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http://dx.doi.org/10.33778/kcsa.2022.22.1.121

Windows Artifacts Analysis for Collecting Cryptocurrency Mining Evidence  

Si-Hyeon Park (상명대학교 정보보안공학과 )
Seong-Hun Han (상명대학교 정보보안공학과 )
Won-hyung Park (상명대학교 정보보안공학과)
Publication Information
Convergence Security Journal / v.22, no.1, 2022 , pp. 121-127 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, social issues related to cryptocurrency mining are continuously occurring at the same time as cryptocurrency prices are rapidly increasing. In particular, since cryptocurrency can be acquired through cryptographic operation, anyone with a computer can easily try mining, and as the asset value of major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum in creases, public interest is increasing. In addition, the number of cases where individuals who own high-spec computers mine cryptocurrencies in various places such as homes and businesses are increasing. Some miners are mining at companies or public places, not at home, due to the heat problem of computers that consume a lot of electrical energy, causing various problems in companies as well as personal moral problems. Therefore, this study studies the technology to obtain evidence for the traces of mining attempts using the Windows artifacts of the computers that mined cryptocurrency. Through this, it is expected that it can be used for internal audit to strengthen corporate security.
Keywords
Digital Forensics; Windows Artifacts; Cryptocurrency; Mining; Internal Audit;
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