# Mobile Application Forensics ## Identification Mobile application forensics reconstructs an application's identity, provenance, capabilities, stored data, and runtime behavior from package artifacts and device state. ## Scanned_20260730-1806 evidence Pages 16–27 move from device baseline to runtime paths, APK resources, licenses, manifests, declared activities, FileProvider URIs, package-state flags, shared UIDs, privileged attributes, repository history, developer domains, and carrier/ROM lineage. ## Minimum evidence model Record package ID, visible label, version, installer, install path, UID/shared UID, signer and certificate digest, artifact hash, target SDK, requested and granted permissions, components, native libraries, embedded dependencies, runtime network behavior, and comparison with a known-good firmware or store release. ## Boundary Unfamiliar names, tracker signatures, system status, foreign provenance, or privileged flags are investigative leads—not proof of surveillance, malicious intent, or compromise. ## Source - [[Scanned_20260730-1806|Scanned_20260730-1806]] ## Scanned_20260730-1946 overlay PDF pages 17–18 assemble a practical cross-platform workflow: transport or tunnel into a device, dump decrypted binaries, decompile APK/DEX content, inspect with Hopper/JADX/APKTool, instrument runtime behavior with Frida/Cycript/Objection/RMS, test transport with Burp/ZAP and SSL Kill Switch, and use vulnerable apps plus OWASP methodology as legal training targets. The missing forensic layer is case discipline: acquisition method, chain of custody, timestamps, artifact hashes, device/build state, reproducible environment, and separation of defensive testing from evidence about a real incident.