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Web browser forensics: : Mozilla Firefox

Published: 05 July 2024 Publication History

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Aside from Internet Explorer, Mozilla's Firefox is one of the most established and popular web browsers. These days, Firefox allows private (Incognito) windows just like every other browser. According to Mozilla Firefox, private browsing does not save cookies or browsing history and leaves no traces behind when sessions are ended. If offenders commit crimes while using private browsing, this will present a barrier to digital forensic analysis because there would not be any computer-based evidence. While Mozilla Firefox was open in both normal and private modes, we conducted an in-depth investigation to assess the status of the evidence. In the experiment, the activities were carried out in one virtual machine in regular mode and another in a private Firefox window. Later, we carried out forensic acquisition of the RAM and hard drive and evaluated what kinds of evidence were discovered from both VMs. The tools FTK and Autopsy were used to analyse the collected data. We found the important evidence of various activities obtained related to Google, YouTube, Twitter, Amazon, Facebook, Outlook, Yahoo and Gmail using FTK and Autopsy through the hard disk and RAM forensics while Firefox opened in normal and private mode. We can also determine from this result that FTK carves more data from the image file than autopsy.

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cover image International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics
International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics  Volume 16, Issue 4
2024
145 pages
ISSN:1751-911X
EISSN:1751-9128
DOI:10.1504/ijesdf.2024.16.issue-4
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Inderscience Publishers

Geneva 15, Switzerland

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Published: 05 July 2024

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  1. Mozilla Firefox
  2. FTK
  3. autopsy
  4. RAM forensics
  5. HDD forensics
  6. private browsing
  7. digital forensics

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