[IWCC 2026] CfP: 15th International Workshop on Cyber Crime - Linköping, Sweden, Aug 24-27, 2026

[Artur Janicki via Fulldisclosure <fulldisclosure () seclists org>]

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CALL FOR PAPERS
15th International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC 2026 -
https://www.ares-conference.eu/iwcc)
to be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Availability,
Reliability and Security (ARES 2026 - https://www.ares-conference.eu/) in
Linköping, Sweden, August 24-27, 2026

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline     May 11, 2026
Author Notification     May 29, 2026
Proceedings Version     June 19, 2026
Conference              August 24-27, 2026

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Societies in today's world are becoming increasingly dependent on online
services, where commercial activities, business transactions, government
services, and biomedical diagnostics are carried out. This tendency has been
evident during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. These developments, along with
the growing number of military conflicts worldwide, have led to the fast
development of new cyber threats and numerous information security issues
exploited by cybercriminals. The inability to provide trusted, secure
services in contemporary computer networks has a significant socio-economic
impact on global enterprises and individuals.

Moreover, the frequent occurrence of international fraud necessitates
investigations spanning multiple domains and countries. Such examination is
often subject to different jurisdictions and legal systems. A good
illustration of the above is the Internet, which has made it easier to
prepare and perpetrate traditional - but now cyber-enabled - crimes. It has
served as an alternative avenue for criminals to conduct their activities
and launch attacks with relative anonymity, high deniability, and the
opportunity to operate in a border-agnostic environment. Worrying
developments in the abuse of artificial intelligence and machine learning
technologies have increased the capabilities of malign actors who leverage
these tools to design and propagate disinformation, which is especially
dangerous (and effective) during emergencies and crises of all kinds. The
developments in Generative Artificial Intelligence have also enabled the
increase of criminal capabilities in the production, dissemination, and
weaponization of high-quality, convincing fake content (text, audio, images,
and videos), which translates not only to the truth and trust decay among
the affected societies but also to the enhanced capabilities in
orchestrating the sophisticated cyber crimes. 

Furthermore, nowadays, the majority of life-science-based techniques and
resulting data hinge on information technologies. Despite their considerable
advantages, dependence on cyber technologies also exposes vulnerabilities.
Various threats in the digital realm could target biomedical systems,
leading to adverse consequences. The field of CyberBioSecurity was
established to assist bio-related sciences in comprehending potential cyber
threats and formulating defense approaches, recovery protocols, and
resilience strategies. 

The increased complexity of communications and the networking infrastructure
is making the investigation of these new types of crimes difficult. Traces
of illegal digital activity are difficult to analyze due to the large volume
of data. Nowadays, the digital crime scene operates like any other network,
with dedicated administrators serving as first responders. This poses new
challenges for law enforcement and intelligence communities and forces
computer societies to use digital forensics to combat the growing number of
cybercrimes. Forensic professionals must be fully prepared to provide
court-admissible evidence. Forensic techniques should keep pace with new
technologies to make these goals achievable. Prevention, mitigation, and
interdiction of new and emerging threats require an increasingly thorough,
multidisciplinary approach. They also require the collaboration of all
relevant actors and stakeholders in designing the technology regulation and
cyber governance measures.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together research outcomes from
academia and industry. Another goal is to showcase the latest research
findings across a wide range of topics, from digital forensics to
cyberbiosecurity. We strongly encourage prospective authors to submit
articles presenting both theoretical approaches and practical case reviews,
including work-in-progress reports.

ARES 2026 (incl. IWCC) proceedings will be published by Springer in Lecture
Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). 
Authors of accepted IWCC workshop papers are invited to submit an *extended*
version of their work (with at least 30% new content) in a Special Issue of
the Frontiers in Computer Science journal [Impact Factor: 2.7].

TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
- Big Data analytics helping to track cyber crimes
- Protecting Big Data / AI models against cyber crimes
- Crime-as-a-service
- Criminal abuse of clouds and social networks
- Criminal to criminal (C2C) communications
- Criminal to victim (C2V) communications
- Criminal use of IoT, e.g., IoT-based botnets
- CyberBioSecurity and protection of biomedical systems
- Security of healthcare and life-science infrastructures
- Cybercrime-related investigations
- Cyber crimes: evolution, new trends and detection
- Darknets and hidden services
- Fake (incl. deepfake) and disinformation detection
- Generative Artificial Intelligence and cybercrime
- AI-enabled crime and terrorism
- Mobile malware
- Network anomalies detection
- Network traffic analysis, traceback and attribution
- Incident response, investigation and evidence handling
- Internet governance
- Novel techniques in exploit kits
- Political and business issues related to digital forensics and
anti-forensic techniques
- Anti-forensic techniques and methods
- Identification, authentication and collection of digital evidence
- Integrity of digital evidence and live investigations
- Privacy issues in digital forensics
- Ransomware: evolution, functioning, types, etc.
- Steganography/steganalysis and covert/subliminal channels
- Technology regulation
- Novel applications of information hiding in networks
- Watermarking and intellectual property theft

WORKSHOP CHAIRS
Artur Janicki, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; 
Katarzyna Kamińska, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland 
Karolina Gabor-Siatkowska, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The submission guidelines valid for the workshop are the same as for the
ARES conference. They can be found at
https://www.ares-conference.eu/submission-guidelines.


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