An Incident Responder Successfully Acquired Application Binaries Off a Mobile

question 43

Multiple Choice

An incident responder successfully acquired application binaries off a mobile device for later forensic analysis. Which of the following should the analyst do NEXT?

• A) Decompile each binary to derive the source code.
• B) Perform a factory reset on the affected mobile device.
• C) Compute SHA-256 hashes for each binary.
• D) Encrypt the binaries using an authenticated AES-256 mode of operation.
• E) Inspect the permissions manifests within each application.

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