Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Cybersecurity Practice Test

Which forensic tool can recover deleted messages from mobile phones?

1. Oxygen Forensic Suite

2. The Coroner's Toolkit

3. WindowsSCOPE

4. Xplico

The correct answer is: Oxygen Forensic Suite

The Oxygen Forensic Suite is a specialized forensic tool designed for mobile devices, capable of extracting and analyzing data from smartphones. One of its key features is the ability to recover deleted messages, as it directly interacts with mobile operating systems and file systems. It can access various forms of data, including SMS, multimedia messages, call logs, and app data that may have been deleted but still reside in the phone's storage until overwritten. Other tools like The Coroner's Toolkit and WindowsSCOPE are more focused on analyzing computer systems and may not have the same capabilities when it comes to mobile data recovery. Xplico, while useful for extracting and analyzing network data, does not have a dedicated function for recovering deleted messages from mobile phones. Therefore, the Oxygen Forensic Suite stands out as the appropriate choice for this task, as it is specifically tailored for mobile forensic analysis and excels in recovering deleted content from such devices.