Gone Phishing
Timothy R. Primrose, Mobile Forensic Analyst Millions of people have cell phones and use them to send text messages and browse the web daily. Many of these people have also…
It’s Spooky Season
Timothy R. Primrose, Mobile Forensic Analyst It’s spooky season, and while you might be afraid of ghouls and vampires, you might be missing out on a scarier thing: hacking. Depending…
CSAM
Apple is working to fight against child sexual abuse by scanning photos that are uploaded to iCloud for CSAM (child sexual abuse material). Apple is also trying to battle the…
Apple’s Health App: Key to Forensic Analysis
Timothy R. Primrose, Mobile Forensic Analyst Apple’s health application monitors and documents a user’s day-to-day activity in detail. Some data is collected by the iPhone, while other data can be…
Are Screenshots Sufficient Evidence?
Timothy R. Primrose, Mobile Forensic Analyst Text messages, photographs, and call lists accessed directly from a cell phone reveal only a fraction of usage data stored within the device. Accessing…
Tracking Uber Rides
Timothy R. Primrose, Mobile Forensic Analyst There are approximately three billion smartphone users worldwide. Smartphones can provide users with turn by turn directions to a given destination via applications such…
So You Think You Know All That Cellphones Can Do
Timothy R. Primrose, Mobile Forensic Analyst The typical thought process for involving cell phone data relevant to a collision in a forensic investigation follows something like, “was the person texting…