Description du projet
De nouveaux outils pour la criminalistique des téléphones portables
Le téléphone portable présente une portée quasi universelle. Il n’est donc pas surprenant que les dispositifs mobiles soient couramment utilisés pour des activités illégales. En tant que tel, un dispositif mobile est impliqué dans pratiquement tous les crimes commis, de l’usurpation d’identité et de l’extraction de données à la traite des êtres humains, à la maltraitance des enfants et aux homicides. Les mécanismes de cryptage des données ajoutent encore aux défis à relever pour faire face à ce phénomène. Le projet EXFILES, financé par l’UE, permettra de développer de nouveaux outils permettant aux forces de l’ordre d’extraire des données et des preuves connexes des dispositifs mobiles. Dirigé par un consortium de services chargés de l’application de la loi, d’universités et de sociétés de cybersécurité, le projet se concentrera sur des logiciels, du matériel et des méthodes combinées. Il prendra également en considération les aspects éthiques et juridiques de la recherche et de l’exploitation. Les résultats seront particulièrement utiles pour la prochaine génération d’experts en criminalistique.
Objectif
"Technological advances and development of sophisticated functions in mobile devices led to new usages and dependencies. Mobile phones are often a key factor in criminal cases, intrusions, intellectual property theft, security threats, and more. The data stored in these devices may contain critical evidence associated with the above-mentioned crimes.
The latest generation of devices incorporate new security features and encryption schemes to ""protect"" the device and its associated user data. The other side of the coin is that the rapid processing of critical evidence by various information retrieval techniques is slowed down, if not made impossible. The mobile device forensics field is a challenging area for forensic analysts, particularly given the increasing number of data encryption mechanisms.
The EXFILES project aims to provide law enforcement agencies (LEAs) with new tools to extract data and associated evidence from these devices in strict legal contexts. A unique consortium of five LEAs, universities and cyber security companies from the EU have joined forces to address these challenges. Together, they defined three areas of work on technical data extraction techniques, namely software exploitation, hardware methods and combined methods. In addition, tools and methods inspired by other areas of information security (e.g. security assessments based on common criteria) will lead to new judicial methods of accessing data for lawful investigations. Another unique dimension of EXFILES is the clear focus on the ethical and legal aspects of research and exploitation as well as dissemination and training activities for the next generation of forensic experts.
The main objective of EXFILES project is to improve Law Enforcement Agencies techniques and methods, to extract digital evidence from modern encrypted smartphones used by criminals based on holistic approach (both software and hardware).
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Champ scientifique
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- social scienceslawlaw enforcement
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsmobile phones
- social scienceslawcriminology
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer security
Mots‑clés
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.7. - Secure societies - Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.7.1. - Fight crime, illegal trafficking and terrorism, including understanding and tackling terrorist ideas and beliefs
- H2020-EU.3.7.8. - Support the Union's external security policies including through conflict prevention and peace-building
Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
9500 Villach
Autriche
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.