Forensic analysis of private browsing artifacts

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Huwida Said, Zayed University
Noora Al Mutawa, Zayed University
Ibtesam Al Awadhi, Zayed University
Mario Guimaraes, Zayed University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

2011 International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology, IIT 2011

Publication Date

7-11-2011

Abstract

The paper investigates the effectiveness of the privacy mode feature in three widely used Web browsers, and outlines how to investigate when these browsers have been used to perform a criminal or illegal act. It performs an identical test on a privacy mode session for each of the three Web browsers and investigates whether traces are left behind. The analysis is done in three phases. First, common places where history and cache records are usually stored are examined. Then, other locations on the local machine are examined using special forensic tools. Also, the physical memory (RAM) is captured and examined for traces. © 2011 IEEE.

DOI Link

10.1109/innovations.2011.5893816

ISBN

9781457703140

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

First Page

197

Last Page

202

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Keywords

artifacts left by private browsing, in-private and Firefox private browsing, incognito, Private browsing

Scopus ID

79959957510

Recommended Citation

Said, Huwida; Al Mutawa, Noora; Al Awadhi, Ibtesam; and Guimaraes, Mario, "Forensic analysis of private browsing artifacts" (2011). All Works. 1705.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1705

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no