8 papers
Effects of parental controls in the context of Digital Forensics
Selina Märchya, Selina Märchy, Mauro Vignatia +2
Parental control systems are designed to protect minors online, but can inadvertently obstruct digital forensic investigations. When enabled, these systems restrict administrative…
SoK: Understanding Anti-Forensics Concepts and Research Practices Across Forensic Subdomains
Janine Schneider, Florian Ramming, Maximilian Eichhorn +9
Anti-forensics includes a growing set of techniques designed to obstruct forensic analysis. While cybercriminals increasingly rely on these methods, they also help researchers iden…
AutoDFBench 1.0: A Benchmarking Framework for Digital Forensic Tool Testing and Generated Code Evaluation
Akila Wickramasekara, Tharusha Mihiranga, Aruna Withanage +4
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) programme has become the de facto standard for providing digital forensic tool testi…
Hey GPT-OSS, Looks Like You Got It -- Now Walk Me Through It! An Assessment of the Reasoning Language Models Chain of Thought Mechanism for Digital Forensics
Gaëtan Michelet, Janine Schneider, Aruna Withanage +1
The use of large language models in digital forensics has been widely explored. Beyond identifying potential applications, research has also focused on optimizing model performance…
What's Next, Cloud? A Forensic Framework for Analyzing Self-Hosted Cloud Storage Solutions
Michael Külper, Jan-Niclas Hilgert, Frank Breitinger +1
Self-hosted cloud storage platforms like Nextcloud are gaining popularity among individuals and organizations seeking greater control over their data. However, this shift introduce…
Defining Atomicity (and Integrity) for Snapshots of Storage in Forensic Computing
Jenny Ottmann, Frank Breitinger, Felix Freiling
The acquisition of data from main memory or from hard disk storage is usually one of the first steps in a forensic investigation. We revisit the discussion on quality criteria for…