A holistic digital forensic analysis of Discord – Storage, memory, and network perspectives

IF 1.5 4区 医学 Q2 MEDICINE, LEGAL Journal of forensic sciences Pub Date : 2024-05-28 DOI:10.1111/1556-4029.15548
Khushi Gupta BSc, Phani Lanka MSc, Cihan Varol PhD
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In the last decade, the market share and user base of social media applications have witnessed significant growth. However, this surge in popularity has inadvertently drawn the attention of criminals aiming to exploit these platforms for illicit activities. The forensic examination of these applications emerges as a pivotal avenue for uncovering valuable insights into criminal behavior and identifying suspects. Discord, a social media platform, has become a significant focal point for such illicit activities. In this paper, we examine the remnants of Discord on both Windows and Linux operating systems, employing storage, memory, and network analysis techniques to review the remnants of Discord. Our investigation reveals a range of crucial artifacts that have been successfully recovered across all three areas of analysis, including login and payment details, chat history, account information, and much more. Collectively, these artifacts constitute a valuable resource for forensic investigations, allowing the reconstruction of most of the user's activity.

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Discord 的整体数字取证分析--存储、内存和网络视角。
在过去十年中,社交媒体应用程序的市场份额和用户群都有了显著增长。然而,这种流行程度的激增无意中引起了旨在利用这些平台进行非法活动的犯罪分子的注意。对这些应用程序进行取证检查成为揭示犯罪行为和识别嫌疑人的重要途径。社交媒体平台 Discord 已成为此类非法活动的一个重要焦点。在本文中,我们采用存储、内存和网络分析技术来审查 Discord 在 Windows 和 Linux 操作系统上的残余。我们的调查揭示了在所有三个分析领域中成功恢复的一系列关键人工制品,包括登录和支付详情、聊天记录、账户信息等。总体而言,这些人工制品是法证调查的宝贵资源,可以重建用户的大部分活动。
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Journal of forensic sciences
Journal of forensic sciences 医学-医学:法
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4.00
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审稿时长
2 months
期刊介绍: The Journal of Forensic Sciences (JFS) is the official publication of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). It is devoted to the publication of original investigations, observations, scholarly inquiries and reviews in various branches of the forensic sciences. These include anthropology, criminalistics, digital and multimedia sciences, engineering and applied sciences, pathology/biology, psychiatry and behavioral science, jurisprudence, odontology, questioned documents, and toxicology. Similar submissions dealing with forensic aspects of other sciences and the social sciences are also accepted, as are submissions dealing with scientifically sound emerging science disciplines. The content and/or views expressed in the JFS are not necessarily those of the AAFS, the JFS Editorial Board, the organizations with which authors are affiliated, or the publisher of JFS. All manuscript submissions are double-blind peer-reviewed.
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