SOCIAL MEDIA FORENSICS

Social Media Forensics

Social media forensics” collects evidence from
social media sites such as Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok,and Snapchat to identify criminals. “Digital forensics is a branch of forensic science encompassing the recovery and investigation of material found in digital devices, often associated with computer crime. As technology continues to advance also, cyber-criminal cases continue to increase. Currently, 15% of social media users have encountered cybercrimes during their activities on various social platforms. They continue to rise. Hence, social media platforms majorly contain private and personal information; therefore, they tend to be hackers’ targets to steal information and use it for criminal activities. Typical social media cyber-attacks include shopping scams, photo-morphing, link-baiting, cyberbullying, and hacking. Cybercriminals typically use cookies or denial of service (DoS) to steal. They tend to be hackers’ targets to steal information and personal
information on social media platforms

Hacking

Hacking refers to compromising technological
devices such as computers and networks via illegal access to computer systems or a cyber account.
Hacking is not always criminal activity, but it is often
defined as unlawful when it harms someone. The current most famous hackers are “white, dark, dim, and blue cap hackers. White hat hackers assume
a considerable part in contemporary society. A current instance of hacking is the hacking of the Twitter accounts of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bill gates

Photo Morphing

Photo morphing implies changing flawlessly,
starting with one picture and then onto another, using morphing instruments accessible on the web. Typically, young Young ladies are impacted because of these kinds of transforming by crimnals who download young ladies’ pictures from different social sites through their phones or genuine profiles and edit them. These altered images might be used to extort the young lady or her family by taking steps to distribute the altered pictures. An instance of photo morphing is when an “attacker uses a woman’s face and morphs it onto a nude photograph, and circulates or threathens to circulate the doctored image on social media