Dropbox analysis: Data remnants on user machines

Digital Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-18

  Quick, Darren ^a   Choo, Kim Kwang Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloud forensics; Cloud storage; Computer forensics; Digital forensics; Dropbox analysis; Mobile forensics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER FORENSICS; CRIME; DIGITAL DEVICES; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC CRIME COUNTERMEASURES;

CLOUD FORENSICS; CLOUD STORAGE SERVICES; CLOUD STORAGES; CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES; DROPBOX ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SOURCES; MOBILE FORENSICS; SERVICE PROVIDER;

DIGITAL FORENSICS;

EID: 84877809583     PISSN: 17422876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diin.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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