Instagram Mobile Application Digital Forensics  

作　　者：Muhammad Asim Mubarik Zhijian Wang Yunyoung Nam Seifedine Kadry Muhammad Azam waqar 

机构地区：[1]College of Information and Computer Science,Hohai University,Nanjing,210098,China [2]Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Soonchunhyang University,Asan,336811,Korea [3]Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,Beirut Arab University,Beirut,000000,Lebanon [4]School of Business Management,NFC Institute of Engineering&Fertilizer Research,Faisalabad,38800,Pakistan

出　　处：《Computer Systems Science & Engineering》2021年第5期169-186,共18页计算机系统科学与工程（英文）

基　　金：This research was supported by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology(KIAT)Grant Funded by the Korea Government(MOTIE)(P0012724,The Competency Development Program for Industry Specialist)and the Soonchunhyang University Research Fund.

摘　　要：In this research,we developed a plugin for our automated digital forensics framework to extract and preserve the evidence from the Android and the IOS-based mobile phone application,Instagram.This plugin extracts personal details from Instagram users,e.g.,name,user name,mobile number,ID,direct text or audio,video,and picture messages exchanged between different Instagram users.While developing the plugin,we identified resources available in both Android and IOS-based devices holding key forensics artifacts.We highlighted the poor privacy scheme employed by Instagram.This work,has shown how the sensitive data posted in the Instagram mobile application can easily be reconstructed,and how the traces,as well as the URL links of visual messages,can be used to access the privacy of any Instagram user without any critical credential verification.We also employed the anti-forensics method on the Instagram Android’s application and were able to restore the application from the altered or corrupted database file,which any criminal mind can use to set up or trap someone else.The outcome of this research is a plugin for our digital forensics ready framework software which could be used by law enforcement and regulatory agencies to reconstruct the digital evidence available in the Instagram mobile application directories on both Android and IOS-based mobile phones.

关 键 词：Digital forensics Instagram mobile application forensics antiforensics forensics framework plugin 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]