PHASER: Perceptual Hashing Algorithms Evaluation and Results -an Open Source Forensic Framework
Journal Article
Mckeown, S., Aaby, P., & Steyven, A. (2024)
PHASER: Perceptual Hashing Algorithms Evaluation and Results -an Open Source Forensic Framework. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 48(Supplement), Article 301680
The automated comparison of visual content is a contemporary solution to scale the detection of illegal media and extremist material, both for detection on individual devices ...
A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review of a Blockchain-Based Chain of Custody for Digital Evidence
Conference Proceeding
Onyeashie, B. I., Leimich, P., McKeown, S., & Russell, G. (2024)
A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review of a Blockchain-Based Chain of Custody for Digital Evidence. In Big Data Technologies and Applications. BDTA 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52265-9_8
The effective management of digital evidence is critical to modern forensic investigations. However, traditional evidence management approaches are often prone to security and...
An Auditable Framework for Evidence Sharing and Management using Smart Lockers and Distributed Technologies: Law Enforcement Use Case
Conference Proceeding
Onyeashie, B., Leimich, P., McKeown, S., & Russell, G. (2024)
An Auditable Framework for Evidence Sharing and Management using Smart Lockers and Distributed Technologies: Law Enforcement Use Case. In Big Data Technologies and Applications (156-167). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52265-9_11
This paper presents a decentralised framework for sharing and managing evidence that uses smart lockers, blockchain technology, and the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). The ...
A forensic analysis of streaming platforms on Android OS
Journal Article
García Murias, J., Levick, D., & Mckeown, S. (2023)
A forensic analysis of streaming platforms on Android OS. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 44, Article 301485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2022.301485
This work builds on existing research in streamed video reconstruction on the Android OS, which previously demonstrated that caching occurs in most cases for the Chrome and Fi...
Hamming Distributions of Popular Perceptual Hashing Techniques
Journal Article
McKeown, S., & Buchanan, W. J. (in press)
Hamming Distributions of Popular Perceptual Hashing Techniques. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation,
Content-based file matching has been widely deployed for decades, largely for the detection of sources of copyright infringement, extremist materials, and abusive sexual media...
Practical Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK Energy Sector
Conference Proceeding
Paice, A., & McKeown, S. (in press)
Practical Cyber Threat Intelligence in the UK Energy Sector. In International Conference on Cybersecurity, Situational Awareness and Social Media (Cyber Science 2022)
The UK energy sector is a prime target for cyber-attacks by foreign states, criminals, ‘hacktivist’ groups and terrorists. As Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), the indus...
A Comparative Analysis of Honeypots on Different Cloud Platforms
Journal Article
Kelly, C., Pitropakis, N., Mylonas, A., McKeown, S., & Buchanan, W. J. (2021)
A Comparative Analysis of Honeypots on Different Cloud Platforms. Sensors, 21(7), https://doi.org/10.3390/s21072433
In 2019, the majority of companies used at least one cloud computing service and it is expected that by the end of 2021, cloud data centres will process 94% of workloads. The ...
Phishing URL Detection Through Top-Level Domain Analysis: A Descriptive Approach
Conference Proceeding
Christou, O., Pitropakis, N., Papadopoulos, P., Mckeown, S., & Buchanan, W. J. (2020)
Phishing URL Detection Through Top-Level Domain Analysis: A Descriptive Approach. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy. , (289-298). https://doi.org/10.5220/0008902202890298
Phishing is considered to be one of the most prevalent cyber-attacks because of its immense flexibility and alarmingly high success rate. Even with adequate training and high ...
Microtargeting or Microphishing? Phishing Unveiled
Conference Proceeding
Khursheed, B., Pitropakis, N., McKeown, S., & Lambrinoudakis, C. (2020)
Microtargeting or Microphishing? Phishing Unveiled. In Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business. , (89-105). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58986-8_7
Online advertisements delivered via social media platforms function in a similar way to phishing emails. In recent years there has been a growing awareness that political adve...
Forensic Considerations for the High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF)
Conference Proceeding
Mckeown, S., & Russell, G. (2020)
Forensic Considerations for the High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF). https://doi.org/10.1109/CyberSecurity49315.2020.9138890
The High Efficiency File Format (HEIF) was adopted by Apple in 2017 as their favoured means of capturing images from their camera application, with Android devices such as the...