Mining Cell Phones for Data
First offering in Western Canada of Teel Technologies Advanced Mobile Forensics courses
In the Donald Rix Simulation Lab at Justice Institute of British Columbia, (JIBC), 10 men are deep in concentration at tables that are messy with soldering irons, tweezers, screw drivers and small square electronic boxes with gear that allows them to communicate with cell phones. Cell phones are splayed open, the shiny microchip guts of the digital technology that we use to communicate with, and that hold the revealing pathways of our personal interconnectedness, are being retrieved, mined, and even turned into reports that may end up in a courtroom.
This is the first ever offering in Western Canada of the Teel Technologies WildPCS Mobile Device Repair and JTAG Mobile Forensics Training, a five day course by Teel Technologies Canada that took place in late September. The company specializes in tools, services and training for professionals tasked with investigating wireless devices, analyzing networks, or securing communications.
Law Enforcement officers from across Canada have come to JIBC from municipal police forces and R.C.M.P. Detachments to learn how to dismantle, repair, access data and decode this data for
reporting purposes. (more…)