Forensic investigation of small-scale digital devices: a futuristic view
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, medic...
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| author | Farkhund Iqbal Aasia Jaffri Zainab Khalid Aine MacDermott Qazi Ejaz Ali Patrick C. K. Hung |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24ecb35bc15a42578320963bb9c18ebd2023-07-26T07:10:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Communications and Networks2673-530X2023-07-01410.3389/frcmn.2023.12127431212743Forensic investigation of small-scale digital devices: a futuristic viewFarkhund Iqbal0Aasia Jaffri1Zainab Khalid2Aine MacDermott3Qazi Ejaz Ali4Patrick C. K. Hung5College of Technological Innovation, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAir University, Islamabad, PakistanSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, PakistanLiverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United KingdomDepartment of Computer Science, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, PakistanOntario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, CanadaSmall-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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frcmn.2023.1212743/fulldigital forensicsinvestigationsmartphonedronegaming consoleIoT forensics |
| spellingShingle | Farkhund Iqbal Aasia Jaffri Zainab Khalid Aine MacDermott Qazi Ejaz Ali Patrick C. K. Hung Forensic investigation of small-scale digital devices: a futuristic view Frontiers in Communications and Networks digital forensics investigation smartphone drone gaming console IoT forensics |
| title | Forensic investigation of small-scale digital devices: a futuristic view |
| title_full | Forensic investigation of small-scale digital devices: a futuristic view |
| title_fullStr | Forensic investigation of small-scale digital devices: a futuristic view |
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| title_short | Forensic investigation of small-scale digital devices: a futuristic view |
| title_sort | forensic investigation of small scale digital devices a futuristic view |
| topic | digital forensics investigation smartphone drone gaming console IoT forensics |
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