Computer Forensics | Cell Phone Forensics

A brief overview of current topics in digital forensics and related subjects

Tax Refund Portal Phishing Scam

There are all kinds of phishing scams out there, designed to part you with your money or personal information.  Here’s one example of a phishing scam that claims you are getting a tax refund and just to click on the name of your bank to have it deposited.  Obviously this is just one type of [...]

Celebrity deaths bring malware installations

I first noticed this trend a few days ago on a SANS blog.  Basically, when a celebrity dies or gets in trouble or makes any kind of news, malware distributors spring into action.  Basically, they create a new webpage with some kind of “breaking news” regarding this celebrity.  They are able to manipulate search engines [...]

Design Flaw in Yahoo! Mail

SANS Application Security Blog has an informative article on the flawed security built-in to one of the most popular webmail clients, Yahoo! Mail.  This flaw takes advantage of one of the larger online security holes that exist in most any site that requires a username and password – the password reset mechanism.  A similar “hack” [...]

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