10.1145/3291533.3291573
https://zenodo.org/records/2528287
oai:zenodo.org:2528287
Theodoula-Ioanna Kitsaki
Theodoula-Ioanna Kitsaki
University of Piraeus
Anna Angelogianni
Anna Angelogianni
University of Piraeus
Christoforos Ntantogian
Christoforos Ntantogian
University of Piraeus
Christos Xenakis
Christos Xenakis
University of Piraeus
A Forensic Investigation of Android Mobile Applications
Zenodo
2018
Forensics, Android, Mobile applications, Privacy.
2018-11-30
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
This paper performs a forensic investigation to a set of Android mobile applications aiming at discovering sensitive information related to the owner of the mobile device. These applications were chosen based on the fact that: i) they are very popular on Google Play Store, ii) they handle sensitive personal information, iii) they have not been researched by previous works and iv) they are free to download and install. The three chosen applications belong to the following categories: bank, mobile network carrier and public transport. The evaluation of the security of the applications was performed using two techniques: code and disk analysis, as followed in the literature. Based on our findings we derive the conclusion that these applications despite their criticality have failed to incorporate security techniques to protect user's sensitive data and a forensic analysis can reveal crucial and significant information from a forensics point of view.
European Commission
10.13039/501100000780
777996
Scalable, trustEd, and interoperAble pLatform for sEcureD smart GRID
European Commission
10.13039/501100000780
779391
Future Proofing the Connected World: A Quantum-Resistant Trusted Platform Module