Android pattern locks

What do you do if you have to examine an Android mobile device which has a pattern lock enabled?

Pattern locks are a security feature used by Android devices as an alternative to a password or passcode which stops unauthorised users gaining access. However, this causes problems when it comes to analysing the data stored therein.

CCLs’ researchers have developed a novel technique to retrieve the lock pattern, enabling digital forensic investigators to access and examine such devices.

The analysts wrote a simple script in the Python programming language which reads the data contained in the file and recovers the correct unlock pattern.

The technique has been used a number of times with great success, so the research and development team is happy to make the scripts public for research purposes.

To find out exactly what they did, visit www.ccl-forensics.com/Law-Enforcement-News/a-rainbow-table-for-android-pattern-locks.html where they explain their methodology.

To download the file, please click the link below

Android pin & password

Is it possible to recover Android PINs and passwords?

Android has provided the option of a traditional numeric PIN or alphanumeric password (both are required to be 4 to 16 digits or characters in length).

Following on from their work recovering Android pattern locks, CCLs’ research and development team has written two simple scripts in the Python programming language which can recover the details of numeric PINs or alphanumeric passwords from a raw dump of an Android device.

The technique has been used successfully a number of times, so the team is happy to make the scripts available to the public for research purposes. To find out exactly what they did, visit

http://digitalinvestigation.wordpress.com/ where they explain their methodology.

To download the file, please click the link below