Forensic investigation of the soft-modded PlayStation Portable (PSP)

Abstract

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a popular handheld game console. The lack of a hard disk unit within the PSP does not imply a lack of stored data. It incorporates an onboard NAND flash memory and a memory card reader. This paper aims to raise awareness of the presence of custom firmware and identify possible data hiding places in the PSP. It discusses PSP forensics issues and proposes a possible technique for how such a PSP system may be forensi-cally examined. © Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2010.