Header investigation for spam email forensics using framework of national institute of standards and technology

Abstract

Today's technology makes communication very easy and can be used anywhere, even a distance of hundreds to thousands of kilometres is not a barrier in communicating. One of the tools or media that is widely used is via email. However, there are many disadvantages that may be obtained from the email, one of which is spamming or mail. The purpose of this research is to know the stages of spamming email analysis through header analysis. The method used in this study is the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and this method uses 4 stages, namely collection, examination, analysis, and reporting. The results of this study are expected to be able to find out the spam sender's email address, the spam email sender's IP address, and other information needed.

Keywords

• digital forensics
• forensic e-mail
• forensic tools
• nist