Mobile digital forensics is a branch of digital forensics relating to recovery of digital evidence or data from a mobile devices. 

The phrase mobile device usually refers to a Mobile phone, however it can also relate to any digital device that has both internal memory and communication ability.

New Zealand Forensics uses only the most up to date software and hardware, which has been proven both by users and also the courts as being reliable.

With the recent purchase of the CellBrite UFED Pro cell phone alalyser, New Zealand Forensics would be one of a few companies in New Zealand using this hardware.  It has been reviewed by internationally recognised bodies as the leading Cell Phone Analyser in the world.  We can now extract, both physical and logical evidence from most mobile devices, including Android Phones, Smart Phones, iPhones, Windows Phones, Ipods PDAs, and GPS units.

Examples of commonly recoverable data includes

The use of phones in crime was widely recognised for some years, but the forensic study of mobile devices is a relatively new field, dating from the early 2000s. A proliferation of phones (particularly)smartphones onto the consumer market has caused a demand for forensic examination of the devices, which could not be met by existing computer forensic techniques.

The memory type, custom face and proprietary nature of mobile devices requires a different forensic process compared to computer forensics. Each device often has to have customised extraction techniques developed so that the phone can be properly examined.

Taking discreet photo's, recording a private conversation, unauthorised videoing are now all within our grasp. For most of us, the use of the camera on our mobile phones is simply to ensure that we can capture images and remember them. For some however, it is the perfect way to capture mission critical data, to steal a secret formula of a competitor, or simply to use in a blackmail situation. Some more examples of inappropriate use are listed below: