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2018
- Understanding Bitcoin Blockchain and its Architecture
- Understanding Bitcoin Address Generation and Bitcoin Scripts
- Understanding the Challenges existing to perform Forensic Analysis
- Understanding various Bitcoin Wallets
- Understanding Bitcoin Core wallet and its usage
- Understanding Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer and its API usage
- Analysis of Bitcoin Folder containing the raw block details
- Experimentation of existing Forensics tools (Network, Memory and OS) for Bitcoin Forensics
- Experimentation of existing Bitcoin Forensics Tools
- Numisight Explorer
- Cipher Trace
- Block Cypher
- BTScan
- Analysis & Experimentation of existing Bitcoin Forensics Products and Solutions
- Implementation of Simple Bitcoin Block File Analyzer
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2020
- Collection of Suspicious Bitcoin Addresses
- Collection of Bitcoin Addressess associated with Dark Web and Ransomware
- Understanding Bitcoin Mixers and Exchanges
- Understanding Bitcoin Address and Wallet Clustering
- Understanding the various BIPs and EIPs related to Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) Wallets
- OSINT on major happenings around Bitcoin and its community
- Analysis of Various Cryptocurrency Mining Mobile Apps
- CryptoTab
- Free Bitcoin Cash
- Free Litecoin
- Pi
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2021
- Exploring the various Bitcoin Blockchain Explorer APIs (AG)
- Exploring the Etherscan Explorer APIs (AG)
- Implementation of Simple Bitcoin Block File Analyser using Python (AG)
- Implementation of Simple Bitcoin Explorer (Blockcypher) API using Python (AG)
- Implementation of Simple Etherscan Explorer API using Python (AG)
- Exploring OSINT Tools for Bitcoin (ASB, PAA)
- Implementation of Simple Bitcoin OSINT Scanner using Python and OSINT-SPY (ASB)
- Implementation of Simple Bitcoin OSINT Scanner using Bash and OSINT-SPY (ASB)
- Implementation of Simple Bitcoin Social Media (Twitter) OSINT Scanner using Python (PAA)
- Design of Open-Source Cryptocurrency Forensics Framework (AG, RG)
- Private Key Security (RG)
- Exploring and Experimentation with Hardware Wallet (Trezor) (RG)
- Exploring & Understanding NFTs and Scope of its Forensics (RG)
- Exploring & Understanding the Scope of Metaverse Forensics (RG)
- Exploring the Use of Metaverse for Forensic Analysis (RG)
- Analysis of Various Cryptocurrency Mining Mobile Apps (RG)
- Pi
- Exploration to Design a Open-Source Cryptocurrency Forensics Framework (OSCFF) (RG)
- Exploring the Possibility of Internet of Vehicle (IoV) Forensics (RG)
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2022
- Challenges in Metaverse.
- Studied and explored the Maltego Tool with all cryptocurrency addresses (MFK, RG)
- Explored the Shodan Tool and discovered about the mining device information (i.e Antminer) related to Ethereum and Bitcoin (MFK)
- Studied and explored Graph Temporal Visualization (MFK, RG)
- Discovered Python libraries: Pathpy, NetworkX, Stellagraph
- Studied and explored the Mitaka Tool (MFK)
- Discovered and explored the SICP Ueba su website for malicious address database (MFK)
- Implemented the Graph Temporal Visualization using the python libraries Pathpy and NetworkX (MFK,RG)
- Explored the Memgraph (MFK,RG)
- Case studies:
- Whitehouse Attack
- Indian Bitcoin Scam 2020
- FBI Silk Route
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2023
- Analysed and Explored the Arkham Tool (MFK)
- Made a study about the list of Tools TRM labs, Footprint Analytics, breadcrumbs.app, glasschain.org (MFK)
- Case studies:
- Unocoin
- GainBitcoin
- Onecoin
- QuadringaCX
- North Korean Hacking
- Mt.Gox
- 2018 - 2020
- Ramaguru R (RG) guided by Ashok Kumar Mohan (AK) (part of M.Tech - Cyber Forensics: 16CY613)
- 2020 - 2021
- Ramaguru R as Research Associate
- 2021 - 2022
- Ramaguru R as Research Associate and later as Assistant Professor
- Anuhya Gandavaram (AG) guided by Ramaguru R (part of M.Tech - Cyber Forensics: 20CY621)
- Anirudh Srinivas Balaji (ASB) guided by Ramaguru R (part of M.Tech - Cyber Forensics: 20CY621)
- Pillai Anjali Anilkumar (PAA) guided by Ramaguru R (part of M.Tech - Cyber Forensics: 20CY621)
- 2022 - 2023
- Mohamed Feroz Khan D (MFK) guided by Ramaguru R (part of M.Tech Dissertation)