Android Sygic

Investigating Android Sygic

09/12/2022 Friday

Sygic is a GPS navigation app. which provides voice-guided navigation in over 220 countries with offline maps. The app also a feature that allows users to download offline maps that can be used without internet connection, as well as live traffic information and safety camera alerts. The app is available on iOS, Android and is compatible with Apple Watch, Google Wear OS, and Android Wear devices. Sygic provides drivers with information about the route they are taking, their speed and the time it will take them to reach their destination.

Digital Forensics Value of Android Sygic

Sygic database contains data of favorite places and favorite routes, which represents the places users have visited together with their preferred route. The database also keeps track of a user's home and work addresses as well as their most recent queries with time stamps. All these information may prove to be quite useful during investigations.

Location of Android Sygic Artifacts

Sygic Artifacts artifacts are found at the following location :
\data\com.sygic.aura\databases

Analyzing Android Sygic Artifacts with ArtiFast

This section will discuss how to use ArtiFast to extract Sygic from Android and what kind of digital forensics insight we can gain from the artifacts

After you have created your case and added evidence for the investigation, at the Artifact Selection phase, you can select Android Sygic artifacts:

Once ArtiFast parser plugins complete processing the artifact for analysis, it can be reviewed via “Artifact View” or “Timeline View,” with indexing, filtering, and searching capabilities. Below is a detailed description of Android Sygic artifacts in ArtiFast.

Android Sygic Favorite Routes Artifact

Route - The route name.
Title - Route title.
Route Settings - Route settings. set- by user It contains the location of the start/end points.

Android Sygic Favorite Places Artifact

Place Category - Map place category.
Favorite Place - Users favorite places.
Address Street - The street address of the favorite address.
City - City of the favorite address.
Country Code - Country code of the favorite address.
Address No - Address number of the favorite address.
Zip Code - Zip code of the favorite address.
Latitude - Latitude of the favorite address.
Longitude - Longitude of the favorite address.

Android Sygic Work/home Address Artifact

Place Category - Map place category.
Favorite Place - Users favorite places.
Address Street - The street address of the favorite address.
City - City of the favorite address.
Country Code - Country code of the favorite address.
Address No - Address number of the favorite address.
Zip Code - Zip code of the favorite address.
Latitude - Latitude of the favorite address.
Longitude - Longitude of the favorite address.

Android Sygic Recent Location Searches Artifact

Place Name - Place name on the map.
Place Category - Place category on the map.
Is Favorite - Whether the place in the favorite list or not.
Is Contact - Whether the place is in the contact list or not.
Time - Date and time that user recently search on map.
Address Street - The street address of the favorite address.
City - City of the favorite address.
Country Code - Country code of the favorite address.
Address No - Address number of the favorite address.
Zip Code - Zip code of the favorite address.
Latitude - Latitude of the favorite address.
Longitude - Longitude of the favorite address.