Like the traditional forensics, computer forensics involves formulation of hypotheses grounding on the available evidence or facts. Though digital evidence has been statutory witnesses for a span of time, it is a controversial issue that conclusions drawn from revealed digital evidence are subjective views without scientific justifications. There is an escalating perception that computer forens...

The present level of skepticism expressed by courts, legal practitioners, and the general public over Artificial Intelligence (AI) based digital evidence extraction techniques has been observed, understandably so. Concerns have raised about closed-box AI models’ transparency their suitability for use in mining. While models are firmly rooted mathematical, statistical, computational theories, ar...

Digital forensics fast is becoming quite predominant within the legal court system which has had to deal with an increase of cases that involve the use of digital devices over the past decade. The procedures presently used in the digital forensic process were developed with a focus on the practitioner’s expertise or interest. This resulted in very little regard for all fields that may be impact...

Network forensics is the science that deals with capture, recording, and analysis of network traffic for detecting intrusions and investigating them. This paper makes an exhaustive survey of various network forensic frameworks proposed till date. A generic process model for network forensics is proposed which is built on various existing models of digital forensics. Definition, categorization a...

Currently there appears to be a lack of research in the area of developing tools, testing methodologies, and creating standards for ADSL router forensics. The paper examines a wide range of literature and introduces the concept of ADSL router forensics as a new and potential field of research for digital forensics investigators. It begins by examining why there is a need for router forensics by...

From a legal perspective, digital forensics is one of the most potent deterrents to digital crime. While more than a dozen definitions of digital forensics have been proposed in the last ten years, the one common element in all of them is the preparation of evidence for presentation in a court of law. In the courtroom, the expert forensic witness gives personal opinions about what has been foun...