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Nintendo 3DS Forensic Examination Tools

2023; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-031-42991-0_4

1868-422X

Konstantinos Xynos, Huw Read, Iain Sutherland, Matthew Bovee, Trang Do,

Digital Media Forensic Detection

This chapter describes a suite of digital forensic examination tools for the Nintendo 3DS series of game consoles. The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld game console with capabilities that include video recording, photography, web browsing and network communications. Originally released in 2011, the consoles remain popular, with almost 76 million units sold. Since the consoles can enable illegal activities, they are potential containers of evidence in criminal investigations. Previous research has highlighted the artifacts found on Nintendo 3DS and other similar devices. However, this chapter expands the body of research focused on automating artifact extraction and validation. The extraction and validation efforts would be of interest to forensic practitioners as well as researchers focusing on small-scale embedded devices.