Anti- Forensics: The Tampering of Videos

Authors: Fayyad Kazan H*, Hejase HJ, Moukadem I, Rkein H and Kobeissi K

DOI: 10.23880/ijfsc-16000219

Volume 6, Issue 1

Abstract

In the context of forensic investigations, the traditional understanding of evidence is changing nowadays where most prosecutors, lawyers and judges heavily rely on multimedia substantiations. However, the evolution of easy-to-use media manipulating tools, made it very easy for almost any (technical) person to alter the content of a digital media (e.g. digital image, audio or video) without leaving any traces that can be detectable by human's basic perceptions. Therefore, the validity of the digital media can no longer be guaranteed which in turn leads to a serious problem regarding digital crime investigation. As there are tools which can tamper media, there are also ones that can do the reverse: detect the tampering. This paper sheds the light on the available anti-forensics tools. Experiments were done using some of these tools to detect tampered media – more specifically video tampering. Our experiments showed the efficiency of these tools by differentiating between original and altered evidences.

Keywords: Forensics; Evidence; Tampering; Anti-Forensics; Lebanon

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