidential information. However, investigators may face problems in extracting crucial information and the vital data stored in the smartphone. The aim of this work is to explain how to extract the data from an unallocated space in android mobiles using tools like autopsy,santoku , Encase.

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2017-12-31

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Volume 2, Issue 6, November-December-2017

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Goka Madhuri, Dr. Ravi K Sheth, " Mobile Device Forensics: Extracting Data from Unallocated Space" International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 2, Issue 6, pp.1046-1049, November-December-2017.