Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Mobile devices have come to be an essential tool of today's life, as their purposes include communication, being effective at work, or in other words, for productivity or entertainment.While serving day-to-day needs and performing functions, they can collect and store large amounts of personal data about users, which makes them vital evidence resources in investigations.However, tools primarily focus on isolated data concerning various applications or activities but have no idea of their comprehensive user behavior.This prevents investigators from having a holistic view of the interactions a user has with his device.To fill this gap, this paper introduces a new forensic tool that will generate an integrated report and timeline of all activities conducted on mobile devices.This tool, which aggregates data from a wide variety of sources, can help investigators trace events and interactions with much more ease.This solution integrates datasets, such as application usage, system logs, and user activities, into a single coherent framework.In order to illustrate the functionality of the tool and the potential application in real-world scenarios, a practical example has been included.The results here point out the tool's feasibility, usability, and value in streamlining the workflow of investigations.This tool, through its consolidated approach, allows investigators to unwind patterns and insights otherwise hidden within fragmented datasets, thereby improving the efficiency of digital forensic investigations.
Language: English
Topic: Digital and Cyber Forensics
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4405886108