This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Advances in Digital Forensics XXI, which took place in New Delhi, India during January 6-7, 2025.

The 10 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. These papers were organized into the following topical sections: Image and Video Forensics; Large Language Model Applications; Forensic Investigations; and Digital Forensics Frameworks.

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Advances in Digital Forensics XXI

Edited by: Elizabeth Kurkowski and Sujeet Shenoi

Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Computer networks, cloud computing, smartphones, embedded devices, automobiles and the Internet of Things have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond traditional computer crime investigations. Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital evidence; digital forensics provides the techniques and tools to articulate this evidence in legal proceedings. Digital forensics also has myriad intelligence applications; furthermore, it has a vital role in cyber security investigations of security breaches yield valuable information that can be used to design more secure and resilient systems.

Advances in Digital Forensics XXI describes original research results and innovative applications in the discipline of digital forensics. In addition, it highlights some of the major technical and legal issues related to digital evidence and electronic crime investigations. The areas of coverage include:

· Image and Video Forensics

· Large Language Model Applications

· Forensic Investigations

· Digital Forensics Frameworks

This book is the twenty-first volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.9 on Digital Forensics, an international community of scientists, engineers and practitioners dedicated to advancing the state of the art of research and practice in digital forensics. The book contains a selection of ten edited papers from the Twenty-First Annual IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, held in New Delhi, India in the winter of 2025.

Advances in Digital Forensics XXI is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for practitioners and individuals engaged in research and development efforts for the law enforcement and intelligence communities.

Elizabeth Kurkowski is a Principal Investigator at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA.

Sujeet Shenoi is the F.P. Walter Professor of Computer Science and a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

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.- Image and Video Forensics.
.- Self-Supervised Steganalysis Targeting Generative-Adversarial-Network-Based Steganographic Image Variants by Maximizing Commonality Features.
.- Practical Benchmarks for Evaluating Deepfake Detectors.
.- Leveraging Security Vulnerabilities in Proactive Dashcam Forensics.
.- Large Language Model Applications.
.- Enhancing Digital Evidence Collection and Analysis Using Built-In Instant Messaging Solutions and Large Language Models.
.- Chat Log Analysis Using Large Language Models.
.- Explanatory Phishing Message Detection Using Persuasion Structure.
.- Forensic Investigations.
.- Counterfeit Handbag Detection Using Supervised Contrastive Learning.
.- Modeling and Reasoning About Digital Evidence Using Temporal Networks.
.- Digital Forensics Frameworks.
.- Comprehensive Workflow for Cloud Forensics.
.- A Unified Cyber Threat Intelligence and Digital Forensics and Incident Response Framework for Proactive Threat Detection and Mitigation.