![]() When the investigators got back to their offices, they used a CelleBrite to extract data from the phone’s SD storage card. The agents arrested the suspect as he left a building, taking his cellphone out of his hand as they handcuffed him. In June 2012, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms served an arrest warrant on a man suspected of conspiring to rob a drug dealer. If the same cell tower serves both phones, an officer could even listen in on your calls. A cloned phone allows officers to intercept your communications and send messages while pretending to be you. CelleBrite’s device, however, allows police to clone that identity. ![]() Your cellphone has a unique identity that allows the global wireless network to route your communications directly to you. One of the CelleBrite UFED’s most powerful features is the ability to “clone” your phone’s SIM card.If the UFED is able to learn or modify your phone's passcode, the analyst can then disable the security and gain access to the data on the phone. If law enforcement gains access to the sync backup files on your computer, the UFED can potentially read those sync files to gain access to information about your phone, how it has been used, and the files present on it, and in some cases even enable the UFED to discover or alter your phone's passcode. The danger is not only the software on your phone, but also backups made of your phone to your computer using your phone's sync functionality. This is another reason why keeping your phone’s operating system updated to the latest version is important. When they find one, they use it to enable their systems to break into phones running that version of the software. Extraction system vendors look for flaws in the security of each version of a cell phone’s operating system. Users of Android, iOS, Windows and other phones, depending upon their version of the operating system, are potentially at risk. CelleBrite’s marketing materials boast that its devices can penetrate user and pattern locks on over 200 devices. Standard cell phone security features are potentially ineffective.This allows the officer to download your data secretly. The CelleBrite lists all Bluetooth-enabled devices in its vicinity and connects to the phone of the officer’s choice. However, they can also wirelessly search phones connected to a Bluetooth. ![]() ![]() Devices sold by CelleBrite, the most popular UFED manufacturer, come with a set of cables that can link to virtually every type of consumer cell phone. Sometimes, police don’t even have to physically connect a UFED to your phone.Police can use this data to build an extremely exhaustive history of your movements. The leading GPS-enabled iOS and Android devices keep detailed location files. This data is not limited to your communications and web browsing. From the display screen, the officer may extract your contacts list, call history, text messages, social networking files, downloads, browser history, pictures and video, and even your ringtones. When the police connect a UFED to your cellphone, they can download its contents directly on to the device.Universal forensic extraction devices were developed for use by police, military, and intelligence agencies in the early 2000s as mobile phone use became more prevalent.
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