About the Authors
Oleg Afonin is a researcher and an expert in digital forensics. He is a frequent speaker at industry-known conferences such as CEIC, HTCIA, FT-Day, Techno Forensics, and others. Oleg has co-authored multiple publications on IT security and mobile forensics. With years of experience in the digital forensics and security domain, Oleg has led forensic training courses for law enforcement departments in multiple countries.
Vladimir Katalov is CEO, co-founder, and co-owner of ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. Vladimir manages all technical research and product development in the company. He regularly presents at various events and regularly runs security and computer forensics training both for foreign and domestic (Russian) computer investigative committees and other law enforcement organizations.
Special thanks to Oleg Davydov whose help and advice was truly invaluable. Without Oleg’s deep understanding of Android internals, this book would not be the same. Oleg Davydov is a co-founder and CTO of Oxygen Software. Since 2000, he has been involved in software development related to mobile forensics. For the last 10 years, Oleg has been busy developing mobile forensic tools. Oleg is an expert in cryptography, IT security, software development, mobile forensics, and reverse engineering. Oleg works in the mobile forensics industry, using his experience and understanding of smartphone internals to help law enforcement.
Special thanks to Shafik G. Punja who caught things that we missed. His expertise in acquiring BlackBerry devices was an invaluable help.