Forensic Analysis of Travelling Applications on Android Devices

Abstract

Travelling is the essential part of our daily life. With the advancement of mobile technology most of the traveling companies are providing online booking / reservation services to their customers. These services on devices may hold an enormous amount of information. With the increase of business in online traveling, there is an increase of threat. Therefore, Travelling is one of the major categories that need to be investigated by forensic investigators. In this study, for investigation, a Careem application is considered, where it is one of the most popular traveling apps with 10M+ install base. For a digital forensic examiner, this application is a vital source of information and evidence against the accused. We can draw more realistic results based on accused traveling. Moreover, the Careem app provides some additional features like balance transfer, mobile recharge, and item delivery which can provide sufficient clues and artifacts that can help forensic examiner. The objective of this study is to forensically search and analyze the remnants of performed activities on the application. It will facilitate the forensic community in the analysis of such applications found in the smartphone of the accused or a digital device at a crime scene. The findings may advance prosecution and provide valuable evidence in the court of law. This will help in providing justice with facts and confirmation.