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Mobile Device Forensics: A Snapshot

NCJ Number
243270
Author(s)
Christopher Tassone; Ben Martini; Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo; Jill Slay
Date Published
August 2013
Length
7 pages
Annotation

This report examines three mobile forensic tools.

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the capabilities of three popular mobile forensic tools on three mobile phones based on Apple's iOS, Google's Android and RIM's BlackBerry operating systems. This paper identifies where each specific tool is best applied and also describes the limitations of each in accessing contacts, call history, message data (SMS, MMS and emails), media files and other data. New releases of forensic tools and mobile operating systems may change the way the data are acquired and preserved in the future. It is therefore hoped that future research will continue to provide the digital forensics community with the most up-to-date overview of mobile forensics capabilities. Tables, figure, and references