A Black Box System for Automotive Digital Forensics

Explore a work-in-progress research presentation that introduces a novel black box system designed to address critical gaps in automotive digital forensics. Learn about the growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities in modern connected vehicles, particularly through infotainment systems, and understand why current automotive forensic capabilities lag behind traditional computer forensics. Discover the key challenges facing the field, including the absence of standardized guidelines, specialized tools, and technical limitations in existing logging systems such as trigger-based recording, inadequate time synchronization, and insufficient trust preservation that compromise evidence reliability and legal admissibility. Examine the proposed solution that integrates GPS-based time synchronization and continuous Electronic Control Unit authentication using Unified Diagnostic Services, extending beyond traditional Event Data Recorders with expanded memory capacity and enhanced data collection capabilities. Review the rigorous testing methodology including continuous authentication protocols, stress testing procedures, and functional analyses that validate the system's ability to ensure data integrity and credibility for forensic investigations involving connected vehicles.