Digital forensic analytic tools are important for investigators due to the increasing use of computers and mobile devices by offenders when committing crimes. Analytic tools are useful in helping put the pieces of a case together while providing an in-depth analysis and examination that can be used in court proceedings. …
Location Data: Parsing Semantic Location History in Google Takeout
Oxygen Forensic® Detective can ingest and parse Google Takeout which consists of 47 various categories, which include “Location” data. Android devices record a large amount of location information, typically without the user’s knowledge. This is why parsing location data from Google Takeout can provide investigators with a good amount of…
Get More from the Cloud: Health apps
With over 350,000 health apps available in major app stores, tracking fitness activity and logging health data has never been easier. According to a Pew Research Center study, 62% of smartphone users have used their devices to gather health-related information, while only 57% of users have utilized their devices for…
GeoData
Everything we do leaves a trace, and this is especially true in the digital age. Today, there is more data than ever before to gather evidence from. Whether a drug dealer sends the location of a package, a suspicious drone falls into a protected zone, or an offender drags a…
Oxygen Forensic Maps Gives Investigators Control Over Time Zones
The “Maps” section in Oxygen Forensic® Detective uses range from verifying a person’s location at a specific time to tracking the movement of a device via Wi-Fi connections. Investigators, also, now have the ability to alter time zones for multiple devices within the “Maps” section. Table of Contents How…