Mobile Forensics Approaches and Challenges

Asadullah Safi

Nowadays, mobile phones and other handheld devices are everywhere. Cell phones and other cellular devices may be used in the commission of a crime or other incident. For successful recovery and analysis of data contained on mobile phones, digital forensic specialists will require specific instruments for forensics investigation of mobile phones. For this type of investigation, there are some tools and techniques available; nevertheless, there is presently still no good solution. The purpose of this paper is to explore into the difficulties that arise while conducting forensic analysis on mobile phones, to concentrate on numerous analytical techniques, and to illustrate a pyramid of forensic techniques and tools.