Scope

Theme: Cyber analytics and forensics in the era of emerging threats

Novel cyber threats are continuously emerging, catalysed by the rapid deployment of Large Language Model and other AI across many domains which increases the threat surface in many sectors such as Smart Industry, Fintech and digital government. The focus of this conference is to provide a platform for discussing these emerging threats and to identify priorities for the community to target with the next generation of cyber analytics. We particularly welcome research which studies the dynamics between human factors and AI technologies and the corresponding impact upon cybersecurity and forensics.

Topics

Applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and other related technologies

Anti-forensics and anti-anti-forensics (e.g., deepfake)
Deep learning
Explainable AI (XAI)
Generative AI (GenAI)
Large language model (LLM)

Device forensics

Blockchain investigations
Internet of Things (IoT) forensics (including industrial IoT, medical IoT, military IoT, battlefield IoT, and vehicular IoT)
Edge and/or cloud forensics
Network and distributed system forensics
Virtual / augmented reality (VR/AR) forensics
Other emerging / contemporary technologies (e.g., hardware and software such as firmware and operating systems)

Financial crime investigations

Financial frauds and scams
Cryptocurrency investigations
Market manipulation investigations
Anti-money laundering / counter terrorism financing investigations
Anti-corruption investigations

Cyber security and analytics

Network security (e.g., intrusion detection)
Malware analysis
IoT security
Security operations center
Virtual / augmented reality (VR/AR)

Human Behavior and Cybersecurity

Cognitive and behavioural studies in cybersecurity
Social engineering attacks and defences
Human factors in secure software and hardware engineering
Societal impact of cybersecurity controls, threats and crime (incl. cross-cultural and cross-demographic perspectives)

Education and Evaluation

Case studies – legal (e.g., child sexual abuse material) and/or technical
Infrastructure
Methodology
Replicability and validity
Tool validation

Theory and fundamentals

Anti-forensics and anti-anti-forensics (e.g., encryption and deepfake)
Frameworks (legal, policy, and/or technical)
Privacy-preserving forensics
Social and privacy
Steganography and steganalysis
Visualization methods and tools for forensic analysis