Forensics Investigations of Multimedia Data: A Review of the State-of-the-Art

Digital forensics is one of the cornerstones to investigate criminal activities such as fraud, computer security breaches or the distribution of illegal content. The importance and relevance of this research fields attracted various research institutes leading to substantial progress in the area of digital investigations. One essential piece of evidence is multimedia data. For this reason this paper provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in the forensic investigation of multimedia data, the relationship between the various research fields and further potential research activities.