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EXIF Data and Imagery Forensics. Sarah Weeks, Auburn University. Overview. Why are images important? What is EXIF Data? What does EXIF data tell us? The reliability of EXIF Data Are images reliable?. Why are images Important?. http://www.vote29.com/ newmyblog /archives/20664.
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EXIF Data and Imagery Forensics Sarah Weeks, Auburn University
Overview • Why are images important? • What is EXIF Data? • What does EXIF data tell us? • The reliability of EXIF Data • Are images reliable?
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What is EXIF Data? Aperture Value 2.8 Color Space sRGB Create Date 2010:01:11 18:05:47 5 hours, 8 minutes, 12 seconds ago Date/Time Original 2010:01:11 18:05:47 5 hours, 8 minutes, 12 seconds ago Exif Image Size 600 × 800 Exif Version 0221 Exposure Mode Auto Exposure Program Program AE Exposure Time 1/10 F Number 2.8 Flash No flash function Flashpix Version 0100 Focal Length 3.9 mm GPS Altitude 49 m GPS Altitude Ref Above Sea Level GPS Dilution Of Precision 5 GPS Img Direction 211.6141732 GPS Img Direction Ref True North GPS Latitude 38.897778 degrees GPS Latitude Ref North GPS Longitude 77.036639 degrees GPS Longitude Ref West GPS Time Stamp 18:05:47 ISO 1,016 Make Apple Metering Mode Spot Camera Model Name iPhone 3GS Modify Date 2010:01:11 18:05:47 5 hours, 8 minutes, 12 seconds ago Resolution 72 pixels/inch Sensing Method One-chip color area Sharpness Normal Shutter Speed Value 1/10 Software 3.1.2 White Balance Auto Y Cb Cr Positioning Centered JFIF
What is EXIF Data? • Have we thought about what all we can store in this? Is this like slack space? • EXIF data generally gives us information about a picture.
ExifTool by Phil Harvey $ exiftool -a -u -g1 /Users/usercomputer/Desktop/photo.JPG ---- ExifTool ---- ExifTool Version Number : 8.85 ---- System --- File Name : photo.JPG Directory : /Users/cwperr/Desktop File Size : 1703 kB File Modification Date/Time : 2012:03:27 15:22:17-05:00 File Permissions : rw-r--r-- ---- File ---- File Type : JPEG MIME Type : image/jpeg Exif Byte Order : Big-endian (Motorola, MM) Image Width : 3264 Image Height : 2448 Encoding Process : Baseline DCT, Huffman coding Bits Per Sample : 8 Color Components : 3 Y Cb Cr Sub Sampling : YCbCr4:2:0 (2 2) ---- IFD0 ---- Make : Apple Camera Model Name : iPhone 4S Orientation : Horizontal (normal) X Resolution : 72 Y Resolution : 72 Resolution Unit : inches Software : 5.0.1 Modify Date : 2012:03:26 12:57:32 Y Cb Cr Positioning : Centered ---- ExifIFD ----
Changing GPS information • Use a track.log file
Links to Tools • Geosetter • http://www.geosetter.de/en • Exiftool • http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ • FTK • http://accessdata.com/products/computer-forensics/ftk • GPS Photo Linker • http://www.earlyinnovations.com/gpsphotolinker/ • ExpertGPS • http://www.expertgps.com/default.asp
References • http://www.errorlevelanalysis.com/ • http://www.hackerfactor.com/genderguesser.php#analyze • http://www.howtogeek.com/90484/image-forensics-tool-tells-you-if-an-image-was-photoshopped/ • http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/2008/05/30/digital-image-forensics