Please note: All times below are in Korea Standard Time.
For clarity, the current time in Seoul:
APAC 2025 - Day 1
Time | Monday November 10 - Day 1 |
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Coex Magok 401 A+B (4F) | Coex Magok 401 C+D (4F) |
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8:00 | Registration Opens |
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8:30 | Workshop 1: Practical macOS DFIR (4hr) Bhargav Rathod, (Staff MDR Analyst, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42) | Workshop 2: Chain of Infection Detection: A Hands-On Workshop on Forensic Timeline Analysis (4hr) Gaurav Gogia, (Qualys) |
12:20 | Lunch |
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13:30 | Workshop 3: Applied Memory Forensics: Extracting and Analyzing Malware in Incident Response (4hr) Ricardo J. Rodríguez, (Universidad de Zaragoza) | Workshop 4: Hands-On Elasticsearch for Digital Forensics: Learning from Windows eBPF Logs (2hr) Philgeun Jin, (Sungkyunkwan University); Namjun Kim, (NCSOFT) Workshop 5: SOLVE-IT - The digital forensic technique knowledge base (2hr) Christopher Hargreaves, (HARGS Solutions Ltd) |
17:20 | End of Day |
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18:00 | Social Event (Networking) |
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APAC 2025 - Day 2
Time | Tuesday November 11 - Day 2 |
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Coex Magok LEWEST Hall C (4F) |
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8:00 | Registration Opens |
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9:00 | Welcome Remarks Jungheum Park | Korea University |
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9:30 | Keynote 1: 25 Years of Digital Forensics at DFRWS: Are We Truly Safer? Insoo Lee | Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea |
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10:30 | Break |
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11:00 | Research Paper Session 1 - Memory Forensics & Approximate Matching Session Chair: Max Joun |
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| All Your TLS Keys Are Belong to Us: A Novel Approach to Live Memory Forensic Key Extraction Daniel Baier, Martin Lambertz, (Fraunhofer FKIE) |
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| Advanced Monero Wallet Forensics: Demystifying Off-Chain Artifacts to Trace Privacy-Preserving Cryptocurrency Transactions Jeongin Lee, Geunyeong Choi, Jihyo Han, Jungheum Park, (Korea University) |
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| Media Source Similarity Hashing (MSSH): A Practical Tool for Large-Scale Media Investigations Samantha Klier, Harald Baier, (Universität der Bundeswehr München and Research Instiute CODE) |
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12:00 | Lunch |
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14:00 | Research Paper Session 2 - Mobile & Embedded Device Forensics Session Chair: Luke Jennings |
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| From Sync to Seizure: A Binary Instrumentation-based Evaluation of the iCloud Backup Process Julian Geus, Jan Gruber, Jonas Wozar, Felix Freiling, (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU) |
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| A Study on the Recovery of Damaged iPhone Hardware Exhibiting Panic Full Phenomena Sunbum Song, Hongseok Yang, Eunji Lee, Sangeun Lee, Gibum Kim, (Sungkyunkwan University) |
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| Dial M for Mixer: A Methodological Approach to Forensic Analysis of Unknown Devices Using the Thermomix TM6 Maximilian Eichhorn, Felix Freiling, (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU) |
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| Automatically generating digital forensic reference data triggered by mobile application updates Angelina Claij-Swart, Erik Oudsen, Bouke Timbermont, (Netherlands Forensic Institute); Christopher Hargreaves, (HARGS Solutions Ltd); Lena Lucia Voigt, (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU) |
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15:30 | Break |
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16:00 | Short Presentation Session 1 Session Chair: Allan Korol |
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| Tracing Messenger Transmission Pathways of Videos Using SPS NALU Sangeun Lee, Minyeong Jeong, Bomi Na, Suhyeon Kim, Oh Sojung and Gibum Kim Sungkyunkwan University |
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| Breaking Encryption Walls: Migration Methods for Secure Chat Retrieval Kwon Jaemin, Oh Sojung, Kim Kyunghee, Kim Soonwook, Kim Hyejoo, Jang Jihye and Kim Gibum Sungkyunkwan University |
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16:45 | Lightning Talks (including brief talks by Poster authors) | |
17:15 | Closing Words | |
18:00 | Banquet + Poster + Award Ceremony + Rodeo | |
APAC 2025 - Day 3
Time | Wednesday November 12 - Day 3 |
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Coex Magok LEWEST Hall C (4F) |
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8:00 | Registration Opens |
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9:00 | Welcome Remarks Jungheum Park | Korea University |
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9:30 | Keynote 2: Digital Forensics at Scale – Malware lessons Learned from the Bhima Koregaon Case Robert Jan Mora | Volexity |
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10:30 | Break |
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11:00 | Research Paper Session 3 - AI-Assisted Forensics & Forensics on AI-Related Systems Session Chair: Gaurav Gogia |
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| DF-Graph: Structured and Explainable Analysis of Communication Data for Digital Forensics Jeongin Lee, Chaejin Lim, Beomjin Jin, Moohong Min, Hyoungshick Kim, (Sungkyunkwan University) |
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| Towards a standardized methodology and dataset for evaluating LLM-based digital forensic timeline analysis Hudan Studiawan, (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember); Frank Breitinger, (University of Augsburg); Mark Scanlon, (University College Dublin) |
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| LangurTrace: Forensic analysis of local LLM applications Sungjo Jeong, Sangjin Lee, Jungheum Park, (Korea University) |
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12:00 | Lunch |
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14:00 | Research Paper Session 4 - File System Forensics & Evidence Management Session Chair: Raymond Chan |
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| Data Hiding in File Systems: Current State, Novel Methods, and a Standardized Corpus Anton Schwietert, Jan-Niclas Hilgert, (Fraunhofer FKIE) |
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| Advanced Forensic Recovery of Deleted File Data in F2FS Junghoon Oh, Hyunuk Hwang, (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, ETRI) |
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| Creating a Standardized Corpus for Digital Stratigraphic Methods with fsstratify Julian Uthoff, Lisa Marie Dreier, (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU); Martin Lambertz, Mariia Rybalka, (Fraunhofer FKIE); Felix Freiling, (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU) |
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| DEF-IPV:A Digital Evidence Framework for Intimate Partner Violence Victims Kyungsuk Cho, Kyuyeon Choi, Yunji Park, Seoyoung Kim, Minsoo Kim, Doowon Jeong, (Sungkyunkwan University) |
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15:30 | Break |
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16:00 | Short Presentation Session 2 Session Chair: |
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| AC3 - A Portable Apparatus for Artefact Compaction, Correlation, and Classification in Digital Forensics Gaurav Gogia and Parag Rughani National Forensic Sciences University |
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| Detecting Algorithmic Manipulation in Digital Markets with LLMs Donggeun Jang, Si Hyeon Park, Yeon Su Yeo and Gibum Kim Sungkyunkwan University |
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16:45 | Concluding Remarks | |
18:00 | Social Event (Networking) | |
Full Paper Acceptance Rate
This year, there were 49 research papers submitted, with 14 being accepted after peer review – resulting in a paper acceptance rate of 28.6%.