Editor’s Word

  Dear Readers, We all eagerly anticipate a new year, as it provides us with the opportunity to spend precious time with our loved ones. We wish you all a wonderful and joyful season, filled with love and respect. As we approach the start of a new year, we send our best wishes for success, hope, and courage in the year ahead. We hope that the coming year brings you exciting and life-changing experiences and that your dreams come true. Best regards, Ewa & eForensics Team   PS. As December comes to an end, we prepare to welcome January. This month, the two issues of eForensics will be released. The first issue, titled "The Best of 2023", is already out and available for reading. The second issue, focusing on satellite forensics, will be released soon. In our Best of 2023 Issue, we have compiled the top articles from 2023 to assist you in becoming a digital forensics investigator. We have curated 31 articles about digital forensics that cover various aspects of digital analysis and provide useful strategies and tools. We highly recommend reading all of them to broaden your knowledge in this field. If you are interested in learning about the Autopsy tool, we suggest reading the articles written by Paulo Pereira and Kate Libby, who is a fan of using it in her investigations. We have also selected articles by Amber Schroader, a well-known expert in the forensics world, that provide valuable insights into mobile forensics. For those interested in UAVs topics, Rhonda Johnson has prepared some great articles. Additionally, we have included a few knowledgeable articles about ransomware, which is a relevant issue nowadays. We believe that this issue will provide you with valuable advice and help you become an expert in digital forensics. So, don't wait, read and expand your knowledge today!  

Table of Contents

DIGITAL FORENSICS ANALYSIS IN DEEPFAKE by CHIRATH DE ALWIS IMAGING AN ANDROID SMARTPHONE LOGICALLY by AMBER SCHROADER UNUSUAL EMAILS: INVESTIGATING by JEFF MINAKATA HOW TO BETTER PREPARE FOR A MEMORY FORENSICS INVESTIGATION by BUNDE COLLINS IPHONE FORENSICS by KATE LIBBY USING NEURAL NETWORKS TO PROTECT SYSTEMS AGAINST PHISHING ATTACK VULNERABILITIES ON IOS PLATFORMS by RHONDA JOHNSON ROOTING ANDROIDS FOR FORENSICS by AMBER SCHROADER THE HUMAN ELEMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOCIAL ENGINEERING AND RANSOMWARE ATTACKS by SERGIO FIGUEIREDO & FABIANA BOTTON RANSOMWARE INVESTIGATION: THE NEW CHALLENGES by PAULO PEREIRA, PHD SENSORY-BASED DECEPTION ATTACKS TO THWART DRONE FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS by RHONDA JOHNSON RANSOMWARE ATTACKS IN THE USA: STATISTICS DATA ANALYSIS by PAULO PEREIRA, PHD RANSOMWARE'S EFFECT ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY by GREG KIPPER THE POPULARITY OF RANSOMWARE ATTACKS: UNDERSTANDING WHY HACKERS USE THEM WITH CASE STUDIES by KALPA KALHARA SAMPATH RANSOMWARE PHISHING ATTACKS by JEFF MINAKATA AI POWERED RANSOMWARE PROTECTION by KATE LIBBY CLOUD STORAGE AND CJIS COMPLIANCE IN THE U.S. by CHRISTOPHER COLLINS ENGAGING SOCIAL ENGINEERING: EXTRACTING INFORMATION THROUGH STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS by D4RKR4BB1T47 DOCKER FORENSICS SECRETS WITHIN CONTAINERS by KATE LIBBY SAFEGUARDING REMOTE VIDEO IDENTIFICATION: A LOOK AT DRONE CYBERSECURITY by RHONDA JOHNSON REMOTE VIDEO IDENTIFICATION by KATE LIBBY ENISA VIDEO REMOTE IDENTIFICATION GUIDELINES by PAULO PEREIRA, PHD BREAKING WEAK IMPLEMENTATIONS OF VPN ENCRYPTION AND THE ROLE OF ENTROPY LEVELS by KATE LIBBY UNRAVELING DIGITAL MYSTERIES: HOW AI COPILOTS CAN REVOLUTIONIZE DIGITAL FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS by HANS HENSELER AI-DRIVEN ANALYSIS IN DIGITAL FORENSICS: UNCOVERING PATTERNS FROM PIXELS by GREG KIPPER AUTOPSY 4.21 VERSION by PAULO PEREIRA, PHD DIGITAL FORENSIC ANALYSIS USING AUTOPSY 4.21.0 by PAULO PEREIRA, DIFIR DIGITAL FORENSIC LAB MANAGEMENT MADE EASY WITH MONOLITH by CHRISTOPHER COLLINS FORENSICATING THREATS IN THE CLOUD by CHRIS DOMAN & MATT GEORGY HISTORY OF RANSOMWARE by CHIRATH DE ALWIS, NIPUNI SATHSARANI, SANDALI LAVANYA LIYANAARACHCHI, WATHMI SURESHIKA, AHAMED NUSKI HOW AI AND ML CAN BE USED TO COUNTER RANSOMWARE by KAVINDU ANJANA GUNASEKARA, BUDDHI NAYANI PERERA, SHAMEEN SAMARAWICKREMA, PUBUDU PRIYANGA LIYANAGE, CHIRATH DE ALWIS MODERN DETECTION MECHANISMS FOR COUNTERING RANSOMWARE by K.I. SRIMAL, IROMIKA UDAYAPPRIYA, M.P. NADUN CHATHURANGA, J.L. KAVINDA AKALANKA, CHIRATH DE ALWIS