Grand Theft App: Digital Forensics of Vehicle Assistant Apps
Simon Ebbers, Fabian Ising, Christoph Saatjohann, Sebastian Schinzel · 2021
Due to the increasing connectivity of modern vehicles, collected data is no longer only stored in the vehicle itself but also transmitted to car manufacturers and vehicle assistant apps. This development opens up new possibilities for digital forensics in criminal investigations involving modern vehicles. This paper deals with the digital forensic analysis of vehicle assistant apps of eight car manufacturers. We reconstruct the driver’s activities based on the data stored on the smartphones and in the manufacturer’s backend.