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