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http://dx.doi.org/10.13089/JKIISC.2018.28.3.625

The Method of Recovery for Deleted Record of Realm Database  

Kim, Junki (Institute of Cyber Security & Privacy (ICSP), Korea University)
Han, Jaehyeok (Institute of Cyber Security & Privacy (ICSP), Korea University)
Choi, Jong-Hyun (Institute of Cyber Security & Privacy (ICSP), Korea University)
Lee, Sangjin (Institute of Cyber Security & Privacy (ICSP), Korea University)
Abstract
Realm is an open source database developed to replace SQLite, which is commonly used in mobile devices. The data stored in the database must be checked during the digital forensic analysis process for mobile devices because it can help to understand the behavior of the user and whether the mobile device is operating or not. In addition, since the user can intentionally use anti-forensic techniques such as deleting data stored in the database, research on how to recover deleted records is needed. In this paper, we propose a method to recover records that have not been overwritten after deletion based on the analysis of the structure and record and deletion process of the Realm database file.
Keywords
Realm; Mobile Database; Recovery;
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