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US 2013/0210423 A1Published application
Acquiring information from volatile memory of a mobile device
AssigneeAgency for Science, Technology and Research
InventorLing Ling Vrizlynn Thing
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Abstract
According to various embodiments, there is provided a method of acquiring information from volatile memory of a mobile device, the method including: accessing the volatile memory of the mobile device used by an application operating on the mobile device to store communicated information with a communication device; acquiring a copy of data present in the volatile memory; and analysing the copy of data to extract the communicated information.
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A method of acquiring information from volatile memory of a mobile device, the method comprising:
- accessing the volatile memory of the mobile device used by an application operating on the mobile device to store communicated information with a communication device;
- acquiring a copy of data present in the volatile memory;
- performing a process tracing or debugging system call attached to a process to suspend the operation of the application to acquire the copy of data present in the volatile memory and to resume the operation of the application thereafter;
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- analysing the copy of data to extract the communicated information.
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A mobile device comprising:
- volatile memory configured to be used by an application operating on the mobile device to store communicated information with a communication device;
- an acquirer configured to acquire a copy of data present in the volatile memory;
- a processor configured to perform a process tracing or debugging system call attached to a process to suspend the operation of the application to acquire the copy of data present in the volatile memory and to resume the operation of the application thereafter;
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- an analyser configured to analyse the copy of data to extract the communicated information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.