Smart Phone Forensics And Cloud Computing

Digital forensics has always been known across technologists and law enforcement as the art of hacking into a computer and retrieving important information. Information that holds the key to important crimes and issues surrounding criminal activity. More importantly, digital forensics has the ability to make the non-believer surrounding a criminal case into a swift prosecutor ready to use his or her fullest extent of the law; regarding the sensitive data that comes out of that powerful piece of machinery as we know today as technology. Digital forensic scientists have begun to venture into the world of cloud computing and its familiar components. Components such as remote servers, web browsers, and web based media devices that are connected to the cloud.

Ibrahim Baggili, an assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of New Haven said this, "Forensic evidence from a smartphone or a computer might be critical to solving a crime (Baggili).” Personal and private information are stored on phones and computers and it is a great tool for a scientist to use when working on a crime.

For our capstone project, our group will be focusing on the examination and analysis of the newest version of the Android operating system, 8.0 or Android oreo. The ultimate goal of the project is to create a well documented and detailed source of information for forensic investigators examining Android devices running Android 8.0. Currently, there is very little forensic information about the newest version of Android, especially in terms of the newest features such as now playing, instant apps, among many others. We decided to cover this topic with the goal of keeping information current in the field of digital forensics. This is an important task, especially with the growing popularity of Android and the importance of mobile devices in

A vast majority of citizens in this country are not aware of their rights as it pertains to their electronic devices. By following the practices of digital forensics and the laws set fourth to govern electronic devices. The justice system will become more clear to the average citizen.

Data is crucial to the success of any company and they are now increasing their efforts in soliciting and retrieving customer data to learn more about their client's preferences, likes, and dislikes. This, among other factors has attributed to a growing field of data science where data scientists learn to collect crucial data. While there are many types of data, this paper will primarily focus on digital data and how digital scientists can retrieve these data to support provide information for the crown or for the defense. This area has received more attention because criminals such as terrorists have realized the effectiveness of using digital devices to aid in their criminal endeavors (Reith, Carr & Gunsch, 2002, p.2). To combat this, law enforcement agencies are now relying on digital scientists to preserve, collect, analysis and interpret "digital evidence derived from digital sources" (Vincze, 2016, p.184) to help prevent cybercrime and prosecute (or exonerate) suspects. The purpose of this paper is then to illustrate why digital forensic is crucial to addressing the new dangers presented in our society by analyzing the strengths and demonstrating why the weaknesses of the field

Improvements in technology have demonstrated that with relative ease nefarious individuals can acquire various types of information with the use of computers, cellphones, tablets, databases and the internet. This information can be used for a large array of deeds, illegal activity being a major one. In an effort to combat this emerging type of crime, the Department of Justice, local law enforcement agencies, banks, retail stores, and investment firms are integrating computer forensics into their organizations. These crimes range from network security breaches at companies like Target and Home Depot to child pornography, the common thread is that the implicating evidence was found on an electronic media device.

Countries are regularly updating their legal guidelines to explain how digital evidence affects the digital constitution act. As a result, criminals developed their own tools to conceal their crimes creating real-world challenges for forensics investigators. Today, investigators need to learn from many standards of practice: researching from old to new computer systems, expand mechanical knowledge, create new developments and solutions for any investigation.

Abstract- The contemporary Smartphone has built-in Instant Messaging (IM) applications like Whatsapp, Line, etc, which facilitates users to send and receive chat messages, video, audio and images via Smartphone in real time. Apart from benefits offered by Instant Messaging (IM), it also suffers from few vulnerabilities which provide ground for attackers to launch attacks such as Man-in-the-middle attack (MITM). These applications leave traces and Evidences in phone. In order to identify crimes, it is essentially required to retrieve these traces and evidences by using appropriate forensic technique. The works carried out in this field deals with forensic analysis of Whatsapp, viber, ChatOn etc but not with forensic analysis of Line messenger, even though number of users of Line messenger is more than 500 million. In this work, evidence subjected to Line messenger has been extracted from iPhone running ios 6. This paper presents evidence gathering of Line IM application which proves beneficial for forensic analysts and practitioners as it assists them in course of mapping and locating digital evidences of Line messenger on iPhone.

This certification validates both cloud computing and virtualization skills (Tittel & Kyle, 2016). Our mobile device specialist has a bachelor’s degree in information technology, five years of professional experience, and holds a CompTIA Mobility+ certification. This specialist knows how to carefully extract data from mobile devices. Our computer forensic examiner has a bachelor’s degree in digital forensics, seven years professional experience, and has an AccessData (ACE) certification. The ACE demonstrates this examiner’s proficiency with Forensic Toolkit technology. All of our analysts are trained to secure, document, and transport evidence as well as properly store the digital evidence in order to maintain its integrity and prepare scientific reports on their

Mobile device forensics is the newest branch of digital forensics relating to the recovery of digital evidence or data from a mobile device under forensically sound conditions. The use of phones in crime was widely recognized for some years, but the forensic study

Dedicated system forensics specialists have trained intensively in investigating digital incidents to determine magnitude of the situation. Since digital crimes are committed on devices over multiple computing platforms, it is essential for forensic specialist to have a broad knowledge on which tools and techniques yield best results. The information collected from devices may serve as useful evidence in a legal matter; you never want the gathering of data to be an issue during the trial proceedings. Dedicated system forensic specialists understand the advantage in preparing a chain of custody report; it documents who oversaw data recovery or imaging, when & where collection took place and how & who stored data, which all add evidentiary value to findings. Individuals not skilled in the digital investigative process may inadvertently contaminate, overlook or destroy evidences, or simply forget to document the collection process. The smallest omission & fallacy in evidence collection or documentation can cause finds to

Digital forensics is almost like observing someone’s complete psyche, you see that person likes and dislike. You are viewing their hates and love; you are finding things they don’t want to share with anyone else in the entire world. Using digital forensics is extremely perplexing with the obligation of interpreting the digital forensics that are located in an investigation.

Cell phones have become an important part of everyone’s daily life in America. You can hardly find anyone over the age of 15 and younger than 80 years old these days without one. It is said that cell phones outsell personal computers 3 to 1. With numbers like that, it is important for law enforcement to understand the laws and resources needed to legally and properly conduct cell phone forensics to document, examine, and present for court purposes the evidence needed to substantiate a criminal case.

Nowadays, technology is speeding our way of communication and the way in which we handle our personal lives. Zdziarski (2008) described, “How the iPhone has quickly become a market leader in technology and has been a big success around the world” (preface.iX). The iPhone has become a very useful tool in many aspects of people lives. However, people should be aware that this device can store a great amount of data in its memory and that if you ever lost or had it stolen all off your personal and professional information can be available to whoever has it in their hand.

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