What's happening with Contemporaneous Notes

Contemporaneous note (CN) taking is an essential process and procedure. The title is often used as a widely applied statement to include other associated processes and procedures, such as Simultaneous Notes (SN), etc.; as some of you know CN, SN, IN and VN are covered in my training courses for e-Discovery, (forensic) examination and evidence E3.  

I have taken the opportunity to bring on board

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Secrets and Evidence of Older Mobiles

It is good to learn that the Nokia 3310 may make a return, albeit with an Android operating system. The nostalgia for these types of mobile phones has clearly not been lost. What it might suggest is that consumers still want a mobile telephone to remain a mobile telephone and to look like one.



The older mobile phones I have in mind though are the ones that are still used in examinations, 

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eMMC

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Frequently data recovery work undertaken is on eMMC (embedded MultiMediaCard) found in a large number of the smartphones and memory sticks etc. on the market. I was asked what tool I would use for working with e.g. eMMC. One tool that is most frequently turned to is Up-n-Up UP828P Ultra Programmer ('P' is the latest version).

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Emergency Cases - Smartphone Examination

Capturing the target subject's smartphone activities is not as easy as is thought, as we are all finding out with the current Apple and law enforcement debacle.  The Apple case though is not the norm as the two opposing sides are fighting about the "right to access". The public are engaged with this story that continues to unfold as to what "Privacy" actual means, should terrorism enjoy the

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Investigation USIM EFs and Service Table

There has been so much going on over the past year and with research and testing I haven't posted as much as I would like. The growth areas in the variety of methods and tools for logical data and physical data extraction, harvesting and examination; impact that apps and malware might have on evidence; wireless options available on smartphones and tablets changing the way traditional cell site

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Metrology - USB part 1

With smartphones, tablets and other devices fitting the description Size-Scaled Digital Technology (SSDT) using USB physical connectivity provides for the simplest of examination DUT illustrations e.g the combination of three separate entities involved in inter-connection during an examination.




1) DUT (the target device (SSDT) containing suspected evidence
2) The physical medium (USB) to

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Apple's New Nano-SIM Card

Should make examinations interesting. Apparently, an open-ended SIM that can be either postpaid or prepaid account without the need to change SIMs but still switch between carriers. Either Apple intend to go for their own IMSI (thus become an operator) or the IMSI will need to be updated OTA...hmmmm"If you are among the millions who will purchase one of the 4G versions of the new iPad Air 2 or

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