

The results of this research can be used as a reference for other forensic researchers/experts in handling similar crime cases on the Signal Messenger application to get better results. The results of this research indicate that Belkasoft Evidence Center forensic tool is better, with an accuracy rate of 78.69%, while Magnet AXIOM is 26.23% and MOBILedit Forensic Express is 9.84%. Digital evidence is found from the Signal Messenger application: application information, account information, chat, pictures, videos, contacts, and stickers. The research was carried out according to the case scenario with 11 predetermined parameters. This research uses Belkasoft, Magnet AXIOM, and MOBILedit Forensic Express tools and implements the Digital Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS) framework in each stage of the research experiment.

This research aims to find digital evidence on Signal Messenger application installed on the perpetrator's Android smartphone. Signal Messenger is one of the social media that has become a trending topic since the number of personal data security issues and the emergence of end-to-end encryption features. One of the cybercrimes that occured during the COVID-19 pandemic was the spread hoaxes about the COVID-19 vaccine which caused panic in society. “Tracing of the message or call generated from the Threema is tough.”Īccording to NIA officials, Threema is a secure messaging platform which has been developed in Switzerland and is a paid open-source end-to-end encrypted instant messaging application for iPhone and Android smartphones.Cybercrime is a crime committed using equipment connected to the internet. The NIA and the Intelligence Agencies in their probe had earlier found that Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists were using peer-to-peer software service - YSMS - or a similar mobile application to communicate with their counterparts in India and abroad.Īn NIA source connected to the probe told IANS: “The terrorists are using Threema application as well as its desktop version as it leaves minimal digital footprint making it almost impossible to be traced back.” On Febru40 CRPF troopers were killed after an IED driven vehicle hit the CRPF convoy.

It included several voice notes of terrorists as well,” the official added. “The data was studied and analysed threadbare. The official said that the data was “humongous”.
