An Anti-Forensics Method against Memory Acquiring for Android Devices

Jiamin Zheng, Yu An Tan, Xiaosong Zhang, Chen Liang, Changyou Zhang, Jun Zheng

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Abstract

Mobile device forensics is an interdisciplinary field consisting of techniques applied to a wide range of computing devices. Android devices are among the most disruptive technologies of the last years, gaining even more diffusion and success in the daily life of a wide range of people categories. Android devices became even more important in the forensic field due to the rich amount of personal information they store. However, the forensics tools are often used to acquire privacy information by attackers. This papar presents an anti-forensics approach for Android devices which protects AES keys from being acquired by forensics tools. The keys are stored in the special memory space where the data will be covered when android reboots, thus attackers can not steal the privacy information.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering and IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, CSE and EUC 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages214-218
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538632215
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Aug 2017
Event20th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering and 15th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, CSE and EUC 2017 - Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Duration: 21 Jul 201724 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2017 IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering and IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, CSE and EUC 2017
Volume1

Conference

Conference20th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering and 15th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, CSE and EUC 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou, Guangdong
Period21/07/1724/07/17

Keywords

  • AES
  • Android
  • Anti-forensics
  • Cold Boot Attacks
  • Memory Forensics

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