TryHackme’s Advent of Cyber 2023 — Day 24 Writeup

Mobile analysis You Are on the Naughty List, McGreedy

Learning Objectives

After completing this task, you will learn about:

- Procedures for collecting digital evidence

- The challenges with modern smartphones

- Using Autopsy Digital Forensics with an actual Android image

Digital Forensics

Forensics is a method of using science to solve crimes. As a forensic scientist, you would expect to collect evidence from crime scenes, such as fingerprints, DNA, and footprints. You would use and analyse this evidence to determine what happened at the crime scene and who did it.

With the spread of digital equipment, such as computers, phones, smartphones, tablets, and digital video recorders, a different set of tools and training are required. When it comes to digital evidence, the ideal approach is to acquire a raw image. A raw image is a bit-for-bit copy of the device’s storage.

Forensics is an essential part of the criminal justice system. It helps to solve crimes and bring criminals to justice. However, for evidence to be permissible in court, we must ensure that it’s not tampered with or lost and that it’s authentic when presented to the…