Forensic analysis of popular UAV systems

Barton, Thomas; Azhar, M. A. Hannan Bin

doi:10.1109/est.2017.8090405

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“…Media stored within the external SD and mobile application data was also found through the experiment. This data was congruent with previous research [3], [39], [24], [33] on different models of drones, by exploring the metadata the GPS co-ordinates of where the image was taken were located as was the date and time of creation.…”

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confidence: 87%

Drone Forensics: The Impact and Challenges

Atkinson

Carr

Shaw

et al. 2020

Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have surged in popularity over the last few years. With this, crime involving drones has also dramatically increased. Therefore, there is a dire need of successful Drone programmes that significantly would lower the amount of crime being committed involving Drone devices.Drone forensics is a concept that is less well known or documented. Research has shown that there have been Drone Forensic programmes to support the forensics investigations, however, many have failed for a few reasons such as the lack of understanding of the technology or other limited resources. It is also known within the Digital Forensics community that Anti-Forensics techniques are constant threats and hinder investigations, resulting in less convictions.This study aims to ascertain exactly what data can be extracted from UAV devices (Drones), the usefulness of this data, and whether consumers are able to obfuscate the data in efforts to evade detection (i.e. Anti-forensics techniques).A number of primary and secondary datasets have been utilised in this research. Primary data includes carrying out a flight using a UAV device and consequently analysing the resulting data and an interview with a qualified Digital Forensic Analyst. Secondary data was gained from VTO Labs, recommended by NIST which was able to be interrogated in order to deliver interesting results. This study found that Drones have the ability to hold a wealth of evidence that could potentially be very useful to assist forensics investigations. This included the flight path of the Drone, date and time of flight, altitude, home-point and alerts to inform whether the Drone was near restricted airspace such as airports (No Fly Zones).Moreover, it was found that it is possible for the manufacturers to build in Anti-Forensics software into their devices, but it would not be possible for a consumer to utilise such techniques.

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Section: Summary Of Findingssupporting

confidence: 87%

Drone Forensics: The Impact and Challenges

Atkinson

Carr

Shaw

et al. 2020

Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications

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“…ey expected to have a contribution to the forensic science community by proposing a tool applicable to investigations on drone-related crime cases. As stated in [21], open-source tools such as CsvView and ExifTool have been employed by several scholars to extract artifacts from mobile applications of drones with the use of mobile forensic techniques. In that study, Kali (which is a Linux distribution) and Windows were employed as forensic workstations to carry out the required forensic analyses on two drones, DJI Phantom 3 and A.R Drone.…”

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A Novel Forensic Readiness Framework Applicable to the Drone Forensics Field

Alotaibi

Al-Dhaqm

Al‐Otaibi

2022

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

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The Drone Forensics (DRFs) field is a branch of digital forensics, which involves the identification, capture, preservation, reconstruction, analysis, and documentation of drone incidents. Several models have been proposed in the literature for the DRF field, which generally discusses DRF from a reactive forensic perspective; however, the proactive forensic perspective is missing. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel forensic readiness framework called Drone Forensics Readiness Framework (DRFRF) using the design science method. It consists of two stages: (i) proactive forensic stage and (ii) reactive forensic stage. It considers centralized logging of all events of all the applicants within the drone device in preparation for an examination. It will speed up gathering data when an investigation is needed, permitting the forensic investigators to handle the examination and analysis directly. Additionally, digital forensics analysts can increase the possible use of digital evidence while decreasing the charge of performing forensic readiness. Thus, both the time and cost required to perform forensic readiness could be saved. The completeness, logicalness, and usefulness of DRFRF were compared to those of other models already existing in the DRF domain. The results showed the novelty and efficiency of DRFRF and its applicability to the situations before and after drone incidents.

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“…They expected to have a contribution to the forensic science community by proposing a tool applicable to investigations on dronerelated crime cases. According to [24], open-source tools such as CsvView and ExifTool have been employed by several scholars for the aim of extracting artifacts from mobile applications of drones with the use of mobile forensic techniques. In that study, Kali (which is a Linux distribution) and Windows were employed as forensic workstations to carry out the required forensic analyses on two drones, DJI Phantom 3 and A.R Drone.…”

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Research Challenges and Opportunities in Drone Forensics Models

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The emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles (also referred to as drones) has transformed the digital landscape of surveillance and supply chain logistics, especially in terrains where such was previously deemed unattainable. Moreover, the adoption of drones has further led to the proliferation of diverse drone types and drone-related criminality, which has introduced a myriad of security and forensics-related concerns. As a step towards understanding the state-of-the-art research into these challenges and potential approaches to mitigation, this study provides a detailed review of existing digital forensic models using the Design Science Research method. The outcome of this study generated in-depth knowledge of the research challenges and opportunities through which an effective investigation can be carried out on drone-related incidents. Furthermore, a potential generic investigation model has been proposed. The findings presented in this study are essentially relevant to forensic researchers and practitioners towards a guided methodology for drone-related event investigation. Ultimately, it is important to mention that this study presents a background for the development of international standardization for drone forensics.

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Forensic analysis of popular UAV systems

Cited by 28 publications

References 1 publication

Drone Forensics: The Impact and Challenges

Drone Forensics: The Impact and Challenges

A Novel Forensic Readiness Framework Applicable to the Drone Forensics Field

Research Challenges and Opportunities in Drone Forensics Models

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