Cloud Storage Forensic: hubiC as a Case-Study

TL;DR

This paper investigates the forensic artifacts of hubiC, a popular cloud storage service, on Windows 8.1 to aid digital investigations and address security concerns.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of residual artifacts related to hubiC usage on Windows 8.1, aiding forensic investigations of cloud storage activities.

Findings

Identifies artifacts from upload, download, installation, and uninstallation processes.

Provides a forensic methodology for hubiC on Windows 8.1.

Enhances understanding of cloud storage forensics.

Abstract

In today society where we live in a world of constant connectivity, many people are now looking to cloud services in order to store their files so they can have access to them wherever they are. By using cloud services, users can access files anywhere with an internet connection. However, while cloud storage is convenient, it also presents security risks. From a forensics perspective, the increasing popularity of cloud storage platforms, makes investigation into such exploits much more difficult, especially since many platforms such as mobile devices as well as computers are able to use these services. This paper presents investigation of hubiC as one of popular cloud platforms running on Microsoft Windows 8.1. Remaining artefacts pertaining different usage of hubiC namely upload, download, installation and uninstallation on Microsoft Windows 8.1are presented.