Chapter 4

Forensic Investigation of Social Media and Instant Messaging Services in Firefox OS

Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Telegram, OpenWapp, and Line as Case Studies

M.N. Yusoff*; A. Dehghantanha; R. Mahmod    * University Science Malaysia, George Town, Malaysia University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

Abstract

Mobile devices are increasingly utilized to access social media and instant messaging services, which allow users to communicate with others easily and quickly. However, the misuse of social media and instant messaging services facilitated conducting different cybercrimes such as cyber stalking, cyber bullying, slander spreading, and sexual harassment. Therefore mobile devices ...

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