JOURNAL INFO
Journal of Universal Computer Science, Thomson Reuter’s JCR list: impact factor: 1.066 (2017), 0.863 (5-year impact factor).

The aim of this J.UCS special issue is to show the latest research results in the field of digital forensics and to present the development of tools and techniques, which assist the investigation process of potentially illegal cyber activity. We encourage prospective authors to submit related distinguished research papers on the subject of both: theoretical approaches and practical case reviews.

TOPICS OF INTEREST include, but are not limited to:
- Ransomware: evolution, functioning, types, etc.
- Crime-as-a-service
- Criminal use of IoT e.g. IoT-based botnets
- Mobile malware
- Novel techniques in exploit kits
- Criminal to criminal (C2C) communications
- Criminal to victim (C2V) communications
- Darknets and hidden services
- Criminal abuse of clouds and social networks
- Cybercrimes: evolution, new trends and detection
- Cybercrime related investigations
- Privacy issues in digital forensics
- Network traffic analysis, traceback and attribution
- Incident response, investigation and evidence handling
- Integrity of digital evidence and live investigations
- Identification, authentication and collection of digital evidence
- Anti-forensic techniques and methods
- Watermarking and intellectual property theft
- Steganography/steganalysis and covert/subliminal channels
- Network anomalies detection
- Novel applications of information hiding in networks
- Political and business issues related to digital forensics and anti-forensic techniques

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
The Journal of Universal Computer Science is a high-quality electronic publication that deals with all aspects of computer science. J.UCS has been appearing monthly since 1995 and is thus one of the oldest electronic journals with uninterrupted publication since its foundation. A number of special issues as well as the printed archive editions of the volumes are also available in print and can be ordered directly from the J.UCS office. The impact factor of J.UCS is 1.066 (2017), the 5-year impact factor is 0.863. For further information, please refer to http://www.jucs.org/jucs_info/aims/unique_features.html

Manuscripts must be submitted in PDF format, written in English and should not exceed 20 pages.
Papers only prepared according to the J.UCS’s guidelines for authors and submitted online (see procedure described below) will be included in the review process. Illustrations and tables must be provided as integrated parts of the manuscript. The guidelines for authors are available at http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/submissions/style_guide.html .

Only novel research papers which are currently not under review at another event or a journal are accepted for the review process. All submissions based on the topics of interest must be in the main focus of computer science. For more details, please also refer to
http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/special_issues/special_guidelines.html.

Please submit your original and proof-read papers not later than 14 January 2019 using the submission system at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=radimcc2019. Each paper will be blind reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. According to the covered main subjects in the content, a selected set of reviewers with the appropriate expertise will be assigned.