Abstract:
The increasing popularity of cloud computing controlled the adoption of cloud applications by variety of enterprises and individuals. This enlarged the scale of cloud storage usage rate. In addition, there was an essential need for robust methods of cloud forensics. Criminals could employ the cloud for their intentions by mistreating it as part of any suspicious activity. Inspectors look for any related evidence either within the cloud or the local system. The main objective of this paper is to highlight the relative artifacts of popular cloud service providers such as Microsoft's OneDrive and Dropbox. At this stage Dropbox and OneDrive desktop applications were monitored. After experimentation, traceable artifacts in both Dropbox and OneDrive applications were noted.
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