A critical comparison of Brave Browser and Google Chrome forensic artefacts

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dc.contributor.authorBerham, Stuart
dc.contributor.authorMorris, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-17T14:32:00Z
dc.date.available2022-03-17T14:32:00Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-01
dc.description.abstractDigital forensic practitioners are tasked with the identification, recovery, and analysis of Internet browser artefacts which may have been used in the pursuit of committing a civil or criminal offence. This research paper critically compares the most downloaded browser, Google Chrome, against an increasingly popular Chromium browser known as Brave, said to offer privacy-by-default. With increasing forensic caseloads, data complexity, and requirements for method validation to satisfy ISO 17025 accreditation, recognising the similarities and differences between the browsers, developed on the same underlying technology is essential. The paper describes a series of conducted experiments and subsequent analysis to identify artefacts created as part of normal user browsing activity. Analysis of the artefacts found that Brave and Chrome share almost identical data structures, with on-disk artefact recovery successful, even for deleted data. The outcome of this research, based upon the results, serves to enrich understanding and provide best practice for practitioners and software developers, respectively responsible for examining Chromium artefacts for use in evidence production and developing new forensic tools and techniques.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationBerham S, Morris S. (2022) A critical comparison of Brave Browser and Google Chrome forensic artefacts, Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, Volume 17, March 2022, Article number 4en_UK
dc.identifier.eissn1558-7223
dc.identifier.issn1558-7215
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2022.1752
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17667
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherAssociation of Digital Forensics, Security and Lawen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectBrave Browseren_UK
dc.subjectBrowser Artefactsen_UK
dc.subjectDigital Forensicsen_UK
dc.subjectGoogle Chromeen_UK
dc.titleA critical comparison of Brave Browser and Google Chrome forensic artefactsen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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