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Computer Forensics: Audio Forensic

This document provides an overview of audio forensics, including definitions, the role of audio forensic investigators, and techniques used in audio analysis. Audio forensics uses scientific tools and technology to determine the authenticity of sounds as potential evidence in civil or criminal cases. Investigators examine background noises, voice frequencies, recording equipment sounds, and other audio characteristics to identify any inconsistencies indicating tampering. Common analysis methods include enhancing audio clarity, examining tapes for physical alteration, comparing unknown voices to known samples, and identifying what was said and by whom through voiceprinting. Proper procedures like adhering to evidence standards and chain of custody are important to ensure results are admissible in court.

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Computer Forensics: Audio Forensic

This document provides an overview of audio forensics, including definitions, the role of audio forensic investigators, and techniques used in audio analysis. Audio forensics uses scientific tools and technology to determine the authenticity of sounds as potential evidence in civil or criminal cases. Investigators examine background noises, voice frequencies, recording equipment sounds, and other audio characteristics to identify any inconsistencies indicating tampering. Common analysis methods include enhancing audio clarity, examining tapes for physical alteration, comparing unknown voices to known samples, and identifying what was said and by whom through voiceprinting. Proper procedures like adhering to evidence standards and chain of custody are important to ensure results are admissible in court.

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Computer Forensics

Audio Forensic
 Describe definitions of audio forensic
 Describe roles of audio forensic investigator
 Investigate and discuss sample of case study

related to audio forensic

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 Audio forensics is,
 the use of scientific investigation, technology and
tools
 to determine the authenticity of sound for civil or
criminal cases.

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 The results of audio forensics can be used as
evidence in various legal cases dealing with
anything from divorce to industrial espionage.

 It's also not uncommon to see audio forensic


analysis applied to surveillance tapes used in
cases against employers or employees of a
particular business.

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 Audio forensics has a long history with the United
States military and government.

 In World War II, the technology was used to


identify the voices of targeted enemies that
sounded over radios and telephones.

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 The use of a sound spectrograph, which plotted
voice patterns' frequencies and amplitudes, helped
analyzers identify people of interest.

 In recent years, audio forensics is used to analyze


messages created by terrorists to help pinpoint
their locations, the audio's creation time and other
originating factors.

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 Some of the things that are commonly
evaluated in an audio clip to determine its
authenticity are

◦ background noises,
◦ voice frequency changes,
◦ noises emanating from recording equipment and
◦ stop, start and pause signatures.

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 Any discontinuity in these areas may signal
to the analyzer that the recording is
inauthentic or has been compromised.

 Sometimes, these discontinuities can be


masked behind background sounds and
extra work has to be done to uncover them.

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 One of the most popular techniques used
during analysis is to compare one unknown
sound against a known one to identify it.

 This can be done in cases involving voices,


where one speaker has been identified but
the other has not.

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 With voices, vowel formant trajectory, pitch
striations, breath patterns, speech
pathologies and more can be used to
identify speakers.

 However, voice identification is still a


complex and controversial issue

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 Many find that identification and recognition
in forensics analysis unsuitable for court
submission because of

◦ lacking in credibility
◦ Issue of probability

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 TAPE ENHANCEMENT
◦ Digital and analogue processing to restore verbal
clarity
◦ and make tapes easier to understand in a
courtroom situation.

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 AUTHENTICITY
◦ Electronic and physical microscopic examination of
a tape
◦ to prove that it has not been tampered with,
altered, or otherwise changed from its original
state.
◦ Another common authenticity challenge is to
determine whether a given was tape was indeed
made on a given machine.

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 VOICE IDENTIFICATION
◦ Voice ID, or voice printing, is the science
that attempts to determine what was said, and by
whom.
◦ A variety of analogue and digital analysis processes
are used to analyze the frequency and amplitude
characteristics of a human voice and compare it
against known samples.

= make a sample of suspect voice and compare with


the evidence voice to identify owner of the voice

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 Audio forensic investigation carried out need
to follow SOP
 Example of Common SOP

1. Investigation must be done so that it adheres to


the standards of evidence and so it is admissible
in a court of law.
2. Investigation must follow the proper Chain of
Custody with that evidence.

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 Example of Common SOP
3. Special precautions must be taken to ensure that
the evidence is properly protected and stored.
4. Considerations for peer review of casework
should be made.
5. Ongoing training should be included and planned
through professional organizations such as
American Academy of Forensic Science and
vendor specific training.

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 DAC QuickEnhance/AS v2.1
◦ Enhancement
◦ Please refer to Handout 1

 Batvox
◦ Voice identification/recognition
◦ Please refer to Handout 2

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 Please refer to Handout 3
 In a team,

◦ Summarize the incident


◦ Describe how audio forensic fits-in in any
computer forensic cases
◦ Explain what is the common objectives of audio
forensic investigations

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