Open Source Android Foreniscs application – beta released!

I’m very happy to announce the beta release of our open source Android Forensics application.

Overview

The application was written for the 1.5 API which allows it to run on all Android devices.  The initial application exports the following data to a CSV file on the SD Card:

• Browser history
• Call logs
• Contact Methods (email, phones, etc.)
• Organizations (companies that contacts are in)
• People (the individual people)
• SMS

The apk file is less than 20 KB and installed the application only 44 KB on the phone.  The forensics examiner would replace the user’s SD Card with their own (and presumably image the original for forensic analysis) and the results from the application would be saved for further analysis.

Open source

We are confident this application will grow in significance and capabilities.  Already there is significant interest from the community for further development.  By deigning an extensible framework, developers can easily create plugins which will extract additional data form the device.  We believe the open source philosophy will support the development of an unparalleled Android Forensics application which can be used free of charge.

viaForensics

viaForensics has sponsored this important application.  As the foremost experts in Android Forensics, our techniques and training programs prepare law enforcement and forensic providers with the resources to successfully investigation Android devices.   On supported phones, our techniques provide a full “dd image” of key partitions providing a vast recovery of data (including deleted data and versioning of files).  We are also developing a complimentary reporting application for the extracted data and pricing will be announced soon.

How you can help

If you are interested in participating in the application, please Contact Us.  The project source code and apk files can be downloaded from Google Code:

http://code.google.com/p/android-forensics/

Special Thanks

Finally, we want to thank our lead architect and developer on this project Derek Guardiola.  Many a late night (early morning) has been spent preparing for this initial release.  His work has been instrumental in providing this important application to the forensic community.

We hope to hear from you!