Computer Forensic

Digital Forensics: A threat actor has been deploying a previously unseen malware called OVERSTEP that modifies the boot process of fully-patched but no longer supported SonicWall Secure Mobile Access appliances. The backdoor is a user-mode rootkit that allows hackers to hide malicious components, maintain persistent access on the device, and ...

Digital Forensics: Skip to Main Content National News FILE – Elmo of the film “Being Elmo” poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File) Victoria Will / AP, File By The ...

Digital Forensics: Someone pretending to be the beloved Sesame Street character posted six tweets taking aim at Jewish people and the U.S. president The X account belonging to Sesame Street character Elmo was hacked on Sunday, resulting in a series of antisemitic posts that included violent threats against Jewish people. ...

Digital Forensics: eSIMs are more secure, but you still need to be careful. Image: Brett Jordan/Unsplash Digital Forensics: Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. First came the physical SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, and now we have the eSIM (Embedded SIM)—the newer ...

Digital Forensics: The popular WordPress plugin Gravity Forms has been compromised in what seems a supply-chain attack where manual installers from the official website were infected with a backdoor. Gravity Forms is a premium plugin for creating contact, payment, and other online forms. Based on statistic data from the vendor, ...

Digital Forensics: Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor. Activision has taken one of its Call of Duty games down from the Microsoft Store and PC version of Game Pass, reportedly because multiple PC players ...

Digital Forensics: After achieving its highest weekly close to date, Bitcoin (BTC) is now attempting to confirm two crucial levels as support before continuing its rally to new highs. Some analysts have suggested that the cryptocurrency may be experiencing a “calm before the storm” phase. Bitcoin Set For Key Support ...

Digital Forensics: Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust at The New York Times, posted a lengthy thread on X, formerly Twitter, explaining the newspaper’s controversial story on mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani‘s 2009 application to Columbia University. On Thursday, the Times published a report citing hacked Columbia documents ...

Digital Forensics: According to local media, this may be the largest hack ever perpetrated against the Brazilian banking system. Attackers leveraged USDT and bitcoin to cash out through exchanges and crypto institutions, using instant payment systems such as Pix. Brazilian Banking System Exploited: Attackers Cash out Using Crypto The Brazilian ...