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Can courts trust evidence collected by Cellebrite's mobile device forensic tools? The question was posed late last month by Signal, the messaging app that is a recent new target for Cellebrite's data-collecting tools for law enforcement. Signal's founder, Moxie Marlinspike, contended that software vulnerabilities found in Cellebrite's tools could be used to tamper with evidence. As a result, one lawyer has already filed a motion for a new trial. (see But Marlinspike isn't the only person who has taken a close look at Cellebrite's devices. On Friday, Matt Bergin of KoreLogic will present his...

Signal Founder Says Cellebrite's Forensics Tools Flawed Twitter Get Permission Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike speaking at "The Cryptographer's Panel" at RSA Conference 2018 (Photo: Mathew J. Schwartz/ISMG) Law enforcement agencies use digital forensics tools from the Israeli company Cellebrite to gain access to locked mobile devices and extract data as part of evidence-gathering during the course of an investigation. But in a shot across the bow to the vendor's business model, Moxie Marlinspike (@moxie), creator of the encrypted messaging app Signal, says flaws in Cellebrite's devices cal...