Guest Editorial Preface

International Journal of Engineering Research in Computer Science and Engineering

Individuals' interactions with machines would change. The technology which started with using buttons have developed to the touchpad screen, which allows people to control devices. merely conversing with them Intelligent house assistants (IHAs), which allow customers to manage their smart devices, read their mail, and occasionally place orders, are becoming increasingly popular. As a result, it’s possible that they'll be discovered at a crime scene shortly for this reason. and are capable of carrying the weight of digital evidence. This research looked into the most famous Alexa Echo and Google Home devices. Documentation was uncovered when this came to forensic research and evidence that made up metadata. Then, by fabricating operations, Changing the device's name, establishing a bogus routine, and so on talent improvement on an individual basis. As a result of the research, cyber defence experts and professors working in this field were given information on the several...

2015

As mobile devices grow in popularity and ubiquity in everyday life, they are often involved in digital crimes and digital investigation as well. The world of mobile device forensics is a complicated one. Unlike the PC world’s limited number of major operating system vendors, there are countless manufacturers of mobile devices. To complicate things further, each mobile device manufacturer may have his own proprietary technology and formats. Add to this the blistering pace at which new mobile devices such as cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are released, and you have a challenging environment to work in. This research paper will document in detail the methodology used to examine mobile electronic devices for the data critical to security investigations. The methodology encompasses the tools, techniques and procedures needed to gather data from a variety of common devices.

Due to the rich set of exciting features available in Android smartphones makes it possible to be used vastly by the user around the world and hence android occupies a large share from among other operating system based Smartphone. The popularity of Android smartphones is growing rapidly day by day and it plays a vital role in our daily lives. The feature-rich state of Android smartphones makes it possible to be used in criminal intended activities. The Android smartphones are merely used in criminal activities and hence it can be used as a solid source of digital evidence. A range of Smartphone's forensics tools are available in the market which can be used to recover digital evidence from the Android smartphones. In this paper, authors have made efforts to highlights the range of Smartphone forensics tools which can be used to perform logical acquisition on the internal memory of android based smartphones and then provide the comparison between Smartphone forensics tools on the basis of their ability to acquire data from the internal memory of Android smartphones. It has been found that there no tool available which can extract the complete range of digital evidence from Android-based smartphones.

2019 7th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS), 2019

Mobile device forensics is an up-to-date multidisciplinary methodology aims at preserving, extracting, analyzing, and presenting digital evidence from mobile devices. The technique encompasses various phases, which require both deep insights into mobile devices' organization and structure as well as digital analysis and examination approaches. Modern mobile devices enable multitask computing ability that requires a suitable Operating System (OS). Nowadays, both proprietary and open source operating mobile OSs are available. The progressive growth of Android operated devices makes them a potential target for cyber-attacks. In this paper, a review of the Android mobile device forensics is presented. The study is not an exhaustive review, rather it only offers a discussion of the most influential papers in the field.

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, 2014

The main purpose of this study is to discuss the different comparative studies on digital forensics process models specially in the field of mobile devices. In order to legally pursue digital criminals, investigation should be conducted in a forensically sound manner so that the acquired evidence would be accepted in the court of law. Digital forensic process models define the important steps that should be followed to assure the investigation is performed successfully. There are a number of digital forensic process models developed by various organizations worldwide, but yet, there is no agreement among forensics investigation and legislative delegation which procedures to adhere to; specially in the case of facing mobile devices with latest technologies. This is vital, as mobile phones and other mobile devices such as PDAs or tablets are becoming ever-present as the main technology platform around the world and people are obtaining and using mobile phones more than ever. In this study we will give a review of the proposed digital forensics process models within last 7 years and to discuss the need for a consensus to follow the same underlying approaches while continually updating digital forensics process models to cover new emerging technologies and devices.

Forensic investigation of small-scale digital devices: a futuristic view, 2023

Small-scale digital devices like smartphones, smart toys, drones, gaming consoles, tablets, and other personal data assistants have now become ingrained constituents in our daily lives. These devices store massive amounts of data related to individual traits of users, their routine operations, medical histories, and financial information. At the same time, with continuously evolving technology, the diversity in operating systems, client storage localities, remote/ cloud storages and backups, and encryption practices renders the forensic analysis task multi-faceted. This makes forensic investigators having to deal with an array of novel challenges. This study reviews the forensic frameworks and procedures used in investigating small-scale digital devices. While highlighting the challenges faced by digital forensics, we explore how cutting-edge technologies like Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science may play a role in remedying concerns. The review aims to accumulate state-of-the-art and identify a futuristic approach for investigating SSDDs.

Technology concerning mobile devices has presented revolutionary growth during the last decade. Mobile phones do not serve only as a means of communication, but also as portable computers with advanced communication capabilities. Smartphones are able to store a rich set of personal information and at the same time provide powerful services, such as location-based services, Internet sharing via tethering, and intelligent voice, thus increasing the likelihood of a such devices being involved in a criminal activities. Mobile forensics is the science of recovering digital evidence from a mobile device under forensically sound conditions using accepted methods. During the last few years, a significant amount of research has been conducted, concerning various mobile device platforms forensics, data acquisition schemes, and information extraction methods. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the field, by presenting a detailed assessment of methodologies regarding Android forensic and anti-forensic techniques.

IJRCAR, 2014

The development of technologies is very consistent since the 21st century. Computers started to play a big role in every organization and every individual depends on it and uses them almost every day. Companies store sensitive information’s in computer and individuals store their personal data’s like photos, videos, and other personal information’s on their computers. Initially it was difficult for transferring data’s from one system to another but due to the immense growth of technology different types of external or removable storage devices came into existence like USB pen drives, Flash Drives, Memory Cards, CD’s, DVD’s etc. These devices have become very vulnerable for getting stolen or misplaced. In this paper, we have given solution to overcome the above mentioned problem of data and device theft by tracking the devices constantly and collect all important evidences from the Computers in which they are plugged in and these can be very crucial for giving verdict in a court of law.

International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, 2014

The extraordinary development of mobile communications is a source of new security challenges. Today, mobile phones have become ubiquitous in nature involving their use in many daily activities, and sometimes those activities might be criminal in nature. The remarkable advancements in the technology and increase in computing power of these devices over last few years, has led to an increase of their functionality while keeping the size of such devices small enough to fit in a pocket. The use of mobile phones in criminal activities has led to the need of recovering the digital evidence data in them for the further investigations. It is therefore essential for investigators to be able to extract digital evidence quickly and accurately. The digital forensic examiner must know how to preserve and acquire digital evidence effectively from mobile devices. This paper provides an overview of digital evidence preservation issues, relevant solutions for digital forensics examiners, and tips for successful preservation of digital evidence on mobile devices.

Multimedia on Mobile Devices 2011; and Multimedia Content Access: Algorithms and Systems V, 2011

The aim of this paper is to show the usefulness of Windows based Open Source Tools and other demo versions of software tools for forensic investigation of modern mobile devices. It is demonstrated how important data stored in the mobile device are investigated. Different scenarios of investigations are presented that are well-suited for a inexpensive forensics lab work in university. In particular the forensic investigation of three different cell phones is described: Motorola V3m, Motorola V3i, and BlackBerry 8700g 10 .