Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013 Simplifies Android Forensics With Generic Drivers, Adds Device-Wide User Account Aggregation
Moscow, Russia (PRWEB) August 20, 2013 -- A major addition in this release is the availability of a universal driver for connecting Android-based devices. If an expert does not have the correct driver for a particular Android device handy, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013 can now build a driver based on information obtained from the device. This greatly simplifies connectivity, allowing forensic experts connect and analyze the widest range of Android devices faster and easier than ever.
Enabling Universal Support for Exotic Android Devices with Custom-Built Generic Drivers
Connecting an unknown Android device has always been a hassle. Android devices require unique drivers for almost every feature. Certain drivers may fit a small range of devices, while other drivers will only support a single phone model. Some rarely used drivers, especially those used for connecting exotic or foreign market devices, are extremely difficult to find. No single generic driver can match the range of Android devices currently available, making forensic experts look frantically for OEM drivers in order to connect yet another mobile device. Needless to say that OEM drivers are not always readily available, and can be impossible to obtain in field conditions.
The latest release of Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013 greatly simplifies connectivity of unknown and exotic Android devices by introducing the ability to build a custom generic driver. Oxygen Forensic Suite analyzes information reported by the device, and automatically builds a generic driver to fit exactly the device being analyzed. These custom-built drivers allow connecting a wide range of unsupported Android devices including those only available in foreign markets.
In addition, Oxygen adds support for a range of new mobile devices, boosting the number of supported devices to about 6800.
Aggregated Account Information
The newest release of Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013 aggregates information on user credentials into a single view, collecting login information, email addresses, accounts and passwords used in all supported applications throughout the device. Supported for Android and iOS devices, this new feature allows investigators to see user names, passwords, emails and nicknames used by device owner in various social networks, chat rooms, photo publishing, file sharing and communication applications. The new feature is a great time saver, allowing forensic experts to glance over user’s login credential in a variety of applications and estimate which apps and services were used more often.
The latest update adds support for ten new apps, and enables parsing of the last versions of certain popular applications. Latest versions of Tumblr, TextMe, Ebuddy, Yandex.Maps and Yandex.Browser for iOS and Android are now supported.
Improved Exporting and Reporting
Exporting data and generating report gets easier, while the reports generated by Oxygen Forensic Suite become easier to read and analyze. The redesigned Table view XLS export becomes more user-friendly, and allows analyzing exported data more conveniently. Old-style exporting and reporting is still available; they’ve been renamed to Table view XLS export (old).
About Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013
Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013 helps investigators and forensic specialists access and analyze data from a variety of mobile devices such as cell phones, smartphones, communicators, PDA and tablet PCs. Currently supporting more than 6,800 different models, Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013 covers the widest range of mobile devices compared to competition, and allows fully automated acquisition and analysis of supported devices.
The unique Timeline feature offers convenient, single-place access to all activities and movements performed by the user arranged by date and time. Investigators can track user location at every moment, build and map their historic routes, and clearly see all activities performed by the user at each location. Timeline is now available for analyzing DMG images.
Another signature feature of Oxygen Forensic Suite allows investigators to perform a global search on all devices ever analyzed with the toolkit. The global search quickly reveals any connections (e.g. common contacts, exchanged calls, texts or emails) between the phone owners.
Oxygen’s statistical analysis tools allow investigators discover social connections between the users of multiple mobile devices. Calls, text messages and Skype conversations are analyzed to produce charts and tables revealing the users’ closest circle at a glance.
Oxygen Forensic Suite 2013 guarantees zero-footprint operation, leaving no traces and making no modifications to the content of the devices. This makes it the tool of choice among government and law enforcement agencies, security services, and forensic organizations in more than fifty countries.
About Oxygen Software
Founded in 2000, Oxygen Software is the worldwide leading maker of the advanced forensic data examination tools for smartphones and other mobile devices. The company is dedicated to delivering the most universal forensic solution covering the widest range of mobile devices running Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Symbian and other operating systems. Law enforcement and government agencies, institutions, corporations and private investigators, help desk personnel and thousands of private consumers rely on Oxygen Software products to ensure evidence availability in the event of mobile device data analysis and recovery. Oxygen Software customers include various US and European federal and state agencies such as the IRS, US Army, US Department of Defense (DOD), US Department of Justice, US Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Transportation, US Postal Service, US Supreme Court, European Commission, London Metropolitan Police, French National Police and Gendarmerie, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, and many others. As a result, Oxygen Forensic Suite receives great response at forensic conferences, exhibitions and trainings, and occupies a spot on the top of the list in relevant tests for extracting more data than competitors.
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More information about the company and its forensic solutions is available at http://www.oxygen-forensic.com .
GALINA RABOTENKO, Oxygen Software, http://www.oxygen-forensic.com, +1 (877) 969-9436, [email protected]
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