Abstract
Market penetration of smartphones and the enriched capabilities of new devices lead to the storage of lot of data in their internal memory, providing a silent witness of digital crimes and private facts as well. This article proposes a new methodology and a tool for data acquisition by using the removable memory cards (e.g. SD, mini SD, MMC, etc.) to execute in crime scene situ. The presented methodology relies on a forensic farm where Symbian and Windows Mobile devices file system images, acquired via the tool and sent through the forensic operator mobile device, are automatically processed by a piece of software, in order to provide quick and standard results. The purpose of this quick (and general, not ad-hoc) response is to provide essential investigative information to the crime scene operator in the lowest time, in order to collect further evidences, related to the content of the sized smartphone.
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