Hacktivism trends, digital forensic tools and challenges: A survey

Author

Wazid, M. ; Katal, Avita ; Goudar, R.H. ; Rao, Smitha

Author_Institution

Dept. of CSE, Graphic Era Univ., Dehradun, India

fYear

2013

fDate

11-12 April 2013

Firstpage

138

Lastpage

144

Abstract

Hacktivism is the biggest challenge being faced by the Cyber world. Many digital forensic tools are being developed to deal with this challenge but at the same pace hackers are developing the counter techniques. This paper includes the digital forensics basics along with the recent trends of hacktivism in social networking sites, cloud computing, websites and phishing. The various tools of forensics with the platform supported, the recent versions and licensing details are discussed. The paper extends with the current challenges being faced by digital forensics.

Keywords

cloud computing; computer crime; digital forensics; social networking (online); Web sites; cloud computing; cyber world; digital forensic tools; hacktivism trends; phishing; social networking sites; Computer hacking; Computers; Databases; Digital forensics; Linux; Mobile handsets; Anti digitalforensics (ADF); Computer forensics; Computer forensics Tools; Database forensics; Database forensics Tools; Hacktivism; Memory forensics; Memory forensics Tools; Mobile Phone forensics; Mobile Phone forensics Tools; Network forensics; Network forensics Tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information & Communication Technologies (ICT), 2013 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

JeJu Island

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5759-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICT.2013.6558078

Filename

6558078