Framework for Mobile Devices Analysis

Nowadays mobile devices are considered an essential component of our daily lives. The smart phones not only keep us connected but also can act as a mobile office, social tool, and an entertainment center. The combination of functionality, processing power, and storage space makes smartphones a prime target for investigators. The rapid evolution in mobile computing is forcing towards the need for standards and tools to investigate and analyze these mobile devices and extract useful information that help in more protection against cyber threats and improving performance in many aspects including power consumption. Up to our knowledge, there is no mobile forensic analysis solution that maps data from different sources including calls, geographical location, multimedia, and web logs. Based on this motivation, in this paper, we aim to propose a framework solution, which could contribute to the development of a novel and potentially a market leading mobile forensic tool. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.