Prototype of a paranoid mobile operating system distribution

Mateus-Coelho, Nuno; Peixoto, Miguel; Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela

doi:10.1109/isdfs.2019.8757551

Cited by 9 publications

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“…With a Proxy Socks5 and IPTABLES configuration, all traffic is redirect from the layered communications environment, through the internal firewall onto TOR, I2P or proprietary private internet relay system, maintaining secret the physical MAC Address of the network card, the IP, DNS details and other information that might lead to the discovery of the virtual or physical location of a given user [28]. Furthermore, this methodology uses a triple TOR circuit to promote an untraceable location of the user, bypassing modern constrains from IDS/IPS and Firewall systems every 60 seconds [30].…”

Section: Paranoid Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the current era, we have achieved the peak of the communication technologies through Internet, which has been considered one of the biggest social and technological achievement after the invention of the wheel and the control of fire [3], [28], offering to the world we know, one of the best forms of communications between technological devices.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Discreetly these equipment sense, process and collect sensitive user information in a continuous manner [17], [28].…”

Section: Privacy In Wearable Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Advanced Research on Information Systems Security, an International Journal (ARIS 2 ) (2021) Volume 1, No 1, pp[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] …”

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Paranoid OS: Wearable Trackers

Almeida¹,

Coelho²,

Lopes³

2021

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Throughout human evolution, communication has always played a central role in favor of the development and approximation of the species. Within this project, the main objective is to analyze different wearable devices (more specifically fitness tracking devices) with the intention of presenting the strengths and weaknesses related to the security and privacy frameworks that these devices make use of. To reach these objectives some devices will be acquired for testing, starting from the earliest point of the communication (Bluetooth connection) until the latter states (communications through the Internet). “Paranoid” operating systems and methodologies have been developed and studied over the years, both for mobile and desktop systems in order to maintain the security and anonymity of their users, and although related studies have been in existence for some time, this proposal aims to develop an answer to a theme not very distinct, but more specific and modern “Paranoid OS: Wearable Trackers”. It is with this purpose in mind that the path taken by this technology will be presented in this document, considering what are the communication protocols, what data goes through these communication channels and finally where is the user’s data.

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Section: Paranoid Methodologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

“…Discreetly these equipment sense, process and collect sensitive user information in a continuous manner [17], [28].…”

Section: Privacy In Wearable Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Advanced Research on Information Systems Security, an International Journal (ARIS 2 ) (2021) Volume 1, No 1, pp[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] …”

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Paranoid OS: Wearable Trackers

Almeida¹,

Coelho²,

Lopes³

2021

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“…Research into novel operating systems will also grow as data security and consumer data privacy interest grow. New research prototyping novel operating systems designed to secure user data are already being published to create secure mobile platforms, sometimes called "paranoid", as part of their core system design [18]. These new paranoid OSes will pose further challenges to investigators and will also need further study in the future.…”

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Digital Forensics Analysis of Ubuntu Touch on PinePhone

2021

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New smartphones made by small companies enter the technology market everyday. These new devices introduce new challenges for mobile forensic investigators as these devices end up becoming pertinent evidence during an investigation. One such device is the PinePhone from Pine Microsystems (Pine64). These new devices are sometimes also shipped with OSes that are developed by open source communities and are otherwise never seen by investigators. Ubuntu Touch is one of these OSes and is currently being developed for deployment on the PinePhone. There is little research behind both the device and OS on what methodology an investigator should follow to reliably and accurately extract data. This results in potentially flawed methodologies being used before any testing can occur and contributes to the backlog of devices that need to be processed. Therefore, in this paper, the first forensic analysis of the PinePhone device with Ubuntu Touch OS is performed using Autopsy, an open source tool, to establish a framework that can be used to examine and analyze devices running the Ubuntu Touch OS. The findings include analysis of artifacts that could impact user privacy and data security, organization structure of file storage, app storage, OS, etc. Moreover, locations within the device that stores call logs, SMS messages, images, and videos are reported. Interesting findings include forensic artifacts, which could be useful to investigators in understanding user activity and attribution. This research will provide a roadmap to the digital forensic investigators to efficiently and effectively conduct their investigations where they have Ubuntu Touch OS and/or PinePhone as the evidence source.

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