• Firefox on Android - Web History, Visits, Bookmarks & Search Terms

    By Kevin Pagano
    Downloads, Top Sites & Recently Closed TabsCookies, Permissions & Form HistoryPer StatCounter, Mozilla Firefox has only a .5% stake in mobile browser usage globally. I can only image that number is even further diminished on Android with Chrome's stranglehold. Regardless Josh Hickman gave us some test data to play with... [Read More]
  • Shutdown Checkpoints in Android 12

    By Kevin Pagano
    In scouring Josh Hickman's Android 12 test image, I came across a new folder that was previously found in previous test images. I can be found at the following path:data\system\shutdown-checkpointsInside contains some plaintext files with a consistent naming convention. They can been seen titled checkpoints-<UNIX_timestamp>. Converting the UNIX timestamps it... [Read More]
  • Forensics StartMe Updates (1/1/2022)

    By Kevin Pagano
     Happy New Year and welcome to 2022. More updates coming right up.Shortlink: startme.stark4n6.comIf you'd like to nominate my page for Resource of the Year for the 2022 Forensic 4:Cast Awards, fill out the form from the link here:https://forms.gle/g6hDp9uaErvoNzt68DFIR YouTube FeedsCyber Fenix DFIR & TechnologyOSINT ToolsEmail Header AnalyzerPodcastsDFIRL (Digital Forensics In... [Read More]
  • Application Battery Usage via Settings Services

    By Kevin Pagano
    With Josh Hickman finally releasing his Android 12 test image, we have more new things to hunt down. Something new that I came across is more battery usage items, this time found here:data\data\com.google.android.settings.intelligence\databases\battery-usage-db-v4This SQLite database seems to correlate to the Settings Services:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.settings.intelligenceIf you navigate to Settings > Battery > Battery... [Read More]
  • My 2022 Forensic 4Cast Awards Nominations

    By Kevin Pagano
    2021 is coming to a close so it's time to start nominating for the 2022 Forensic 4Cast Awards. Since nominations are pretty open ended I like to choose multiples of each if I can. Here are my picks.Submit your own here:https://forms.gle/g6hDp9uaErvoNzt68DFIR Commercial Tool of the YearMagnet AXIOM - still my... [Read More]