Forensic analysis of BiP Messenger on android smartphones

Akbal, Erhan; Tuncer, Türker; Doğan, Şengül

doi:10.1080/00450618.2019.1610064

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“…In another study, Akbal et al performed a forensic analysis of the BiP Messenger application used on a smart mobile phone with the Android platform (Akbal et al 2020). In the study, they proposed a methodology for forensic analysis of instant messaging service in BiP Messenger application.…”

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Digital Forensic Analysis of Discord Mobile Application on Android Based Smartphones

Kara¹

2022

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Nowadays, the spread of social media in all areas of society and becoming a part of life has led to creative and innovative changes in the fields of communication. Instant messaging applications are widely used in communication between users around the world, and the Discord application is one of them. With the Discord application, more than 300 million registered users benefit from many services such as gaming, messaging, and video chat. The use of Discord by cybercriminals has also become one of the most common applications in forensic investigations. In this study, by examining the structure of the Discord application used in Android devices, a methodology has been presented on how to extract data and how to examine these data in terms of forensic analysis. The proposed analysis methodology shows how communication analytics, contact information, message information, deleted messages, group messages, how messages are extracted and how to examine these data structures, permissions, user information, and communication protocols can be analyzed. In the results of the study, a comprehensive analysis of the Discord application in terms of judicial reviews is presented.

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Digital Forensic Analysis of Discord Mobile Application on Android Based Smartphones

Kara¹

2022

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“…Similarly, forensic artifacts in the form of multimedia content such as images were retrieved from Allo application running on Android [20]. In fact, many such studies have been conducted in the past and most of the studies have yielded the needed results signifying that smartphones can be a treasure trove for digital forensic investigators [21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

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Forensic analysis of Twitch video streaming activities on Android

Alzahrani

Wani

Bhat

2021

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Video streaming abuses range from copyright infringement and piracy to child sexual abuse and murder. This paper performs proactive forensics of Twitch video streaming activities on Android devices. We designed our experiments using a methodology based on black-box testing principles and conducted them on Android devices using a forensic framework. The results of our experiments suggest that forensic investigators can extract evidences of streams broadcast, shared, and watched by the user, and associate them with the Twitch account of the user. We detail all the recoverable artifacts of forensic significance, provide mechanisms to extract them based on the identified anchors, and interpret their significance in forensic investigations.

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“…It has also been shown how the application analysis should be performed manually for those who do not have these tools or when these tools are not sufficient for the analyst. In previous studies in the literature, since the application versions are quite old, there is no information about the additional features added to the applications [23][24][25][26][27][28]. Our study was carried out using the most current application versions.…”

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Forensic Analysis of Popular Social Media Applications on Android Smartphones

Eriş

Akbal

2021

Balkan Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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The use of mobile devices as an evidence of crime has increased. Social network forensics is a branch of science that includes accessing and analyzing many personal data that may contain evidence on social networks. Considering the multiplicity of personal data artefact by social networking applications in mobile devices, the importance of examining social media applications in mobile devices emerges. In this study, the necessary processes for the forensic investigation of mobile devices are examined, the necessary procedures for data extraction from mobile devices are explained and it is revealed how the analysis of social media applications in terms of forensic information in mobile devices should be realized. In the application part of the study, the most widely used mobile operating systems on android devices with android operating prompts; Facebook, WhatsApp Messenger, Instagram, Twitter applications have been installed, basic user behavior analysis of devices that have been performed. During the investigation phase, Oxygen Forensic, Paraben E3: DS and Magnet Axiom were used as tools for manual data extraction and mobile forensic information. The obtained data by both methods are shown comparatively.

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Forensic analysis of BiP Messenger on android smartphones

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

Digital Forensic Analysis of Discord Mobile Application on Android Based Smartphones

Digital Forensic Analysis of Discord Mobile Application on Android Based Smartphones

Forensic analysis of Twitch video streaming activities on Android

Forensic Analysis of Popular Social Media Applications on Android Smartphones

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