Manual IoT Forensics of a Samsung Gear S3 Frontier Smartwatch.

Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as Samsung Gear S3 Frontier smartwatch are great sources of potential digital evidence, due to their constant daily use. The main aim of this paper is to analyze the capabilities and limitations of IoT forensics of a Samsung Gear S3 Frontier smartwatch. Main concepts of IoT forensics, a summary of the current and future research progress and challenges, is given. A scenario of watch events during 3 hours of usage was recorded, which forensic analysis had to restore. Manual extraction and analysis of data, along with the detailed look at the discovered relevant files, and achieved results are presented. The primary contribution of this paper consists of a detailed approach to a particular smartwatch forensic, which supports future forensic investigations.