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What is a UFDR file?

UFDR file extension is native to files created by UFED Physical Analyzer, an advanced data extraction, analysis, and decoding software. UFED Physical Analyzer can extract data from over 4000 different mobile devices (telephones, tablets, GPS devices, etc.).

UFDR files store reports generated by UFED Physical Analyzer in form of an archive. Report file can be saved in various formats, such as PDF, HTML, or XML. UFED Physical Analyzer is used chiefly in data forensics and for data recovery.

Program(s) that can open the .UFDR file

How to open UFDR files

If you cannot open the UFDR file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports UFDR among those that are installed on your device.

A very simple way to solve this problem is to find and download the appropriate application. The first part of the task has already been done – the software supporting the UFDR file can be found in the table. Now just download and install the appropriate application.

Possible problems with the UFDR format files

The inability to open and operate the UFDR file does not necessarily mean that you do not have an appropriate software installed on your computer. There may be other problems that also block our ability to operate the UFED Physical Analyzer Report Package file. Below is a list of possible problems.

• Corruption of a UFDR file which is being opened
• Incorrect links to the UFDR file in registry entries.
• Accidental deletion of the description of the UFDR from the Windows registry
• Incomplete installation of an application that supports the UFDR format
• The UFDR file which is being opened is infected with an undesirable malware.
• The computer does not have enough hardware resources to cope with the opening of the UFDR file.
• Drivers of equipment used by the computer to open a UFDR file are out of date.

If you are sure that all of these reasons do not exist in your case (or have already been eliminated), the UFDR file should operate with your programs without any problem. If the problem with the UFDR file has not been solved, it may be due to the fact that in this case there is also another rare problem with the UFDR file. In this case, the only you can do is to ask for assistance of a professional staff.

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How to associate the file with an installed software?

If you want to associate a file with a new program (e.g. my-file.UFDR) you have two ways to do it. The first and the easiest one is to right-click on the selected UFDR file. From the drop-down menu select 'Choose default program', then click 'Browse' and find the desired program. The whole operation must be confirmed by clicking OK. The second and more difficult to do is associate the UFDR file extension to the corresponding software in the Windows Registry.

Is there one way to open unknown files?

Many files contain only simple text data. It is possible that while opening unknown files (e.g. UFDR) with a simple text editor like Windows Notepad will allow us to see some of the data encoded in the file. This method allows you to preview the contents of many files, but probably not in such a structure as a program dedicated to support them.

Cellebrite is an Israelidigital forensics company that provides tools for collection, analysis, and management of digital data. The company is a subsidiary of the Japanese electronics company Sun Corporation.

Overview[edit]

Cellebrite is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel. Its two subsidiary companies, Cellebrite USA Corp. and Cellebrite GmbH are respectively based in Parsippany, New Jersey, US, and Munich, Germany. Cellebrite is a fully owned subsidiary of Sun Corporation (JASDAQ: 6736) based in Nagoya, Japan.

In 2017, Cellebrite's Mobile Lifecycle division was rebranded as Mobilogy.^[1]

Mobilogy produces hardware and software for phone-to-phone data transfer, backup, mobile applications electronic software distribution, and data analysis tools. Mobilogy products are used by various mobile operators, and are deployed in wireless retail points of sale. Mobilogy works with handset manufacturers to ensure compatibility^{[clarification needed]} before devices are released to the public.^[2]

Cellebrite's mobile forensics division was established in 2007 and produces digital forensics and intelligence tools for use by law enforcement, intelligence agencies, military branches, corporate security and investigations, law firms; and private digital forensic examiners.^[2]

History[edit]

Cellebrite was established in Israel in 1999 by Avi Yablonka, Yaron Baratz, and Yuval Aflalo.^{[citation needed]} Cellebrite first manufactured hardware and software that offered a compressive phone-to-phone data transfer devices, contact synchronization and content transfer tools for mobile phones, intended for use by wireless carrier sales and support staff in retail stores.

Initially, Cellebrite's commercial products were used as a tool for migration from IS-95 (CDMA) enabled mobile phones to the GSM standard. Later, Cellebrite Wireless Carriers & Retailers' Universal Memory Exchanger (UME) gained additional data extraction and transfer capabilities, as well as additional mobile phone diagnostics, backup, and application management and delivery.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Cellebrite established an independent division targeted at the mobile forensics industry. The division first introduced mobile forensics products, under the family brand name 'Universal Forensic Extraction Device' (UFED), which have the ability to extract both physical and logical data from mobile devices, including the ability to recover deleted data and decipher encrypted and password protected information.^{[citation needed]}

Also in 2007, Cellebrite was acquired by FutureDial Incorporated and one of its major shareholders, Sun Corporation in Japan.^[3] Today^{[as of?]} Sun Corporation is Cellebrite's largest shareholder. In 2019 Israeli Growth Partners (IGP) invested $110 million in Cellebrite.^[4]

In 2020, Cellebrite acquired BlackBag Technologies, a forensics company with a focus on computer forensics. The acquisition allowed Cellebrite to expand its digital intelligence solution offerings to include data collection tools from computers.^[5]

In 2021, Cellebrite announced that they entered into a definitive business combination agreement and plan of merger with TWC Tech Holdings II Corporation. Once completed, Cellebrite will become a publicly listed company on the Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol, “CLBT”; the pro forma implied equity value of Cellebrite post-merger is expected to be approximately $2.4 billion.^[6]

Law enforcement assistance[edit]

In April 2011, the Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union questioned whether Michigan State Police (MSP) troopers were using Cellebrite UFEDs to conduct unlawful searches of citizens' cell phones.^[7] Following its refusal to grant the ACLU of Michigan's 2008 Freedom of Information Act request unless the organization paid $544,000 to retrieve the reports, MSP issued a statement claiming that it honored the Fourth Amendment in searching mobile devices.^[8]

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In March 2016, it was reported that Cellebrite offered to unlock an iPhone involved in the FBI–Apple encryption dispute.^[9] Later, after the FBI announced it had successfully accessed the iPhone thanks to a third party. A press report claimed Cellebrite had assisted with unlocking the device,^[10] which an FBI source denied.^[11]

A 2017 data dump suggests Cellebrite sold its data extraction products to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Russia.^[12]

On 16 September 2020, Haaretz reported how Cellebrite had provided Saudi Arabia with mobile phone hacking services. The staff at Cellebrite demanded the Saudis to send a government representative to meet one of their employees at the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Following the demand, a representative of Cellebrite traveled to Riyadh in November 2019 for an hacking attempt on a phone in the possession of a Saudi Justice Ministry employee. The Cellebrite representative called for the authorities to let him pass through passport control without getting his passport stamped or his electronic equipment being checked, while remaining only under his possession. The hacker was supposed to head to an isolated hotel room from the airport, where the process was planned to be executed without any electronic surveillance. The Cellebrite representative then returned to the Riyadh airport to fly back to London.^[13]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement[edit]

In 2017, Cellebrite entered into a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for $2.2 Million.^[14] On June 24, 2019, another contract was signed with ICE for between $30 and $35 million. The 2019 contract was for “universal forensic extraction devices (UFED), accessories licenses, training and support services” for one year, with an option to extend for up to five years.^[15][16]

Hong Kong[edit]

In August 2020, MIT Technology Review reported that Cellebrite sold its services to the Hong Kong Police Force for use in unlocking phones of detained demonstrators during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.^[17] As of October 7, 2020, the company announced that it would stop selling its solutions and services to customers in Hong Kong and China as a result of a change in U.S. regulations.^[18]

Eastern Europe[edit]

Cellebrite's UFED program was used to persecution of opposition in Belarus and Russia. In March 2021 after finding out that technology was used in the Lyubov Sobol affair Jerusalem activist has filed a lawsuit against the company in the Israeli Supreme Court. Shortly after the company announced the terminaton of partnership with Russia.^[19]

Security breaches[edit]

On 12 January 2017, it was reported that an unknown hacker had acquired 900 GB worth of confidential data from Cellebrite's external servers. The data dump includes alleged usernames and passwords for logging into Cellebrite databases connected to the company's my.cellebrite domain, and also contains what appear to be evidence files from seized mobile phones, and logs from Cellebrite devices.^[20] The dumped data suggested Cellebrite sold its data extraction products to countries such as Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Russia.^[12]

Vulnerability report by Signal[edit]

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In 2021, Moxie Marlinspike, creator of the encrypted messaging app Signal, released a blog post on the app's website detailing a number of vulnerabilities in Cellebrite's UFED and Physical Analyzer software that allowed for arbitrary code execution on Windows computers running the software. One exploit he detailed involved the UFED scanning a specially formatted file which could then be used to execute arbitrary code on the computer running the UFED. Marlinspike wrote that the code could then '[modify] not just the Cellebrite report being created in that scan, but also all previous and future generated Cellebrite reports from all previously scanned devices and all future scanned devices in any arbitrary way'.^[21] Marlinspike also found that Cellebrite software was bundled with out-of-date FFmpegDLL files from 2012, which lacked over 100 subsequent security updates. Windows Installer packages, extracted from the Windows installer for iTunes and signed by Apple, were also found, which he said raised legal concerns.^[22] Cellebrite issued a statement in response, saying the company 'is committed to protecting the integrity of our customers’ data, and we continually audit and update our software in order to equip our customers with the best digital intelligence solutions available.'^[23] The report by Signal followed an announcement by Cellebrite in 2020 that it had developed technology to crack encrypted messages in the Signal app, a claim the company later retracted and downplayed.^[24][25]

The announcement by Marlinspike prompted Cellebrite to patch some of the vulnerabilities found by Signal and to remove full support for analyzing iPhones,^[26][27] and raised questions about the integrity of data extracted by the software.^[28][29]

References[edit]

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6. ^'Cellebrite to list on Nasdaq at $2.4b valuation through SPAC'. Globes. August 4, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
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13. ^'Revealed: Israeli Firm Provided Phone-hacking Services to Saudi Arabia'. Haaretz. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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15. ^Montgomery, Blake (September 11, 2019). 'ICE Has a New $30M Contract With Israeli Phone Cracking Company Cellebrite'. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
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19. ^«Через 6 часов они ушли из России». Юрист вынудил израильских взломщиков смартфонов разорвать отношения с российскими силовиками
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22. ^Goodin, Dan (April 21, 2021). 'In epic hack, Signal developer turns the tables on forensics firm Cellebrite'. Ars Technica. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
23. ^Kan, Michael (April 21, 2021). 'iPhone Hacking Device From Cellebrite Is Rife With Exploitable Flaws, Says Signal'. PCMag. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
24. ^'Encrypted chat app Signal alleges flaws in Cellebrite equipment'. Reuters. April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
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