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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
INVESTIGATING DRONES USING OPEN-SOURCE FORENSIC SOFTWARE
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe United States Department of Defense has ordered a halt to the use and purchase of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, that use commercial-off-the-shelf components because of the potential of exfiltration of sensitive data to foreign nations. Drone sales and usage are growing steadily, but it is difficult to do forensic investigation of drones to determine what they are doing. This research examined storage of three drones using open-source forensic software. Our studies provided insights into how the different drones store their data and where the data is located, and showed that much can be learned without specialized investigative tools.
Degree
thesis:*- Department dc:contributor.department
- Computer Science (CS)
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2020
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Wierzbicki, Tyler
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Rowe, Neil C.
Rights
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- Copyright is reserved by the copyright owner.
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- https://hdl.handle.net/10945/65468
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/65468