Mobile Application Analysis

Mobile Application Analysis

Third-party applications often contain valuable forensic artifacts:

WhatsApp Forensics:

-- WhatsApp message extraction
SELECT 
    messages.timestamp,
    messages.data as message_text,
    messages.key_remote_jid as contact,
    messages.media_url
FROM messages
ORDER BY timestamp DESC;

Social Media Apps:

  • Facebook: Cache files, message databases
  • Instagram: Direct messages, cached images
  • Snapchat: Recovered media, chat databases
  • TikTok: Cached videos, user interactions
  • Twitter: Tweet cache, direct messages

Dating Apps:

  • Profile information
  • Message histories
  • Location data
  • Matched profiles
  • Media exchanges