Android scraping: accessing personal data on mobile devices
Ken Munro · Network Security · 2014
Android devices hold a great deal of personal user data. Accessing that data, particularly if the device has been restored to factory settings, should be relatively difficult. But there are numerous ways to exploit the Android operating system – exploits that can be used to trick these devices into surrendering their secrets. Android devices hold a great deal of personal user data and so accessing it should be relatively difficult. But there are numerous ways to exploit the Android operating system. Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners takes us through the steps necessary to uncover the PIN codes and normally inaccessible (and usually very personal) data held on an Android device. While some of these steps require more than average skills, the investment in equipment is very modest.