Forensic investigation of social networking applications

Abstract

Forensic investigation of social networking applicationshttp://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/299/ Article LJMU has developed LJMU Research Online for users to access the research output of the University more effectively. Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may download and/or print one copy of any article(s) in LJMU Research Online to facilitate their private study or for non-commercial research. You may not engage in further distribution of the material or use it for any profit-making activities or any commercial gain.The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of the record. Please see the repository URL above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. Forensic investigation of social networking applications AbstractSocial networking applications such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin may be involved in instances of misuse such as copyright infringement, data protection violations, defamation, identity theft, harassment, and dissemination of confidential information and malware that can affect both organizations and individuals. In this paper we examine the computer forensic process of obtaining digital evidence from social networking applications and the legal aspects of such. Currently there do not appear to be commonly available guidelines for organizations aimed specifically at the computer forensic process of investigation of social networking applications.

Data Visualisasi Sebagai Pendukung Investigasi Media Sosial

“…Selain itu penelitian ini juga tidak memonitor perkembangan yang ada di media sosial yang setiap detik datanya bertambah. Sama halnya dengan penelitian yang menggunakan pendekatan taksonomi sederhana dalam memberikan ulasan mengenai tools yang digunakan untuk menganalisis media sosial, API dapat memudahkan dalam mendapatkan data tapi dengan beberapa perbedaan fitur media sosial, tingkat kedalaman data yang diambil akan berbeda [6] Pendekatan metode investigasi digital forensik pada aplikasi media sosial, dapat memberikan rekomendasi untuk melakukan investigasi pada komputer yang terpasang aplikasi media sosial [7]. Namun tentunya informasi yang didapatkan sangatlah minim dikarenakan setiap pengguna dapat menggunakan aplikasi media sosial di setiap perangkat.…”

Investigating employee harassment via social media

“…Ideally a procedure of a similar standard to the UK Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Good practice guide for digital evidence (ACPO, 2012) should be used. At present there do not appear to be any guidelines in widespread use specifically aimed at the process of obtaining and analyzing digital evidence from social media (Taylor et al, 2014).…”

“…Approaches for social media misuse investigations within organizations are typically not well defined and the approach used would also depend upon the social media involved. For example, it might be difficult to prove that a particular employee actually posted material concerning the alleged harassment if the social media service used did not supply Internet Protocol (IP) address or billing information (Taylor et al, 2014). O'Floinn and Ormerod (2012) commented upon the importance of the quality of digital evidence from social media and the need for adherence to appropriate procedures for the acquisition of digital evidence relating to social media use to ensure admissibility.…”

“…As well as searching for textual, image and video artefacts relating to one particular reported incident, for cases of bullying or harassment it might typically be necessary to search for digital evidence concerning other related instances of bullying or harassment. In terms of search strategies for relevant evidence relating to employee harassment via social media, the computer forensic investigator might search for materials concerning the specific individuals or groups with which the suspect has communicated via social media, the specific timeframes within which social media communications took place, the patterns of communication via social media, the artefacts relating to one or possibly more social networking applications that were used and the types of media used in the communications including text, video or image (Taylor et al, 2014).…”

Investigating Social Networking applications on smartphones detecting Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ artefacts on Android and iOS platforms

“…Currently, Facebook is the most popular SN platform with around 1.06 billion active users 2 followed by Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+. These platforms provide users with features such as email, blogging, instant messaging and photo sharing 3 . Various types of personal information are shared on SN platforms such as name, date of birth, photos, email addresses, phone numbers and group affiliations, which could provide crucial information during a crime investigation 4 .…”