Browsing by Author "Ntonja, Morris"

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    Design and implementation of Linux based workflow for digital forensics investigation
    (Foundation of Computer Science, 2019-04-30) Ashawa, Moses Aprofin; Ntonja, Morris
    Window based digital forensic workflow has been the traditional investigation model for digital evidence. Investigating using Linux based platform tends challenging since there is no specific investigation workflow for Linux platform. This study designed and implemented a Linux forensic based-workflow for digital investigation. The workflow was divided into different investigation phases. The digital investigations processes in all the phases were performed using Linux riggings. The work-flow was tested and evidence such as (E01) Image was accurately acquired. This paper is presented in the following sections. Section one and two provided introduction and literature on existing forensic workflow using windows-based workflow respectively. Section three provided the approach to window workflow. The experimental design and tools used were presented in section four. The rest of the sections considered the research analysis, discussion and conclusion respectively. The implication of the test conducted, tools used with their corresponding weakness and strengths were highlighted in the appendix.
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    Examining artifacts generated by setting Facebook Messenger as a default SMS application on Android: implication for personal data privacy
    (Wiley, 2020-11-04) Ntonja, Morris; Ashawa, Moses
    The use of mobile devices and social media applications in organized crime is increasingly increasing. Facebook Messenger is the most popular social media applications used globally. Unprecedented time is spent by many interacting globally with known and unknown individuals using Facebook. During their interaction, personal information is uploaded. Thus, crafting a myriad of privacy trepidation to users. While there are researches performed on the forensic artifacts’ extraction from Facebook, no research is conducted on setting Facebook Messenger applications as a default messaging application on Android. Two Android mobile devices were used for data generation and Facebook Messenger account was created. Disc imaging and data partition were examined and accessed to identify changes in the orca database of the application package using DB browser. The data were then generated using unique words which were used for conducting key searches. The research discovered that mqtt_log_event0.txt of the Com.Facebook.orca/Cache directory stores chat when messenger is set as a default messaging app. The research finding shows that chats are recorded under messages tab together with SMS of data/data/com.facebook.orca/databases/smstakeover_db and data/data/com.facebook.orca/databases/threads_db. This indicates that only smstakeover_db stores SMS messaging information when using messenger application. It is observed that once the user deletes a sent SMS message, the phone number and the deleted time stamp remained in the data/data/com.facebook.orca/databases/smstakeover_db database in the address_table are recoverable. The results suggest that anonymization of data is essential if Facebook chats are to be shared for further research into social media content