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  • Open Access
399 Views
26 Pages

Forensic Analysis of Manipulated Images and Videos

  • Sergio A. Falcón-López,
  • Llanos Tobarra,
  • Antonio Robles-Gómez and
  • Rafael Pastor-Vargas

29 November 2025

The transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 emphasizes the need for ethical, transparent, and human-centric artificial intelligence systems. In this context, ensuring the authenticity of digital information has become crucial for maintaining soc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,271 Views
16 Pages

16 October 2024

Background: diatoms are unicellular algae that have been used for more than a century for forensic purposes to diagnose drowning, with more or less success depending on the historical era. Although many years have passed, scientific research on diato...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,261 Views
23 Pages

Forensic Analysis of Blackhole Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks/Internet of Things

  • Ahmad Hasan,
  • Muazzam A. Khan,
  • Balawal Shabir,
  • Arslan Munir,
  • Asad Waqar Malik,
  • Zahid Anwar and
  • Jawad Ahmad

11 November 2022

The internet of things (IoT) is prone to various types of denial of service (DoS) attacks due to their resource-constrained nature. Extensive research efforts have been dedicated to securing these systems, but various vulnerabilities remain. Notably,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,987 Views
20 Pages

Forensic Analysis Laboratory for Sport Devices: A Practical Use Case

  • Pablo Donaire-Calleja,
  • Antonio Robles-Gómez,
  • Llanos Tobarra and
  • Rafael Pastor-Vargas

At present, the mobile device sector is experiencing significant growth. In particular, wearable devices have become a common element in society. This fact implies that users unconsciously accept the constant dynamic collection of private data about...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,651 Views
33 Pages

Citius, Altius, Fortius—Advanced Mass Spectrometry in Service of Forensic Analysis

  • Paulina Grocholska,
  • Dominik Popiel,
  • Martyna Walter,
  • Monika Biernat,
  • Marek Cebrat,
  • Mariola Kuczer,
  • Maciej Modzel,
  • Remigiusz Bąchor and
  • Alicja Kluczyk

This review presents numerous studies in which mass spectrometry has been used to assist forensic investigation. Due to its unique capabilities, mainly high-resolution mass data and structural information, high sensitivity, and cooperation with separ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,705 Views
21 Pages

17 January 2023

This systematic review describes and discusses three commercially available integrated systems for forensic DNA analysis, i.e., ParaDNA, RapidHIT, and ANDE. A variety of aspects, such as performance, time-to-result, ease-of-use, portability, and cost...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6,323 Views
28 Pages

Forensic Narcotics Drug Analysis: State-of-the-Art Developments and Future Trends

  • Petar Ristivojević,
  • Božidar Otašević,
  • Petar Todorović and
  • Nataša Radosavljević-Stevanović

25 July 2025

Narcotics trafficking is a fundamental part of organized crime, posing significant and evolving challenges for forensic investigations. Addressing these challenges requires rapid, precise, and scientifically validated analytical methods for reliable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,263 Views
22 Pages

Error Level Analysis Technique for Identifying JPEG Block Unique Signature for Digital Forensic Analysis

  • Nor Amira Nor Azhan,
  • Richard Adeyemi Ikuesan,
  • Shukor Abd Razak and
  • Victor R. Kebande

The popularity of unique image compression features of image files opens an interesting research analysis process, given that several digital forensics cases are related to diverse file types. Of interest has been fragmented file carving and recovery...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
12,784 Views
23 Pages

Forensic Analysis on Internet of Things (IoT) Device Using Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Framework

  • Muhammad Shoaib Mazhar,
  • Yasir Saleem,
  • Ahmad Almogren,
  • Jehangir Arshad,
  • Mujtaba Hussain Jaffery,
  • Ateeq Ur Rehman,
  • Muhammad Shafiq and
  • Habib Hamam

The versatility of IoT devices increases the probability of continuous attacks on them. The low processing power and low memory of IoT devices have made it difficult for security analysts to keep records of various attacks performed on these devices...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
9,281 Views
26 Pages

Forensic Analysis of TikTok Alternatives on Android and iOS Devices: Byte, Dubsmash, and Triller

  • Yansi Keim,
  • Shinelle Hutchinson,
  • Apoorva Shrivastava and
  • Umit Karabiyik

19 September 2022

TikTok has consistently been one of the most used mobile apps worldwide on any mobile operating system. However, despite people’s enjoyment of using the application, there have been growing concerns about the application’s origins and all...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,482 Views
24 Pages

Enhancing Forensic Analysis of Construction Project Delays Through Digital Interventions

  • Serife Ece Boyacioglu,
  • David Greenwood,
  • Kay Rogage and
  • Andrew Parry

Project delays remain a persistent challenge in the construction industry, having significant financial implications and contributing to disputes between project participants. Forensic Delay Analysis (FDA) has emerged as a specialised function that i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
134 Citations
18,924 Views
16 Pages

29 March 2010

Detection and identification of blood, semen and saliva stains, the most common body fluids encountered at a crime scene, are very important aspects of forensic science today. This study targets the development of a nondestructive, confirmatory metho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
11,719 Views
20 Pages

A Morphological and Morphometric Dental Analysis as a Forensic Tool to Identify the Iberian Wolf (Canis Lupus Signatus)

  • Víctor Toledo González,
  • Fernando Ortega Ojeda,
  • Gabriel M. Fonseca,
  • Carmen García-Ruiz,
  • Pablo Navarro Cáceres,
  • Pilar Pérez-Lloret and
  • María del Pilar Marín García

3 June 2020

Depredation by the Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is currently thought to be a problem in some areas of Spain. However, there are few technically validated forensic tools available to determine the veracity of claims with a high degree of scient...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,827 Views
20 Pages

26 June 2024

Serious cracks were found in the pylon of a cable-stayed bridge without backstays. Based on forensic damage investigation, this paper uses the finite element (FE) method incorporating Building Information Modeling (BIM) to analyze the causes of crack...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,019 Views
20 Pages

13 December 2024

Silylation is a widely used derivatization technique for the gas chromatographic analysis of benzodiazepines, a class of psychoactive drugs commonly encountered in forensic and biological samples. This study investigated the optimal experimental cond...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,857 Views
28 Pages

21 July 2021

Unintended pesticide pollution in soil, crops, and adjacent environments has caused several issues for both pesticide users and consumers. For users, pesticides utilized should provide higher yield and lower persistence while considering both the env...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,795 Views
16 Pages

23 April 2022

In this study, FeNi magnetic alloy nanoparticles (MANPs) were employed for the forensic analysis of four poisons—dimethametryn, napropamide, thiodicarb, and strychnine—using surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
9,343 Views
28 Pages

Investigating Wearable Fitness Applications: Data Privacy and Digital Forensics Analysis on Android

  • Shinelle Hutchinson,
  • Mohammad Meraj Mirza,
  • Nicholas West,
  • Umit Karabiyik,
  • Marcus K. Rogers,
  • Tathagata Mukherjee,
  • Sudhir Aggarwal,
  • Haeyong Chung and
  • Carrie Pettus-Davis

28 September 2022

Wearable devices are becoming more and more prevalent in our daily lives as people become more curious about how well they are doing in monitoring, improving, or maintaining their health and fitness. Fitness trackers and smartwatches have become almo...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,923 Views
12 Pages

10 April 2023

Polymeric materials have recently attracted a lot of attention due to their potential applications in many fields, ranging from biomedicine, the food industry and environmental monitoring to electronic, energy storage and sensing devices. Their versa...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
10,400 Views
16 Pages

25 August 2023

Instances of racial disparities are well documented in the United States’ criminal justice system. This study reviewed the literature and conducted quantitative analyses on the role of race in forensic decision making among practitioners and ot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
16,318 Views
13 Pages

Smart Home Forensics—Data Analysis of IoT Devices

  • Soram Kim,
  • Myungseo Park,
  • Sehoon Lee and
  • Jongsung Kim

A smart home is a residence that provides a variety of automation services based on Internet of Things (IoT) devices equipped with sensors, cameras, and lights. These devices can be remotely controlled through controllers such as smartphones and smar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,983 Views
14 Pages

Tesla Log Data Analysis Approach from a Digital Forensics Perspective

  • Jung-Hwan Lee,
  • Seong Ho Lim,
  • Bumsu Hyeon,
  • Oc-Yeub Jeon,
  • Jong Jin Park and
  • Nam In Park

Modern vehicles are equipped with various electronic control units (ECUs) for safety, entertainment, and autonomous driving. These ECUs operate independently according to their respective roles and generate considerable data. However, owing to capaci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,170 Views
24 Pages

Identification of the Visually Prominent Gait Parameters for Forensic Gait Analysis

  • Daewook Lee,
  • Jiman Soon,
  • Gyuri Choi,
  • Kijoon Kim and
  • Sangwoo Bahn

Walking patterns can be used as a key parameter in identifying individuals, as it varies visually depending on one’s body size as well as their habits, gender, and age group. In this study, we measure the gait characteristics of a large number...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,611 Views
18 Pages

An MPS-Based 50plex Microhaplotype Assay for Forensic DNA Analysis

  • Ranran Zhang,
  • Jiaming Xue,
  • Mengyu Tan,
  • Dezhi Chen,
  • Yuanyuan Xiao,
  • Guihong Liu,
  • Yazi Zheng,
  • Qiushuo Wu,
  • Miao Liao and
  • Meili Lv
  • + 2 authors

4 April 2023

Microhaplotypes (MHs) are widely accepted as powerful markers in forensic studies. They have the advantage of both short tandem repeats (STRs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), with no stutter and amplification bias, short fragments and amp...

  • Review
  • Open Access
130 Citations
37,729 Views
35 Pages

Microfluidic Devices for Forensic DNA Analysis: A Review

  • Brigitte Bruijns,
  • Arian Van Asten,
  • Roald Tiggelaar and
  • Han Gardeniers

5 August 2016

Microfluidic devices may offer various advantages for forensic DNA analysis, such as reduced risk of contamination, shorter analysis time and direct application at the crime scene. Microfluidic chip technology has already proven to be functional and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
17,433 Views
32 Pages

Proteomics in Forensic Analysis: Applications for Human Samples

  • Van-An Duong,
  • Jong-Moon Park,
  • Hee-Joung Lim and
  • Hookeun Lee

9 April 2021

Proteomics, the large-scale study of all proteins of an organism or system, is a powerful tool for studying biological systems. It can provide a holistic view of the physiological and biochemical states of given samples through identification and qua...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,381 Views
24 Pages

Forensic Analysis of the Disputes Typology of the NSW Construction Industry Using PLS-SEM and Prospective Trend Analysis

  • Payam Rahnamayiezekavat,
  • Ehsan Sorooshnia,
  • Maria Rashidi,
  • Amir Faraji,
  • Sherif Mostafa and
  • Sungkon Moon

30 September 2022

Project claim management is the central pillar of the overlapping areas of contract administration, contract law and building regulations. Delays caused by inefficiency of the procedures designed to avoid disputes emerge at the pre-project phase and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
18,503 Views
29 Pages

Cybersecurity and Network Forensics: Analysis of Malicious Traffic towards a Honeynet with Deep Packet Inspection

  • Gabriel Arquelau Pimenta Rodrigues,
  • Robson De Oliveira Albuquerque,
  • Flávio Elias Gomes de Deus,
  • Rafael Timóteo De Sousa Jr.,
  • Gildásio Antônio De Oliveira Júnior,
  • Luis Javier García Villalba and
  • Tai-Hoon Kim

18 October 2017

Any network connected to the Internet is subject to cyber attacks. Strong security measures, forensic tools, and investigators contribute together to detect and mitigate those attacks, reducing the damages and enabling reestablishing the network to i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,302 Views
32 Pages

This research article investigates the effectiveness of digital forensics analysis (DFA) techniques in identifying patterns and trends in malicious failed login attempts linked to public data breaches or compromised email addresses in Microsoft 365 (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,420 Views
32 Pages

19 November 2024

This article delves into Microsoft Azure’s cyber forensic capabilities, focusing on the unique challenges in cloud security incident investigation. Cloud services are growing in popularity, and Azure’s shared responsibility model, multi-t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
11,027 Views
15 Pages

Modern PCR-based analytical techniques have reached sensitivity levels that allow for obtaining complete forensic DNA profiles from even tiny traces containing genomic DNA amounts as small as 125 pg. Yet these techniques have reached their limits whe...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
79 Citations
15,049 Views
47 Pages

Chiral Drug Analysis in Forensic Chemistry: An Overview

  • Cláudia Ribeiro,
  • Cristiana Santos,
  • Valter Gonçalves,
  • Ana Ramos,
  • Carlos Afonso and
  • Maria Elizabeth Tiritan

28 January 2018

Many substances of forensic interest are chiral and available either as racemates or pure enantiomers. Application of chiral analysis in biological samples can be useful for the determination of legal or illicit drugs consumption or interpretation of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,590 Views
12 Pages

24 February 2016

A search of the current scientific literature yields a limited number of studies that describe the use of Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic imaging for the analysis of forensic casework, which is likely due to the fact that these instr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,894 Views
16 Pages

Forensic Analysis of wxSQLite3-Encrypted Databases and Its Application

  • Soojin Kang,
  • Giyoon Kim,
  • Uk Hur and
  • Jongsung Kim

This study focuses on digital forensic investigations of the databases used in an instant messenger application. Instant messengers store and manage user data in databases, which can be encrypted for privacy protection. We proposed a method to identi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
10,589 Views
18 Pages

Analysis of Microbial Communities: An Emerging Tool in Forensic Sciences

  • Audrey Gouello,
  • Catherine Dunyach-Remy,
  • Christian Siatka and
  • Jean-Philippe Lavigne

The objective of forensic sciences is to find clues in a crime scene in order to reconstruct the scenario. Classical samples include DNA or fingerprints, but both have inherent limitations and can be uninformative. Another type of sample has emerged...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,828 Views
14 Pages

Forensic Analysis of File Exfiltrations Using AnyDesk, TeamViewer and Chrome Remote Desktop

  • Xabiel G. Pañeda,
  • David Melendi,
  • Víctor Corcoba,
  • Alejandro G. Pañeda,
  • Roberto García and
  • Dan García

The use of remote desktop applications has increased greatly in recent years, mainly because of the generalization of telecommuting due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This process has been carried out in a very controlled manner in some companies, but in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,152 Views
13 Pages

17 November 2020

The computed tomography (CT) technique has attracted much attention as a promising tool for non-invasive diagnosis and examination in the field of forensic science. The purpose of this study is to assess the trend in CT-related forensic studies throu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,121 Views
19 Pages

31 August 2023

Dashcams are considered video sensors, and the number of dashcams installed in vehicles is increasing. Native dashcam video players can be used to view evidence during investigations, but these players are not accepted in court and cannot be used to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,529 Views
18 Pages

Forensic Audio and Voice Analysis: TV Series Reinforce False Popular Beliefs

  • Emmanuel Ferragne,
  • Anne Guyot Talbot,
  • Margaux Cecchini,
  • Martine Beugnet,
  • Emmanuelle Delanoë-Brun,
  • Laurianne Georgeton,
  • Christophe Stécoli,
  • Jean-François Bonastre and
  • Corinne Fredouille

2 February 2024

People’s perception of forensic evidence is greatly influenced by crime TV series. The analysis of the human voice is no exception. However, unlike fingerprints—with which fiction and popular beliefs draw an incorrect parallel—the h...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,155 Views
35 Pages

Fatal Free Falls: A Clinical and Forensic Analysis of Skeletal Injury Patterns Using PMCT and Autopsy

  • Filip Woliński,
  • Jolanta Sado,
  • Kacper Kraśnik,
  • Justyna Sagan,
  • Łukasz Bryliński,
  • Katarzyna Brylińska,
  • Grzegorz Teresiński,
  • Tomasz Cywka,
  • Marcin Prządka and
  • Robert Karpiński
  • + 1 author

7 November 2025

Background: Free fatal falls (FFF) are a frequent occurrence in forensic medicine. Many variables, such as the victim’s sex, BMI, intoxication, height of the fall, and mental illness, can influence injury patterns. Previous studies identified f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,987 Views
24 Pages

Interoperability-Enhanced Knowledge Management in Law Enforcement: An Integrated Data-Driven Forensic Ontological Approach to Crime Scene Analysis

  • Alexandros Z. Spyropoulos,
  • Charalampos Bratsas,
  • Georgios C. Makris,
  • Emmanouel Garoufallou and
  • Vassilis Tsiantos

9 November 2023

Nowadays, more and more sciences are involved in strengthening the work of law enforcement authorities. Scientific documentation is evidence highly respected by the courts in administering justice. As the involvement of science in solving crimes incr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,962 Views
32 Pages

7 July 2020

When computer systems are increasingly important for our daily activities, cybercrime has created challenges for the criminal justice system. Data can be hidden in ADS (Alternate Data Stream) without hindering performance. This feature has been explo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,953 Views
19 Pages

Forensic Analysis of Synthetic Cathinones on Nanomaterials-Based Platforms: Chemometric-Assisted Voltametric and UPLC-MS/MS Investigation

  • Ana-Maria Dragan,
  • Bogdan George Feier,
  • Mihaela Tertiș,
  • Ede Bodoki,
  • Florina Truta,
  • Maria-Georgia Ștefan,
  • Béla Kiss,
  • Filip Van Durme,
  • Karolien De Wael and
  • Radu Oprean
  • + 1 author

22 August 2023

Synthetic cathinones (SCs) are a group of new psychoactive substances often referred to as “legal highs” or “bath salts”, being characterized by a dynamic change, new compounds continuously emerging on the market. This creates...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,138 Views
16 Pages

29 October 2021

The top challenges of adopting new methods to forensic DNA analysis in routine laboratories are often the capital investment and the expertise required to implement and validate such methods locally. In the case of next-generation sequencing, in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,419 Views
16 Pages

ChronoEOS 2.0: Device Fingerprinting and EOSIO Blockchain Technology for On-Running Forensic Analysis in an IoT Environment

  • José Álvaro Fernández-Carrasco,
  • Xabier Echeberria-Barrio,
  • Daniel Paredes-García,
  • Francesco Zola and
  • Raul Orduna-Urrutia

10 March 2023

In industrial environments there are critical devices, so their correct operation must be ensured. In particular, having a secure record of the different events related to these devices is essential. Thus, this record can be used in future forensic i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,889 Views
11 Pages

Is a Forensic Cohabitation Program Recovery-Oriented? A Logic Model Analysis

  • Shu-Ping Chen,
  • Wen-Pin Chang,
  • Bryan Fleet,
  • Santoch Rai,
  • Steve Panteluk,
  • Alberto Choy and
  • DeAnn Hunter

Background. Recovery orientation is a movement in mental health practice. Although general mental health services have taken the lead in promoting recovery, forensic psychiatric systems have lagged behind because of the need to reconcile recovery pri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,676 Views
19 Pages

8 October 2022

Due to recent developments in IT technology, various IoT devices have been developed for use in various environments, such as card smart TVs, and smartphones Communication between IoT devices has become possible. Various IoT devices are found in home...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,832 Views
23 Pages

Towards the Development of an Optical Biosensor for the Detection of Human Blood for Forensic Analysis

  • Hayley Costanzo,
  • Maxine den Hartog,
  • James Gooch and
  • Nunzianda Frascione

3 November 2024

Blood is a common biological fluid in forensic investigations, offering significant evidential value. Currently employed presumptive blood tests often lack specificity and are sample destructive, which can compromise downstream analysis. Within this...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,523 Views
22 Pages

7 August 2025

Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) have emerged as promising epigenetic biomarkers with increasing forensic relevance. Unlike conventional genetic markers such as short tandem repeats (STRs), histone modifications can offer additional la...

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