APAC 2025 Program

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APAC 2025 - Day 1

Time

Monday November 10 - Day 1

Coex Magok 401 A+B (4F)

Coex Magok 401 C+D (4F)

8:00

Registration Opens

8:30
~
12:20

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

13:30
~
17:20

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

18:00

Social Event (Networking)

APAC 2025 - Day 2

Time

Tuesday November 11 - Day 2

Coex Magok LEWEST Hall C (4F)

8:00

Registration Opens

9:00

Welcome Remarks
Jungheum Park | Korea University

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

10:30

Break

11:00

Research Paper Session 1 - Memory Forensics & Approximate Matching
Session Chair: Max Joun
All Your TLS Keys Are Belong to Us: A Novel Approach to Live Memory Forensic Key Extraction
Daniel Baier, Martin Lambertz, (Fraunhofer FKIE)
Advanced Monero Wallet Forensics: Demystifying Off-Chain Artifacts to Trace Privacy-Preserving Cryptocurrency Transactions
Jeongin Lee, Geunyeong Choi, Jihyo Han, Jungheum Park, (Korea University)
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)

12:00

Lunch

14:00

Research Paper Session 2 - Mobile & Embedded Device Forensics
Session Chair: Luke Jennings
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)
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)
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)
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)

15:30

Break

16:00

Short Presentation Session 1
Session Chair: Allan Korol
Tracing Messenger Transmission Pathways of Videos Using SPS NALU
Sangeun Lee, Minyeong Jeong, Bomi Na, Suhyeon Kim, Oh Sojung and Gibum Kim
Sungkyunkwan University
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

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

Coex Magok LEWEST Hall C (4F)

8:00

Registration Opens

9:00

Welcome Remarks
Jungheum Park | Korea University

9:30

Keynote 2: Digital Forensics at Scale – Malware lessons Learned from the Bhima Koregaon Case
Robert Jan Mora | Volexity

10:30

Break

11:00

Research Paper Session 3 - AI-Assisted Forensics & Forensics on AI-Related Systems
Session Chair: Gaurav Gogia
DF-Graph: Structured and Explainable Analysis of Communication Data for Digital Forensics
Jeongin Lee, Chaejin Lim, Beomjin Jin, Moohong Min, Hyoungshick Kim, (Sungkyunkwan University)
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)
LangurTrace: Forensic analysis of local LLM applications
Sungjo Jeong, Sangjin Lee, Jungheum Park, (Korea University)

12:00

Lunch

14:00

Research Paper Session 4 - File System Forensics & Evidence Management
Session Chair: Raymond Chan
Data Hiding in File Systems: Current State, Novel Methods, and a Standardized Corpus
Anton Schwietert, Jan-Niclas Hilgert, (Fraunhofer FKIE)
Advanced Forensic Recovery of Deleted File Data in F2FS
Junghoon Oh, Hyunuk Hwang, (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, ETRI)
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)
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)

15:30

Break

16:00

Short Presentation Session 2
Session Chair:
AC3 - A Portable Apparatus for Artefact Compaction, Correlation, and Classification in Digital Forensics
Gaurav Gogia and Parag Rughani
National Forensic Sciences University
Detecting Algorithmic Manipulation in Digital Markets with LLMs
Donggeun Jang, Si Hyeon Park, Yeon Su Yeo and Gibum Kim
Sungkyunkwan University

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%.