digital forensics
GoSearch: Open-source OSINT tool for uncovering digital footprints
GoSearch is an open-source OSINT tool built to uncover digital footprints linked to specific usernames. Designed for speed and accuracy, it lets users quickly track …
Serbian government used Cellebrite to unlock phones, install spyware
Serbian police and intelligence officers used Cellebrite forensic extraction software to unlock journalists’ and activists’ phones and install previously unknown …
Cirrus: Open-source Google Cloud forensic collection
Cirrus is an open-source Python-based tool designed to streamline Google Cloud forensic evidence collection. It can streamline environment access and evidence collection in …
5 free digital forensics tools to boost your investigations
Digital forensics plays a crucial role in analyzing and addressing cyberattacks, and it’s a key component of incident response. Additionally, digital forensics provides …
Emerging trends and strategies in digital forensics
In this Help Net Security interview, Amber Schroader, CEO at Paraben Corporation, discusses the challenges posed by the complexity of modern computer systems and networks on …
The dangers of dual ransomware attacks
At some point in the movie “Groundhog Day,” Phil Connors breaks his bedside radio when he is woken up (yet again) by the song “I Got You Babe”. This déjà vu seems to await …
Velociraptor: Open-source digital forensics and incident response
Velociraptor is a sophisticated digital forensics and incident response tool designed to improve your insight into endpoint activities. Velociraptor enables you to conduct …
Threat actors can exfiltrate data from Google Drive without leaving a trace
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) has a weak spot that can prevent the discovery of data exfiltration from Google Drive by a malicious outsider or insider, Mitiga …
Complexity, volume of cyber attacks lead to burnout in security teams
The rapid evolution of cybercrime is weighing on security teams substantially more than it did last year, leading to widespread burnout and potential regulatory risk, …
ChatGPT: The infosec assistant that is jack of all trades, master of none
ChatGPT from OpenAI is a conversational chatbot that was recently released in preview mode for research purposes. It takes natural language as an input and aims to solve …
Dissect: Open-source framework for collecting, analyzing forensic data
A game changer in cyber incident response, the Dissect framework enables data acquisition on thousands of systems within hours, regardless of the nature and size of the IT …
Kali Linux 2022.3 released: Packages for test labs, new tools, and a community Discord server
Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2022.3, the latest version of its popular penetration testing and digital forensics platform. Packaged apps to set up test labs The …