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Digital Forensic Acquisition and Analysis of Discord Applications
Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Computing, Cybersecurity, and Informatics, CCCI 2020
  • Michal Motylinski, Liverpool John Moores University
  • Aine MacDermott, Liverpool John Moores University
  • Farkhund Iqbal, Zayed University
  • Mohammed Hussain, Zayed University
  • Saiqa Aleem, Zayed University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-3-2020
Abstract

© 2020 IEEE. Digital forensic analyses are being applied to a variety of domains as the scope and potential of digital evidence available is vast. The importance of forensic analyses of web-based devices and tools is increasing, coinciding with the rise in online criminal activity. Discord - an application that allows text, image, video, and audio communication using VoIP - has become increasingly popular and is consequently subject to increased use by cybercriminals. While researching Discord servers and forensic artefacts, it is apparent that there is limited literature and experimentation in this domain. This paper presents our research into digital forensic analyses of Discord client-side artefacts and presents DiscFor, a novel tool designed for the extraction, analysis, and presentation of Discord data in a forensically sound manner. DiscFor creates a safe copy of said data, presenting the current cache state and converting data files into a readable format.

ISBN
9781728120355
Publisher
IEEE
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Cache Analysis,
  • Data Recovery,
  • Digital Forensics,
  • Discord,
  • Forensic Analysis,
  • Instant Messaging,
  • VoIP
Scopus ID
85097848835
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
Yes
Open Access Type
Green: A manuscript of this publication is openly available in a repository
http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13845/3/Digital%20Forensic%20Acquisition%20and%20Analysis%20of%20Discord%20Applications.pdf
Citation Information
Michal Motylinski, Aine MacDermott, Farkhund Iqbal, Mohammed Hussain, et al.. "Digital Forensic Acquisition and Analysis of Discord Applications" Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Computing, Cybersecurity, and Informatics, CCCI 2020 (2020) - 7
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mohammed-hussain/17/