Chip-Off Phone Forensics for Encrypted Mobile Device

Client Requirement

Our client needed to recover critical data from a highly encrypted mobile device. Traditional methods failed due to the complexity of encryption and multiple chips present in the phone. We were tasked with extracting, decrypting, and restoring the device while ensuring data integrity.

Challenges

• The mobile device had nine encrypted flux, making data extraction difficult.
• Use a socket that meets industry standard to advanced encryption.
• The chip-off phone forensics process risked damaging the phone’s internal circuits and components.

Our Solution

To address this complex challenge, our team of hardware engineering experts implemented a systematic approach utilizing advanced forensic techniques and specialized tools:

Chip-Off Phone Forensics Process

• We carefully disassembled the phone to locate and remove the nine memory chips without causing additional damage.
• Using specialized equipment, we warmed the PCB and detached the memory chips.
• The extracted chips were read using a socket reader to acquire raw data.

The decryption of Data

• Since the extracted data was encrypted, we utilized MDRed, a specialized forensic tool, to decrypt the acquired data.
• Various forensic tools were employed to handle different encryption formats, ensuring a comprehensive and successful decryption process.

Board and Circuit Repair Services

• Because chip-off phone forensics is so sensitive, some damage to the phone’s board and circuits was inflicted during the extract.
• Expert technicians carried out fine repairs, restored the board, and reassembled the phone parts.
• The chips were cleaned and reinstalled where necessary, ensuring the device’s integrity was maintained.

Comprehensive Use of Chip-Off Forensics

Chip-off forensics is an advanced method used when standard data recovery techniques fail. With chip extraction, we can read raw data off devices (even if heavily encrypted). We have advanced forensic tools that can decode and recover important data that would otherwise go unrecovered.

Results

• Successfully extracted and decrypted critical data using chip-off forensics.
• Utilized advanced tools to recover inaccessible information from encrypted devices.
• Provided repair services to restore the device post-investigation.
• Delivered a complete forensic solution, ensuring both data recovery and device functionality.

Conclusion

We specialize in chip-off phone forensics, data decryption, and board and circuit repair; all of which, demonstrate our prowess in the industry. This case confirms our status as a forensic service provider capable of extracting highly encrypted devices with accuracy and professionalism. We are streamlined from end to end to verify the data is not altered, recovering the data successfully, and restoring it fully, which makes us one of the most sought-after when it comes to the advanced level of digital forensic investigations. We maintain our leadership in providing the most sophisticated forensic services to the toughest cases with our expertise in chip-off forensics.