Computer Forensic

Digital Forensics: The Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico hacked the phone of an FBI official investigating kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán as part of a surveillance campaign “to intimidate and/or kill potential sources or cooperating witnesses,” according to a recently published report by the Justice Department. The report, which cited ...

Digital Forensics: By Philip Maina 1 day agoThu Jun 26 2025 11:13:48 Reading Time: 2 minutes DeFi platform zkLend has announced it’s shutting down months after being hacked The platform attributed the decision to the February hack and its native token being delisted from major exchanges zkLend will give existing ...

Digital Forensics: CoinMarketCap, the popular cryptocurrency price tracking site, suffered a website supply chain attack that exposed site visitors to a wallet drainer campaign to steal visitors’ crypto. On Friday evening, January 20, CoinMarketCap visitors began seeing Web3 popups asking them to connect their wallets to the site. However, when visitors ...

Digital Forensics: Health insurance giant Aflac revealed that it had been the victim of a cybersecurity breach on Friday, but that it had been dealt with within hours. Suggested Reading It’s the latest in a series of hacks targeting the insurance industry, following cyberattacks earlier this week on Erie Insurance, ...

Digital Forensics: Email accounts of several Washington Post journalists were compromised in a cyberattack believed to have been carried out by a foreign government. The incident was discovered on Thursday evening and the publication started an investigation. On Sunday, June 15, an internal memo was sent to employees, informing them ...

Digital Forensics: Two European journalists were hacked using government spyware made by Israeli surveillance tech provider Paragon, new research has confirmed.  On Thursday, digital rights group The Citizen Lab published a new report detailing the results of a new forensic investigation into the iPhones of Italian journalist Ciro Pellegrino and ...

Digital Forensics: Just as more grisly details have started to emerge in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case, another case of a woman killing her husband has come forth from Maharashtra’s Sangli district where a newlywed woman allegedly hacked her husband to death for insisting on consummating the marriage. The 27-year-old ...

Digital Forensics: AIcyber Exclusive: New Microsoft Copilot flaw signals broader risk of AI agents being hacked—‘I would be terrified’ BY Sharon Goldman BY Sharon GoldmanAI Reporter Sharon GoldmanAI Reporter Sharon Goldman is an AI reporter at Fortune and co-authors Eye on AI, Fortune’s flagship AI newsletter. She has written about ...

Digital Forensics: Nelson Chamisa’s Twitter Account Hacked In a surprising turn of events, former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has become the latest Zimbabwean political figure to fall victim to cybercrime. On Tuesday morning, 10 June 2025, Chamisa revealed through his WhatsApp channel that his X account ...