Leveraging Decentralization to Extend the Digital Evidence Acquisition Window: Case Study on Bittorrent Sync
<span style="color: #000000;">File synchronization services such as </span><span style="color: #000000;">Dropbox</span><span style="color: #000000;">, Google Drive, Microsoft </span><span style="color: #000000;">OneDri...
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| author | Mark Scanlon Jason Farina Nhien An Le Khac Tahar Kechadi |
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| description | <span style="color: #000000;">File synchronization services such as </span><span style="color: #000000;">Dropbox</span><span style="color: #000000;">, Google Drive, Microsoft </span><span style="color: #000000;">OneDrive</span><span style="color: #000000;">, Apple </span><span style="color: #000000;">iCloud</span><span style="color: #000000;">, etc., are becoming increasingly popular in today's always-connected world. A popular alternative to the aforementioned services is </span><span style="color: #000000;">BitTorrent</span><span style="color: #000000;"> Sync. This is a decentralized/cloudless file synchronization service and is gaining significant popularity among Internet users with privacy concerns over where their data is stored and who has the ability to access it. The focus of this paper is the remote recovery of digital evidence pertaining to files identified as being accessed or stored on a suspect's computer or mobile device. A methodology for the identification, investigation, recovery and verification of such remote digital evidence is outlined. Finally, a proof-of-concept remote evidence recovery from </span><span style="color: #000000;">BitTorrent</span><span style="color: #000000;"> Sync shared folder highlighting a number of potential scenarios for the recovery and verification of such evidence.</span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-349d022baf8c4ca5a42cb8e013289dd92022-12-22T02:01:39ZengAssociation of Digital Forensics, Security and LawJournal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law1558-72151558-72232014-09-019285100172Leveraging Decentralization to Extend the Digital Evidence Acquisition Window: Case Study on Bittorrent SyncMark Scanlon0Jason Farina1Nhien An Le Khac2Tahar Kechadi3School of Computer Science & Informatics University College DublinSchool of Computer Science & Informatics University College DublinSchool of Computer Science & Informatics University College DublinSchool of Computer Science & Informatics University College Dublin<span style="color: #000000;">File synchronization services such as </span><span style="color: #000000;">Dropbox</span><span style="color: #000000;">, Google Drive, Microsoft </span><span style="color: #000000;">OneDrive</span><span style="color: #000000;">, Apple </span><span style="color: #000000;">iCloud</span><span style="color: #000000;">, etc., are becoming increasingly popular in today's always-connected world. A popular alternative to the aforementioned services is </span><span style="color: #000000;">BitTorrent</span><span style="color: #000000;"> Sync. This is a decentralized/cloudless file synchronization service and is gaining significant popularity among Internet users with privacy concerns over where their data is stored and who has the ability to access it. The focus of this paper is the remote recovery of digital evidence pertaining to files identified as being accessed or stored on a suspect's computer or mobile device. A methodology for the identification, investigation, recovery and verification of such remote digital evidence is outlined. Finally, a proof-of-concept remote evidence recovery from </span><span style="color: #000000;">BitTorrent</span><span style="color: #000000;"> Sync shared folder highlighting a number of potential scenarios for the recovery and verification of such evidence.</span>http://ojs.jdfsl.org/index.php/jdfsl/article/view/266digital evidenceremote evidence recoveryBitTorrent syncmobile device forensics |
| spellingShingle | Mark Scanlon Jason Farina Nhien An Le Khac Tahar Kechadi Leveraging Decentralization to Extend the Digital Evidence Acquisition Window: Case Study on Bittorrent Sync Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law digital evidence remote evidence recovery BitTorrent sync mobile device forensics |
| title | Leveraging Decentralization to Extend the Digital Evidence Acquisition Window: Case Study on Bittorrent Sync |
| title_full | Leveraging Decentralization to Extend the Digital Evidence Acquisition Window: Case Study on Bittorrent Sync |
| title_fullStr | Leveraging Decentralization to Extend the Digital Evidence Acquisition Window: Case Study on Bittorrent Sync |
| title_full_unstemmed | Leveraging Decentralization to Extend the Digital Evidence Acquisition Window: Case Study on Bittorrent Sync |
| title_short | Leveraging Decentralization to Extend the Digital Evidence Acquisition Window: Case Study on Bittorrent Sync |
| title_sort | leveraging decentralization to extend the digital evidence acquisition window case study on bittorrent sync |
| topic | digital evidence remote evidence recovery BitTorrent sync mobile device forensics |
| url | http://ojs.jdfsl.org/index.php/jdfsl/article/view/266 |
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