Frank Breitinger

DFRWS EU 10-Year Review and Future Directions in Digital Forensic Research

2023 · arXiv (Cornell University)

Conducting a systematic literature review and comprehensive analysis, this paper surveys all 135 peer-reviewed articles published at the Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe (DFRWS EU) spanning the decade since its inaugural running (2014-2023). This comprehensive …

Understanding Strategies and Challenges of Timestamp Tampering for Improved Digital Forensic Event Reconstruction

2025

Timestamps play a pivotal role in digital forensic event reconstruction, but due to their non-essential nature, tampering or manipulation of timestamps is possible by users in multiple ways, even on running systems. This has a …

SoK: Timeline based event reconstruction for digital forensics: Terminology, methodology, and current challenges

2025 · Forensic Science International Digital Investigation

Event reconstruction is a technique that examiners can use to attempt to infer past activities by analyzing digital artifacts. Despite its significance, the field suffers from fragmented research, with studies often focusing narrowly on aspects …