A Survey of Social Network Forensics

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Karabiyik, Umit
Canbaz, Abdullah M.
Aksoy, Ahmet
Tuna, Tayfun
Akbas, Esra
Gonen, Bilal
Aygun, Ramazan S.

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2016

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en_US

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Digital Forensics , Social Networks Analysis , Online Social Networks , Crime , Terror , Deception , Social Attacks

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Social networks in any form, specifically online social networks (OSNs), are becoming a part of our everyday life in this new millennium especially with the advanced and simple communication technologies through easily accessible devices such as smartphones and tablets. The data generated through the use of these technologies need to be analyzed for forensic purposes when criminal and terrorist activities are involved. In order to deal with the forensic implications of social networks, current research on both digital forensics and social networks need to be incorporated and understood. This will help digital forensics investigators to predict, detect and even prevent any criminal activities in different forms. It will also help researchers to develop new models/techniques in the future. This paper provides literature review of the social network forensics methods, models, and techniques in order to provide an overview to the researchers for their future works as well as the law enforcement investigators for their investigations when crimes are committed in the cyber space. It also provides awareness and defense methods for OSN users in order to protect them against to social attacks.

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Karabiyik, U., Canbaz, M., Aksoy, A., Tuna, T., Akbas, E., Gonen, B., & Aygun, R. (2016). A Survey of Social Network Forensics. Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law. doi:10.15394/jdfsl.2016.1430

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Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

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1558-7215

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