Using Two Tools for Smartphone Forensics Acquisitions

No greater area in digital forensics changes more frequently than smartphones. The many differences between manufacturers, regions, and devices can cause a wide range of problems when looking at the smartphone from an acquisition perspective. Keeping this in mind, the landscape of available tools has also changed dramatically over the past few years. With the development of more and more private tools vs open-source tools, there are a variety of options to select from. The following will review the different acquisition options between an open-source solution vs a private solution, and how the use of both tools can benefit an organization. 

Open-source Tool

Autopsy with iLeap

Autopsy® is the premier end-to-end open-source digital forensics platform built by Basis Technology.      With core features one would expect to see in commercial forensic tools, Autopsy is a fast, thorough, and efficient hard drive investigation solution that evolves with your needs.

iLeap

iOS Logs, Events, And Plist Parser

ALeap

Android Logs Events And Protobuf Parser

Private Tool

Paraben’s E3 Forensic Platform (E3:UNIVERSAL License)

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