Proposal / Submission Type
Peer Reviewed Paper
Location
Mori Hosseini Student Union: Event Center
Start Date
15-5-2019 2:00 PM
Abstract
Today, vehicles are an important source of digital evidence in criminal investigations. Modern day cars store a wealth of digital information, including recent destinations, favorite locations, routes, and personal data, such as call logs, contact lists, SMS messages, pictures, and videos. Moreover, the growth of in-vehicle sensors and event data recorders, which continually provide feedback to automobile manufacturers and third-parties, provide tremendous potential for forensics examiners. Recently, the field of vehicle forensics research has caught the attention of both digital forensics investigators and academics. To date, most relevant research have conventionally focused on digital traces of multimedia and GPS systems found in vehicles. However, today vehicles are manufactured with a vast array of communication options, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC (Near Field Communication). Up until recently, these options were reserved only for the more expensive automotive models; nonetheless these capabilities are now available for just about all vehicle models. However, these vehicle communications and their corresponding networks have not been explored in detail as they relate to traditional digital investigations. Consequently, this paper focuses on the communications produced by modern vehicles and identifies relevant and important artefacts. Furthermore, as a case study, we examine types of data that can be captured, and methods used to extract artefacts from this data.
Scholarly Commons Citation
Steiner, Dieter; Chen, Lei; Hayes, Darren; and Le-Khac, Nhien-An, "Vehicle Communication Within Networks - Investigation and Analysis Approach: A Case Study" (2019). Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law. 8.
https://commons.erau.edu/adfsl/2019/paper-presentation/8
Vehicle Communication Within Networks - Investigation and Analysis Approach: A Case Study
Mori Hosseini Student Union: Event Center
Today, vehicles are an important source of digital evidence in criminal investigations. Modern day cars store a wealth of digital information, including recent destinations, favorite locations, routes, and personal data, such as call logs, contact lists, SMS messages, pictures, and videos. Moreover, the growth of in-vehicle sensors and event data recorders, which continually provide feedback to automobile manufacturers and third-parties, provide tremendous potential for forensics examiners. Recently, the field of vehicle forensics research has caught the attention of both digital forensics investigators and academics. To date, most relevant research have conventionally focused on digital traces of multimedia and GPS systems found in vehicles. However, today vehicles are manufactured with a vast array of communication options, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC (Near Field Communication). Up until recently, these options were reserved only for the more expensive automotive models; nonetheless these capabilities are now available for just about all vehicle models. However, these vehicle communications and their corresponding networks have not been explored in detail as they relate to traditional digital investigations. Consequently, this paper focuses on the communications produced by modern vehicles and identifies relevant and important artefacts. Furthermore, as a case study, we examine types of data that can be captured, and methods used to extract artefacts from this data.
