Mobile Forensic Tools for Digital Crime Investigation: Comparison and Evaluation

The advancement of new technology is quickening.Because of the features and applications available on mobile devices, smartphones are gradually taking over the role of computers.One of them is a multi-platform instant messaging application with various features that can bring people together, but the negative aspect is that it is used to commit digital crimes.Digital evidence is required in the investigation of digital crimes, In order to obtain digital evidence, a set of forensic tools is required to carry out the forensic process of physical evidence.The goal of this research is to describe and contrast the forensic process.These tools are currently based on digital evidence obtained through the stages of the Digital Forensic Research Workshop.MEF, DB4S, OFD, and FMF are the forensic tools used in this study.According to the findings, FMF has the highest extraction capability for obtaining digital evidence, OFD has advantages in terms of data acquisition features, and MFE has advantages in identification, physical evidence preservation, and cloning.