Acquisition and Analysis of Mobile Data Using Digital Forensics Tools and Techniques

Acquisition and Analysis of Mobile Data Using Digital Forensics Tools and Techniques

연구 분야: Cryptography

학회: World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering & Applied Computing

Mobile phones have become a key necessity in today’s world. With the rapid advancement of technology, mobile phones are now ubiquitous and possess computing power comparable to that of modern computers. As businesses transition from conventional operations to e-business models, much of the work is now done at your fingertips. Consequently, the incidence of cybercrimes is increasing, underscoring the vital need for digital forensics in investigating these illicit activities. Therefore, mobile forensics is imperative, and it is essential for forensic professionals to keep themselves updated and enhance their investigative capabilities. Mobile forensics is the process of acquiring, analyzing, and investigating digital data that resides on mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches, with the most common being smartphones. Since the use of smartphones has increased significantly over the past decades, it can provide a wealth of information which can be utilized as digital evidence to solve cybercrimes in a forensically sound manner [1]. In this research, we have compared various mobile forensics tools and evaluated it based on the data acquisition and analysis capabilities. The aim of our research is to help forensic professionals, forensics researchers and law enforcement agencies choose an appropriate tool for better acquisition and analysis of mobile data. The paper focuses on logical acquisition of Android and iOS smart phones using various software based forensic tools with file system extraction capabilities along with the analysis of metadata, cryptographic hash values and data recovery.