Unmanned aerial vehicles: A preliminary analysis of forensic challenges

Horsman, Graeme

doi:10.1016/j.diin.2015.11.002

Cited by 84 publications

(52 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Some important aspects of drone forensic analysis have been highlighted, including establishing flight data and establishing ownership [8]. These present a variety of challenges to the digital forensic investigator.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Once connected, root access to the operating system is granted via an anonymous telnet port. Root access presents a number of options for acquisition, including imaging internal storage partitions and logical-level copying [8]. While methods to analyse specific models of drones have been successful, this paper will focus on some generic methods that can be applied to both the DJI Phantom 3 Professional and the A.R.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With chip-off analysis being unavailable in this case, the UAV was connected to the forensic workstation through Wi-Fi, which is a method used by both digital forensics and cyber security researchers to acquire data and investigate the drone [8]. When switched on, the UAV becomes a Wi-Fi hotspot with no form of authentication.…”

Section: ) Dji Phantom 3 Professionalmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Forensic analysis of popular UAV systems

Barton

Azhar

2017

2017 Seventh International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies (EST)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract-Recent and sudden rise in the popularity of drones or UAVs (Unmanned Air Vehicles) can be attributed to the reduction in weight of electronic components and the relative ease by which the drones can be operated. Their potential applications range from simple leisure and recreational purposes to photography, transport, surveying, security, the list goes on. With this demand and subsequent availability, there has also been a rise in drones used in crimes. This creates a need for forensic analysis into these devices, which often use custom electronic flight systems for which appropriate forensic tools have not been developed. This paper covers the use and development of open source tools to aid forensic analyses of two popular drones -the DJI Phantom 3 Professional and AR Drone 2 with the aim of reconstructing the actions taken by these drones, identification of owners or operators, and extraction of data from associated mobile devices. While different UAV systems can vary in their operations owing to their capabilities, some generic methods will be used in analyses and extractions of the data and then results will be compared between models.

show abstract

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: ) Dji Phantom 3 Professionalmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Forensic analysis of popular UAV systems

Barton

Azhar

2017

2017 Seventh International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies (EST)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In 2015 a paper published by Horsman [8] presented results of a digital forensic investigation that was conducted on a Parrot Bebop 1 drone. The investigation was done on the drone itself as well as on the controller.…”

Section: Need For Drone Forensicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, it was not possible to establish ownership of a drone found without its controller (i.e. if a user had abandoned it at the scene of a crime) [8]. This research work focused on only Parrot Bebop 1; however, more research is needed for different types of drones commonly used, as results may vary.…”

Section: Need For Drone Forensicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drone forensics: examination and analysis

Iqbal

Yankson

AlYammahi

et al. 2019

IJESDF

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, provides unique functionalities, which allows area surveillance, Inspection, surveying, unarmed cargo, armed attack machines, and aerial photography. Although drones have been around for sometimes, mass adoption of this technology is new. The technology is widely adopted in fields including law enforcement, cartography, agriculture, disaster monitoring, and science research. Due to vulnerabilities, and the lack of stringent security implementation, drones are susceptible to GPS spoofing attacks, integrity attacks and de-authentication attacks. These attacks which can allow criminals to access data, intercept the drone and, and use it commit a crime and complicate forensic investigation. The need for standardized drone forensics is imperative in order to help identify vulnerabilities in different models of drones, solve drone related crime, and enhance security; thwarting any anti-forensic measure by criminals. Thus, this paper is presented to report on potential attacks against the Parrot Bebop 2 drone, and the ability for an investigator to collect evidence about the attacks on the drone. This paper aims at examining the possibility of establishing ownership and collecting data to reconstruct events, linking the drone controller with the drone to prove ownership, flight origins and other potentially useful information necessary to identify the proprietor of a crime. In addition, we have also proposed a small-scale drone ontology for modeling drone context data, and simple forensic processing framework for small-scale drones.

show abstract

Digital and multimedia sciences

Houten¹,

Geradts²

2019

The Future of Forensic Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Unmanned aerial vehicles: A preliminary analysis of forensic challenges

Cited by 84 publications

References 2 publications

Forensic analysis of popular UAV systems

Forensic analysis of popular UAV systems

Drone forensics: examination and analysis

Digital and multimedia sciences

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About