APWG.EU Tech Summit and Researchers Sync-Up Examines Cybercrime Solutions and Builds Bridges of Cooperation Across the Globe

The conference is proceeding as planned, the University of Málaga venue is fully prepared to host all attendees.
The recent rain has primarily affected some rural areas near Málaga, the central regions remain unaffected. We are in close communication with the University to ensure everything stays on track and that all logistics are secure.

Tech Summit 2024 will present state-of-the-art research into cybercrime investigations, forensic techniques and infrastructure defense against cyber-attacks and manipulation. The Summit will feature innovations in cryptocurrency cybercrime tools and response approaches; research into the technical, legal, political, social and psychological aspects of fraud and fraud prevention; case studies into new and emerging cybercrime attack methods; and the design and evaluation of fraud-resistant user interfaces.

Tech Summit 2024 will look into the many new and emerging challenges facing cybersecurity, the most common and predictable cyberthreats, and incident responses at any scale.

Tech Summit 2024 presenters and delegates will review the development of response paradigms and resources for counter-cybercrime managers and forensic professionals in both the private and public sectors. As always, the presenters will look out for opportunities for building bridges of cooperation and collaboration.

Presenters will review case studies of national and regional economies that have come under attack, and illustrate some examples of successful trans-national forensic investigation cooperation. At the same time, Tech Summit will explore possible models for consultation and collaboration against eCrime, and examine the available resources for cybercrime response and forensic enterprises in general.

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Call for Papers

Tech Summit and Researcher Sync-Up is a two-day event focused on electronic crime with a research and interdisciplinary programme consisting of invited keynotes, interactive panels, and chalk-talk sessions. The event’s objective is to bring together academic researchers from multiple disciplines, industry security practitioners, government representatives, and law enforcement officials to discuss and exchange ideas, experiences and lessons learned while combating cybercrime from a polyhedric perspective.

This year’s programme includes a chalk-talk lab session “the Researchers’ Sync-Up”. Sync-Up is a moderated chalk-talk where leading investigators and interdisciplinary innovators discuss their next five years of cybercrime research. Why is this research needed? What is lacking to commit to this direction? Sync-Up enables big ideas to find the investigators with the tools, will and data to drive cybercrime research into the future. Interaction, discussion, and multidisciplinary collaborations will be fostered. Focus areas for Sync-Up include but are not limited to: metrics and categorization schema; data exchange and data logistics challenges; and unchartered behavioral questions in cybercrime research.

Important Dates:

Papers submission deadline: August 5, 2024 September 02, 2024
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: August, 30, 2024 September 20, 2024
Authors registration: September 6, 2024 September 27, 2024
Conference data: November 6-7, 2024

Proposal topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Electronic crime research and innovation
• Cryptocurrency and related cybercrime, tools, and responses
• Artificial Intelligence in Cybercrime and its prevention
• Case studies of current attack methods, including phishing, malware, rogue antivirus programs, pharming, crimeware, botnets, and other emerging techniques.
• Technical, legal, political, social and psychological aspects of electronic crime and its prevention.
• Malware, botnets, cybercriminal/phishing gangs, or money laundering.
• Cybersecurity in specific markets: financial services, e-commerce, health, energy & supplies.
• Techniques to avoid detection, tracking and take-down; proactive ways to counteract such techniques.
• Designing and evaluating user interfaces with fraud and network security in mind.
• Behavioral aspects of cybercrime resilience and susceptibility in ICT users.
• Best practices for detecting and preventing damage to critical internet infrastructure.
• The economics of online crime.
  

Submission Types

• Regular papers: max 12 pages of practical and/or theoretical content describing advances in the fight against Electronic Crime and any of the topics listed in the CFP.
• Position papers/Session and Panel proposals: max 6 pages with content where authors discuss their opinions on Electronic Crime related fields. Discussion on regulations, policies, draft standards, and similar topics to foster discussion are welcome.
• Short papers/Posters: max 6 pages of practical and/or theoretical content describing unfinished, ongoing research with preliminary (not yet conclusive) results.
• Chalk-talk papers: max 4 pages with research ideas for principal investigators and motivated researchers willing to explore collaborations and looking for synergies in Electronic Crime related fields. Interdisciplinary proposals are particularly welcome. These papers are aimed at fostering collaboration, discussing groundbreaking ideas, and forging lasting research collaborations amongst the attendees.
  

Author’s Guidance

• Tech Summit has adopted the CEUR publication format. Submissions should be in English, in PDF format with all fonts embedded, formatted using the CEUR template, found here: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip
• Papers should be prepared in two-column format
• Submissions should be anonymized, excluding author names, affiliations and acknowledgements. Authors’ own work should be referred to in the third person.
• Committee members are not required to read the appendices, and papers should be intelligible without them.
• Authors of accepted papers, sessions, panels or chalk-talks must present them and register at the event.
  

Papers will be published on the CEUR-WP

For consideration post submissions here https://apwgtech2024.hotcrp.com/

Scientific Committee

Co-chairs: Carlos Fragoso (APWG.EU/Maltego) & Marc Rivero (La Salle BCN/Kaspersky)

Alexandros Zacharis, ENISA
   Brad Wardman, Booz Allen Hamilton / APWG  
   Kauto Huopio, NCSC Finland
   Manel Medina, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
   Christina Thorpe, Technical University Dublin
   Francisco Fernández, INCIBE
   Rubén Calleja, INCIBE
   Pedro Garcia, University of Granada
   Javier López, University of Málaga
  Erkuden Rios, Tecnalia
  Einar Oftedal, Crosspoint Labs
Yuejun Guo, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

Venue

Universidad de Málaga – E.T.S. de Ingeniería Informática

Blvr. Louis Pasteur, 35, Puerto de la Torre, 29071
Málaga,
Spain
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https://www.uma.es/etsi-informatica

Accomodations

H10 Croma Málaga
Calle Prim, 4, 29005-Málaga, Málaga

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Apartamentos en Málaga centro
Calle Granada, 42 – 29015 Málaga
Calle San Telmo, 14 – 29008 Málaga

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Hotel Alcazaba Premium
C/ Alcazabilla, 12. 29015 Málaga

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Vincci Hoteles
C/ Pacífico, 44, Carretera de Cádiz, 29004 Málaga, Spain

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Soho Boutique Bahía Málaga
C. Somera, 8, Distrito Centro, 29001 Málaga, Spain

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Soho Boutique Málaga
C. Córdoba, 5, Distrito Centro, 29001 Málaga, Spain

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Alameda de Colón, 5, Distrito Centro, 29001 Málaga, Spain

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