Problems of Forensic Sciences 2014 Vol. 100 (C) 282-294
COMPUTER SCIENCE IN FORENSIC RESEARCH
Bartosz KOWALSKI, Jacek MORAWIEC, Robert RADZISZEWSKI
Institute of Forensic Research, Kraków, Poland
Streszczenie
In recent years, the emergence of many new technologies in the field of telecommunications has become a major challenge for forensic computer science. The transformation of the mobile phone into a multifunctional smartphone, the full integration of telecommunications services with computer networks and the ubiquity of the Internet, which is not only a source of information, but also a place where data are stored outside local resources in order to hide them – these phenomena mean that methods used up till now are becoming inadequate. Whereas for older models of mobile telephones, it was only possible to establish the telecommunications operator that made the connection in question and the country where it was made, for new models of smartphones, experts are expected to provide the exact route travelled by the given device, projected onto the plan of a city or an area. Much information of a new quality has appeared on data carriers, requiring the development of appropriate methods of access, analysis and presentation. This article attempts to summarise how modern forensic computer science is responding to these challenges.
Słowa kluczowe
Mobile devices; Cloud data storage; Data carriers; Monitoring.