Facebook – A Brief Overview Facebook is reportedly used by 2.2 billion people who can communicate, post messages, link to other individuals and provide location information. How Can Digital Forensics Involve Facebook Activity? Computer and mobile phone forensic examinations often involve consideration of Facebook to assist in contacts of the individual, the nature of communication […]

What Are Windows Shellbags? Since Windows XP, Windows Shellbags have been available to computer forensic examiners, however, it is only more recently that their potential has been realised for investigation purposes. How Windows Shellbags Can Assist in a Forensic Investigation Windows Shellbags allow for a computer forensic examiner to track the Windows folder view, sizes […]

WhatsApp – A Brief Overview WhatsApp is reportedly currently used by 1.5 billion people or 500 million users daily who send 60 billion messages a day. Due to this, a mobile phone forensic investigation often includes evidence identified within WhatsApp messages. How Does WhatsApp Work? WhatsApp uses the phone number of the device to form […]

Google Chrome was the Internet browsing application used by approximately 62% of people in 2018 and is available for desktop and mobile operating systems. The popularity of Google Chrome means that it is frequently encountered by a computer forensic expert within computer examinations. Whether on a computer or a mobile phone, Google Chrome automatically stores […]

Technology allows criminals to attempt to evade being tracked by changing their mobile phone’s ID code and by regularly dumping their SIM cards. A Phone Signal Used as a Fingerprint However, researchers at Dresden University of technology have identified that the radio signal from each mobile phone contains an unalterable digital fingerprint and that this […]