Cell Phone Spying

The proliferation of monitoring sites means one more new challenge for investigators. Check out this story in The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/cell_hack_geek_spook_stalk/

Nokia Still Very Dominant In Emerging Markets

This article gives support to the notion that as examiners we need to be working on getting information from the budget Nokia handset.

http://news.com.com/Nokia+poised+to+get+next+billion+mobile+users/2100-1041_3-6192871.html?tag=html.alert.hed 

Warrants Required On Cell Phone Searches

Here’s an interesting ruling on searches incident to arrest and cell phones.

 http://news.com.com/Police+Blotter+Cops+need+warrant+to+search+cell+phone/2100-1047_3-6187389.html?tag=html.alert.hed

New Phone Info Site

I found a new wiki site for phone information. Has links to specific models etc

http://www.phonenews.com/phones/index.php/Main_Page

I hope this is of benefit to the forensic community.

Mike

Cell Phone Spying

Just had a telephone conversation with an Officer regarding a spouse using this service to harrass his ex…

http://www.callrecordercard.com/call-recorder-solutions/hiw.html

From the website:

How It Works

Call Recorder Cards contain instructions for creating a setting where the calls are rerouted through a telecommunications-recording switch. When the system is active, each call is channeled through a recording switch before it is picked up by the receiving party. The Card does not in any way connect to the phone, nor does it replace existing phone service.

This advance in telecommunication technology services allows you to record all of your phone calls on your cell phone, home phone and business phones. Now, record both sides of your cellular or fixed phone line conversations without any hardware, devices or hassle. This new phone recording system is currently the only means to record and archive phone calls without the use of any additional hardware devices. Keep an archival record of the most important calls you get, from conference calls to sales orders.

We have formulated three main ‘Scenarios’ where the Card can be used easily and effectively; detailed instructions for all scenarios are provided with each card.

Upgrade For Data Pilot SecureView?

As you may or may not know Susteen has changed the pricing schedule for Secureview. It will no longer be 649 USD but rather $3000 for a new copy or $2500 if you have a previous version. What do you get for this almost 500% increase? Read Below…

•  Call History will now be acquired
•  Two-year update license (Versus the prior plan of one year)
•  HASP dongle based, so like Encase/FTK, etc. install on multiple systems, use one with dongle
• Nineteen phone cables with the option included if you should encounter a phone that you don’t have the cable, Susteen will mail you the cable.  Of that group of cables, there are five or six.
• MD5 hash of extracted groups…not files.  Groupings such as Graphics Files, Call History, SMS, etc. are MD5 hashed  as a group only
• A report export feature with the option of HTML or textual
  base exports
• Support for approximately 400 phones
• New GUI interface with the wizard application from the
  previous version included
• Information entry GUI relevant to the examiners name, case
  report number, notes, etc.

Shouts out to Det. Brian Roach of KCPD for this information!