CSA related items

The use of historic cell site evidence doesn't require it to pinpoint the exact spot where the mobile phone was used. The evidential s...

Location Tracking in the US

We have all read various views expressed by those involved in the US that location data are not kept and it is all too difficult to get any...

EU common charger for all mobiles/tablets

Members of the European Parliament have presented a persuasive first stage plan, based upon reduction of waste and consumer easy for charger...

Use of GSM Logical Channels for CSA

When a mobile/smart phone's power button is pressed the mobile triggers the power up sequence. The mobile station MS is in the radio dar...

Directed Retry

A fundamental and vital goal of any mobile communication network is to maintain communications between the network and the mobile station (M...

GPRS Cell Site Analysis

GPRS CSA http://cellsiteanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/gprs-csa.html

GPRS CSA

There are often forum discussions about GPRS (general packet radio switching) and how to conduct CSA (cell site analysis). Given that GPRS i...

Cellular Transmission Technology

Cellular Transmission Technology Here are two test sheets identifying a range of cellular transmission technologies for CSA beginners and pr...

Cellular Transmission Technology

Here are two test sheets identifying a range of cellular transmission technologies for CSA beginners and practitioners. It requires going th...

MTEB CSA Fundamentals Training

The MTEB has received an increase in the number of enquiries about fundamental (core) training in Cell Site Analysis. It could be useful for...

(U)ICC/(U)SIM Script Commands and Responses

(U)ICC/(U)SIM Script Commands and Responses The discussion under (U)ICC/(U)SIM Script Commands and Responses is one of a number that will ap...

(U)ICC/(U)SIM Script Commands and Responses

(U)ICC/(U)SIM 3F00 7F10 6F4A3GPP UICC/USIM script selecting Master File, Dedicated File and Elementary FileGSM ICC/SIM script selecting Mast...

MTEB Diploma CSUT2 Partner

  Diploma for SIM and USIM Technology ExaminationMobile Telephone Diploma CoreDiploma:CSUT2 Partner Support The Mobile Telephone Examination...

MTEB Diploma CSUT2 Partner

 Diploma for SIM and USIM Technology ExaminationMobile Telephone Diploma CoreDiploma:CSUT2Partner Support The Mobile Telephone Examination B...

Blocked SIM

A regular question that arises, "is it possible to bypass a PIN blocked SIM card?"For a quick solution it is best to go to the ope...

sim2usim

Examination and Evidence from SIM and USIM Card...

(U)SIM Examination (Physical) Pt2

(U)SIM Examination (Physical) Pt2Before we can progress to consider various methods of (U)SIM physical examination there are more standard...

(U)SIM Examination (Physical) Pt1

(U)SIM Examination (Physical) Pt1 We begin with GSM as this is the original starting place where examiners first learned about subscriber id...

SIM Card Swap Fraud

This example is an extension of how man-in-the-middle-attack can work by using impersonation. By cloning Bure's SIM card the fraudsters...

PIN Enabled SIM Card

PIN Enabled SIM CardA recent question raised the notion what data would be revealed if the SIM Card was read but had a PIN enabled. Using ...

Considering Clone Test SIM Card Tools

Considering Clone Test SIM Card ToolsThere have been a few mentions about clone test Sim Cards at this blog raising observations as to pos...

New SIM Card Exploit

On the 19th July 2013 I posted http://trewmte.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/android-ddms-vulnerability.html about knowing exploits on and underst...

Lawful Interception - Cloud/Virtual Services

Lawful Interception - Cloud/Virtual Services As more and more people move to mobile/wireless devices to access virtual services so mobile fo...

Mobile Forensics Diplomas

Following on from the article Forensic Erosion ( http://trewmte.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/forensic-erosion.html ) the MTEB Diplomas fill the ga...

Operational Audit Check (OAC) is part of Cell Site Analaysis (CSA)

    There is a news aticle on News96.5.com about a mast (US cell tower) that caught figure during an install/maintenance work (http://www.ne...

Windows Phone Online App Builder

It is not easy to encourage people to start programming, largely because it presents itself  as a daunting task to learning a new set of rul...

RIPA 2000 s1(3)

WEBPAGE/SITE STATEMENT - PROHIBITEDThe contents of this site, and communications between this site and its users, are protected by database ...

Forensic Erosion

The BBC website identifies a report by MPs that presents findings that many see as the chaotic forensic landscape in Britain today: http://w...

New SIM Card Exploit

On the 19th July I posted http://trewmte.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/android-ddms-vulnerability.html about knowing exploits on and understanding ...

Android DDMS Vulnerability

Android DDMS Vulnerability A suggested in-memory patch solution to the DDMS vulnerability is reported in this article: https://securityledge...

Considering Clone Test SIM Card Tools

Considering Clone Test SIM Card Tools There have been a few mentions about clone test Sim Cards at this blog raising observations as to poss...

PIN Enabled SIM Card

PIN Enabled SIM Card A recent question raised the notion what data would be revealed if the SIM Card was read but had a PIN enabled. Using a...

Android z7.logs

A SDcard logs examined from a:1. Samsung Galaxy SII NFC2. Android OS3. z7logs4. z7.log.x (x = 1 or 2)The log examined z7.logs.2 using notepa...

Interest in The Rates of Pay

Do you remember I wrote a small piece back in October 2012 about The Rates of Pay - http://trewmte.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-rates-of-pay.h...

Examples of cell site maps used in evidence

Here are another two examples of specifically generated cell site maps using network infrastructure and radio survey data from a particular...

GSM Measurement Report/Response

A response I made to a question raised at Forensic Focus included the remark relting to a measurement report "(MEAS_RES/MEAS_REP messag...

The Eagles Soar

The Eagles Soar   I am a Crystal Palace Football Club (CPFC) fan. The first football team I ever saw play (was against West Ham United (the ...

Nokia BB5 tool

Nokia BB5 tool Interesting tool and with script editing and writing too.

(U)SIM Examination (Physical) Pt2

(U)SIM Examination (Physical) Pt2 Before we can progress to consider various methods of (U)SIM physical examination there are more standards...

Tools and Methods for Water Damaged Phones

Tools and Methods for Water Damaged Phones It's worth recording the links from a discussion that has been being going on about water dam...

Chip Off, JTAG, NAND and YAFFS2

Chip Off, JTAG, NAND and YAFFS2 An article and a presentation identifying practices and concepts. Both contain add-value content with respec...

Plug-in for mobile phones in iSync

Plug-in for mobile phones in iSync, how to use All plug-ins can be downloaded for free. Instructions for use To install one of these plugins...

Mobile microprocessors

Mobile microprocessors This is an interesting article about the players in the mobile processor field, which will have an impact on mobile e...

iPhone to Android

iPhone to Android Interesting tool: 1 Transfer iPhone SMS and MMS with attachments to Android 2 Transfer SMS and MMS to Android from iTunes ...

Android Data Extractor Lite

Android Data Extractor Lite The author of this tools states: "This Python script dumps all important SQLite Databases from a connected ...

Windows Memory Toolkit

MoonSols Windows Memory Toolkit This toolkit collection comes in either a free community edition or cost purchase professional edition. Usef...

MBRWizard

MBRWizard Here's an interesting tool and some links to discussions about variants of MBRWizards and download: http://mbrwizard.com/http:...

Understanding Intel Instruction Sizes

Understanding Intel Instruction Sizes For those who are researching http://www.swansontec.com/sintel.html

Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer Manuals

Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer Manuals These manuals describe the architecture and programming environment of the Inte...

Radare

Radare Forensics students and researchers should enjoy this as Radare is a free and advanced command line hexadecimal editor http://radare.n...

How to code debuggers

How to code debuggers Coding low-level infrastructure like kernels, compilers, and linkers can be very scary, and most programmers stay as f...

RCE Tools USB SPY v1.3

RCE Tools USB SPY v1.3 This spy tool is to copy all the Flash USB contents when the user attached it to the machine. http://www.at4re.com/do...

A Patch Analysis and Binary Diffing Tool

A Patch Analysis and Binary Diffing Tool DarunGrim is a binary diffing tool. DarunGrim is a free diffing tool which provides binary diffing ...

Twitter Profile Extraction Tool

Twitter Profile Extraction Tool A Ruby script that outputs a TSV file to backup publicly available twitter profile containing user timeline ...

Well done to Boston

Well done to Boston I listened to President Barak Obama speech about the amazing work by the people of Boston, law enforcement and the secur...

Judge fines himself

What exemplary conduct by Judge Raymond Voet and respect to him for practising what he preaches. Judge imposes fine on self for cell phone m...

International Destination and Access Code

Albania=00 Algeria=00 Anguilla=011 Argentina=00 Australia=0011 Austria=00 Bahrain=0 Bahamas=011 Bangladesh=00 Barbados=011 Belgium=00 Benin=...

International Dial Codes

+1=USA+20=Egypt+212=Morocco+213=Algeria+216=Tunisia+218=Libya+220=Gambia+221=Senegal+222=Mauritania+223=Mali+224=Guinea+225=Côte d'Ivoir...

UICC Coding Schemes

Define Coding FileAccessibility0 = "Not shareable file"1 = "Shareable file"Define Coding UICCFileType0 = "Working E...

Look up MCC MNC Database - International

International,ICO,901,01International,Sense Communications International,901,02International,Iridium,901,03International,Globalstar,901,04In...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha z

Zambia,Zain,645,01Zambia,MTN,645,02Zambia,ZAMTEL,645,03Zimbabwe,Net*One,648,01Zimbabwe,Telecel,648,03Zimbabwe,Econet,648,04

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha Y

Yemen,SabaFon,421,01Yemen,MTN,421,02Yemen,Yemen Mobile,421,03Yemen,HiTS-UNITEL,421,04

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha V

Vanuatu,SMILE,541,01Venezuela,Digitel,734,01Venezuela,Digitel,734,02Venezuela,Digitel,734,03Venezuela,movistar,734,04Venezuela,Movilnet,734,...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha U

Uganda,Zain,641,01Uganda,MTN,641,10Uganda,Uganda Telecom Ltd.,641,11Uganda,Warid Telecom,641,22Uganda,Orange,641,14Ukraine,MTS,255,01Ukraine...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha T

Taiwan,FarEasTone,466,01Taiwan,APTG,466,02Taiwan,Tuntex,466,06Taiwan,Chunghwa LDM,466,11Taiwan,KG Telecom,466,88Taiwan,VIBO,466,89Taiwan,Chu...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha S

Saint Kitts and Nevis,Digicel,356,050Saint Kitts and Nevis,LIME,356,110Saint Kitts and Nevis,UTS,356,ChippieSaint Lucia,Digicel,358,050Saint...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha R

Réunion (France),Orange,647,00Réunion (France),Outremer,647,02Réunion (France),SFR Reunion,647,10Romania,Vodafone,226,01Romania,Romtelecom,2...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha Q

Qatar,Qtel,427,01Qatar,Vodafone,427,02

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha P

Pakistan,Nawras,},03Palau,Mobilink,410,01Palau,Ufone,410,03Palau,Zong,410,04Palau,Telenor,410,06Palau,Warid,410,07Palau,Vodafone,410,08Palau...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha O

Oman,Oman Mobile,422,02Oman,Nawras,422,03

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha N

Namibia,MTC,649,01Namibia,switch,649,02Namibia,Leo,649,03Nauru,Leo,536,Nauru has no mobile networkNepal,Namaste / NT Mobile,429,01Nepal,Ncel...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha M

Macau (People's Republic of China),SmarTone,455,00Macau (People's Republic of China),CTM,455,01Macau (People's Republic of China...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha L

Laos,LaoTel,457,01Laos,ETL,457,02Laos,Unitel,457,03Laos,Tigo,457,08Latvia,LMT,247,01Latvia,Tele2,247,02Latvia,TRIATEL,247,03Latvia,Bite,247,...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha K

Kazakhstan,Orange,416,77Kazakhstan,Beeline,401,01Kazakhstan,Kcell,401,02Kazakhstan,Dalacom,401,07Kazakhstan,Kazakhtelecom,401,08Kazakhstan,M...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha J

Jamaica,LIME,338,020Jamaica,Digicel,338,050Jamaica,Claro,338,070Jamaica,LIME,338,180Japan,eMobile,440,00Japan,NTT docomo,440,01Japan,NTT doc...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha I

Iceland,Síminn,274,01Iceland,Vodafone,274,02Iceland,Vodafone,274,03Iceland,Viking,274,04Iceland,Núll níu ehf,274,06Iceland,IceCell,274,07Ice...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha H

Haiti,Voila,372,01Haiti,Digicel,372,02Honduras,Claro,708,01Honduras,Celtel / Tigo,708,02Honduras,Hondutel,708,30Hong Kong (Special Administr...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha G

Gabon,Libertis,628,01Gabon,Moov (Telecel) Gabon S.A.,628,02Gabon,Zain,628,03Gabon,Azur,628,04Gambia,Gamcel,607,01Gambia,Africel,607,02Gambia...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha F

Faroe Islands (Kingdom of Denmark),Faroese Telecom,288,01Faroe Islands (Kingdom of Denmark),Vodafone,288,02Fiji,Vodafone,542,01Fiji,Digicel,...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha E

East Timor,Timor Telecom,514,02Ecuador,Movistar,740,00Ecuador,Porta,740,01Ecuador,Alegro,740,02Egypt,Mobinil,602,01Egypt,Vodafone,602,02Egyp...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha D

Democratic Republic of the Congo,Vodacom,630,01Democratic Republic of the Congo,Zain,630,02Democratic Republic of the Congo,Cellco,630,04Dem...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha C

Cambodia,Mobitel,456,01Cambodia,hello,456,02Cambodia,S Telecom,456,03Cambodia,qb,456,04Cambodia,Star-Cell,456,05Cambodia,Smart Mobile,456,06...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha B

Bahamas,BaTelCo,364,390Bahrain,Batelco,426,01Bahrain,zain BH,426,02Bahrain,VIVA,426,04Bangladesh,Grameenphone,470,01Bangladesh,Robi,470,02Ba...

Look up MCC MNC Database - Alpha A

Abkhazia,Aquafon,289,67Abkhazia,A-Mobile,289,88Afghanistan,AWCC,412,01Afghanistan,Roshan,412,20Afghanistan,MTN,412,40Afghanistan,Etisalat,41...

(U)SIM Examination (Physical) Pt1

(U)SIM Examination (Physical) Pt1 We begin with GSM as this is the original starting place where examiners first learned about subscriber id...

GPS Improved Accuracy

GPS Improved Accuracy Research conducted by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (also known as UC3M) have found they can boost conventional sta...

Smart Device Usage

The latest report from Flurry reported through Venturebeat, a website that reports China technology usage, confirms China has out smart devi...

Cyber Wrapping

Susan Brenner has had published her article 'Cyber-threats and the Limits of Bureaucratic Control' published in MINN. J. L. SCI. ...

One hit, hits all

As you know setting a 'percentage expectation' for disruptive events is common in any operating plan, QoS plan, security plan etc. C...

EMV and ePayments

ParseIT As some of you may know I have over the last several years been extending the range of my skillsets, beyond previous skills of mobil...

Judge for yourself

I noted the reference made by Talwant Singh, Member (Judicial), E-Committee of Supreme Court of India, to a quote made by Hunter S Thompson ...

Kindness Cures Recession

Kindness Cures Recession Such a simple act, yet its remedies are far reaching. Kindness is an act of generosity without expecting or demandi...

S**T Talker

No doubt most of us, one time or another, have experienced a deja vu moment. A feeling of fleetingly living the same life-experience again. ...

Smartphone BYOD

Smartphone BYOD The article about Application Performance Management highlights five factors to influence APM in 2013. Approaching APM not ...

Programming Mobile Parameters - the new area of mobile forensics

Programming Mobile Parameters - the new area of mobile forensics Shortly I shall be running a course at the LinkedIn MTEB Subgroup 'Fore...

Mobile Phone Examiner Exam Guides

Discussion held at ForensicMobex (MTEB subgroup) on LinkedIn. Mobile Phone Examiner Exam Guides It has been noticed that a number of the mob...

Cellphone Surveillance

Cellphone Surveillance Have you ever tried traversing the ground (metaphorically speaking) between two opposite and opposing opinions? It is...

Directory of Data Recovery Soft Tools

Directory of Data Recovery Soft Tools Practitioners of eDiscovery or data recovery approach the matter from many angles. Primarily, any ESI ...