Jailbreaking is a term used to describe a process that will allow users to run third party software on their iPhone, iPad and iPodtouch. This then unlocks the operating system and allows the user to download many different applications from providers other than Apple, while still allowing use of iTunes and [...]

Dan Williams, one of our mobile phone forensic investigators, recently contributed to an article for the BAPCO Journal - http://www.bapcojournal.com/news/search.php?_FB%5Bq%5D=searching+for+mobile+gold
Mobile forensics is becoming widely established as a vital component of modern policing with forces across the country embracing the technology and increasingly “doing it for themselves” rather than relying on third party outsourcing – something [...]

The Government has announced that Apple iPhone are not to be used for sensitive official communications until further notice.  The CESG, the UK Government’s National Technical Authority for Information Assurance, has declared the embargo advising that the Blackberry should be used instead.
A report by the Telegraph claimed that information security experts have not approved their [...]

A convicted sex offender has pleaded guilty to running a paedophile ring in which indecent images of children were sent via mobile telephones, the BBC reported today.
Carl Garder was charged with 18 offences including making indecent images, distributing images and owning extreme pornography.  Norfolk Police said it was the first case in which it had been [...]

Apple iPhone continues to proliferate despite the global recession.  In the final quarter of 2009 sales figures were estimated at 11.3 million worldwide.  Apple seem to have cornered the UK smartphone (a phone offering advanced, usually PC like functionality) market - with 76% of smartphone users having opted for iPhones.  Not only can iPhones be [...]

Who has heard of the iPad?  The question should be who hasn’t?  With so much press coverage of Apple’s iPad the potential security risks of this new device haven’t been so well publicised.
Although the iPad is tightly locked down, the device is still likely to be affected by many of the same security issues that affect [...]

Apple iPhone continues to proliferate despite the global recession.  In the final quarter of 2009 sales figures were estimated at 11.3 million worldwide.  Apple seem to have cornered the UK smartphone (a phone offering advanced, usually PC like functionality) market - with 76% of smartphone users having opted for iPhones.  Not only can iPhones be [...]

With increased guile, terrorists are identifying clever new tricks to hide potentially dangerous devices. One such way is within the regular mobile phone. What may look like a regular phone – same shape, size, colour, appearance etc. – may actually be a very sinister object.
In 2008 the BBC reported that Italian police discovered a .22 [...]