Dargahi, T., Dehghantanha, A. and Conti, M. (2017) Forensics Analysis of Android Mobile VoIP Apps. In: Choo, K.-K.R. and Dehghantanha , A., (eds.) Contemporary Digital Forensic Investigations of Cloud and Mobile Applications. Elsevier , pp. 7-20. ISBN 9780128053034
Abstract
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications (apps) provide convenient and low cost means for users to communicate and share information with each other in real-time. Day by day, the popularity of such apps is increasing, and people produce and share a huge amount of data, including their personal and sensitive information. This might lead to several privacy issues, such as revealing user contacts, private messages or personal photos. Therefore, having an up-to-date forensic understanding of these apps is necessary. This chapter presents analysis of forensically valuable remnants of three popular Mobile VoIP (mVoIP) apps on Google Play store, namely: Viber, Skype, and WhatsApp Messenger, in order to figure out to what extent these apps reveal forensically valuable information about the users activities. We performed a thorough investigative study of these three mVoIP apps on smartphone devices. Our experimental results show that several artefacts, such as messages, contact details, phone numbers, images, and video files, are recoverable from the smartphone device that is equipped with these mVoIP apps.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier. |
Keywords: | Android forensics; mVoIP; Viber; Skype; WhatsApp Messenger; Digital forensics |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2018 13:02 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2018 13:02 |
Published Version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805303-4.00002-2 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/B978-0-12-805303-4.00002-2 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128363 |