Title :
Forensic analysis of Wickr application on android devices
Author :
Mehrotra, Tarun ; Mehtre, B.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Hyderabad Central Univ., Hyderabad, India
Abstract :
As there are many applications that are supported by smartphones, so there is an increasing interest in finding artifacts (digital evidence) created by such applications. Wickr is a free application that allows users to send self-destructing files and messages. It came out as an iOS-only app but now it is launched in “public-beta” for android devices. As claimed by the Wickr app founders, it leaves no traces behind even for forensic investigators. This research focuses on authenticating the claims above. Experiments consisting of various test cases on rooted and non-rooted android devices were performed to investigate whether the traces are left behind or not.
Keywords :
digital forensics; mobile computing; program testing; smart phones; Wickr app founders; Wickr application; forensic analysis; forensic investigators; iOS-only app; nonrooted android devices; public-beta; rooted android devices; self-destructing files; smartphones; test cases; Androids; Conferences; Forensics; Humanoid robots; Performance evaluation; Smart phones; Titanium; Android forensics; Anti-Forensics; Artifacts; Digital forensics; Forensics Investigation; Wickr;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence and Computing Research (ICCIC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Enathi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1594-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCIC.2013.6724230
