Phone Sim Forensics

With MOBIL Forensic you can view, search or retrieve all data from a phone with only a few clicks. This data includes call history, phonebooks, text messages, multimedia messages, files, calendars, notes, reminders, and raw application data. It will also retrieve all phone information such as IMEI, operating systems, firmware including SIM details (IMSI), ICCID, and location area information. Where possible MOBILedit Forensic is also able to retrieve deleted data from phones and bypass the passcode, PIN, and phone backup encryption.

Security

SIM cards can have their data protected by a PIN, or Personal Identification Number. If a user has enabled the PIN on their SIM card, the SIM will remain locked until the PIN is properly entered. Some phones provide the option of using a second PIN, or PIN2, to further protect data. If a user incorrectly enters their PIN number multiple times, the phone may request a PUK or Personal Unblocking Key. The number of times a PIN must be incorrectly entered before the phone requests the PUK will vary from phone to phone. Once a phone requests a PUK, the SIM will remain locked until the PUK is correctly entered. The PUK must be obtained from the SIM’s network provider. If a PUK is incorrectly entered 10 times the SIM will become permanently locked and the user must purchase a new SIM card in order to use the phone. In some cases, the phone will request a PUK2 before it permanently locks the SIM card.

The first SIM card was about the size of a credit card. As technology developed, the cell phone began to shrink in size and so did the SIM card. The mini-SIM card, which is about one-third the size of a credit card. But today we are using smartphones that use micro-SIM, which is smaller than mini-SIM. These SIM cards vary in size but all have the functionality for both the identification and authentication of the subscriber’s phone to its network and all contain storage for phone numbers, SMS, and other information, and allow for the creation of applications on the card itself.