August 17th, 2011 by lhaas                              

viaForensics Study Discussed on New York Times’ Tech Talk — NYTimes.com

Tech Talk hosts J.D. Biersdorfer and Pedro Rafael Rosado discuss the new viaForensics study on their weekly technology podcast (from 08/10/2011, 06’50″ to 9’10″):

In the week’s news… the new viaForensics study about which Android and iPhone apps securely store (or not) personal data on the phone.

via Tech [...]

August 17th, 2011 by lhaas                              

Mobile Apps Fail Big Time at Security, Study Says – PCWorld.com

A study from digital security company viaForensics paints a stark picture of the vulnerability ofsmartphone user data. viaForensics evaluated 100 popular consumer apps running on Android and iOS, and found that 76 percent store usernames, while 10 percent store passwords as plain text. Those 10 percent included popular sites such as LinkedIn, Skype, [...]

November 17th, 2010 by lhaas                              

Mobile Telephone Evidence: iPhone

From the Mobile Telephone Evidence blog:

Two questions:

1) How many ‘evidence’ handset reader tools can you name off the top of your head?

2) And how many of those tools extract and harvest data from iPhones?

In answer to question one we know we can at least identify thirteen (13) tools and [...]

November 15th, 2010 by lhaas                               1 comment

Updated iPhone Forensics white paper released

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Andrew Hoog Chief Investigative Officer viaForensics Phone: +1 312-878-1100 contact us

Updated iPhone Forensics white paper released

viaForensics has released an updated version of its groundbreaking iPhone Forensics white paper.

Chicago, November 15, 2010 – viaForensics has released an updated version of its free white paper on [...]

October 8th, 2010 by lhaas                              

iPhone whitepaper cited in Black Hat 2010 presentation

viaForensics’ groundbreaking white paper on iPhone Forensics was cited recently by presenter, Nicolas Seriot, at the recent Black Hat 2010 Technical Security Conference.

Read the presentation here: http://seriot.ch/resources/talks_papers/iPhonePrivacy.pdf

July 11th, 2009 by ahoog                              

iPhone Forensics Whitepaper Introduction

Note: This is an old article. Please visit our latest white paper for most recent info.

Andrew Hoog and Kyle Gaffaney viaFORENSICS

June 2009

Chapter 1. iPhone Forensics Overview and Techniques Introduction

The iPhone was introduced on January, 2007 and has now surpassed the Blackberry as the second largest supplier of smart phones. Regardless [...]

March 2nd, 2009 by ahoog                              

Free iPhone Forensics White Paper Released by viaFORENSICS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Andrew Hoog Chief Investigative Officer viaFORENSICS Phone: +1 773-539-7909 http://viaforensics.com/contact-us

Free iPhone Forensics White Paper Released by viaFORENSICS

iPhone forensics white paper targets forensic analysts and consumers who want to understand what personal information is stored on the iPhone and how to recover it.

Chicago, March 2, 2009 [...]

November 17th, 2008 by ahoog                              

Andrew Hoog to write iPhone forensic white paper for SANS Institute

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Andrew Hoog Chief Investigative Officer viaFORENSICS Phone: +1 773-539-7909

http://viaforensics.com/contact-us

Andrew Hoog to write iPhone forensic white paper for SANS Institute

Chicago, November 17, 2008 – Andrew Hoog, Chief Investigative Officer at viaFORENSICS, will author a white paper entitled “iPhone Forensics – 2009″ for the SANS Institute. [...]