CY-702 (C) RGPV B.Tech
Mobile Security and Forensics (MSF)
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Syllabus, notes and important questions for CY-702 (C)
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Introduction to Mobile Forensics 9 topics
- Mobile forensics
- Challenges in mobile forensics
- Mobile phone evidence extraction
- Documenting and reporting phase
- Presentation phase
- Archiving phase
- Overview of mobile operating systems
- Data acquisition methods
- Examination and analysis of evidence stored on mobile phones
Unit 2 Android Forensics 13 topics
- Understanding Android and Android model
- Android security – secure kernel
- Security‑Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
- Full Disk Encryption
- Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
- Android file system
- Android forensic setup and pre‑data extraction techniques
- Android data extraction techniques
- Android data analysis and recovery
- Android app analysis
- Android malware analysis
- Reverse engineering of Android applications
- Extracting APK files from Android devices
Unit 3 iOS Forensics 8 topics
- iOS application security
- Basics of iOS and application development
- Developing a first iOS app
- Running apps on iDevice
- iOS MVC design pattern
- iOS security model
- iOS secure boot chain
- iOS application signing
Unit 4 Android Security 9 topics
- Sandboxing and Android permission model
- Application signing
- Android startup process
- Setting up the development environment
- Creating an Android virtual device (AVD)
- Useful utilities for Android pentesting
- Android Debug Bridge (ADB)
- Burp Suite for Android traffic analysis
- APKTool for reverse engineering
Unit 5 Traffic Analysis 5 topics
- Traffic analysis for Android devices
- Android traffic interception
- Passive traffic analysis techniques
- Active traffic analysis techniques
- HTTPS proxy interception