An overview and examination of digital PDA devices under forensics toolkits

An overview and analysis of PDA forensic tools

Mobile handheld devices are becoming evermore affordable and commonplace in society. When they are involved in a security incident or crime, forensic specialists require tools that allow proper extraction and speedy examination of any digital evidence present. This paper gives an overview of forensic software tools for Personal Digital Assistants (PDA). A set of generic scenarios was devised to...

Issues Relating to the Forensics Analysis of PDA and Telephony (PDAT) Enabled Devices

Data Recovery from Windows CE Based Handheld Devices

Data hiding creates serious problems for digital forensic practitioners attempting to recover evidence. It is possible to conceal large amounts of sensitive data in handheld devices in a manner that prevents their recovery using standard forensic tools. This paper describes a technique for recovering data stored in the slack memory of Windows CE based devices. A case study involving data hiding...

An Overview of Group Key Management Issues in IEEE 802.16e Networks

The computer industry has defined the IEEE 802.16 family of standards that will enable mobile devices to access a broadband network as an alternative to digital subscriber line technology. As the mobile devices join and leave a network, security measures must be taken to ensure the safety of the network against unauthorized usage by encryption and group key management. IEEE 802.16e uses Multica...

An Analysis of the Integrity of Palm Images Acquired with PDD

With the growth of Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), pocket-sized digital music players and smart phones the need for digital forensic tools that can acquire and analyse these devices has also been growing. PDD is a utility designed to acquire images of the memory of Palm OS based PDAs for forensic analysis. The use of volatile Random Access Memory (RAM) by Palm PDAs can have an effect on fore...