Digital Forensics Dispatch

Jul 29, 2021

SC Jury Finds Man Guilty of Murder and Kidnapping in the 2019 Death of a USC Student

John Monk and Lucas Daprile from The State report that a South Carolina (SC) jury found Nathaniel Rowland guilty of murder and

Jul 27, 2021

Mobile County Acknowledges SSNs Compromised in Malware Attack

Brenden Kirby of Fox 10 reports that the Mobile, AL County Government officials alerted their employees that personally identifiable information (PII) was

Jul 22, 2021

Police Advance Child Murder Case by Decrypting Cell Phone Data

Texoma’s Homepage.com recently reported on a breakthrough Wichita Falls Police investigators were able to make in the case of the death

Jul 20, 2021

West Virginia Job Search Website Suffers Data Breach

Recent reports from Local New stations WBOY 12 and WSAZ 3 have confirmed a large scale data breach of the Workforce West Virginia website.

Jul 08, 2021

K9 Browser Joins Fairfax County, VA Police Department

According to a recent article on InsideNOVA, the Fairfax County Police department in Virginia has added a new member to their

Jul 01, 2021

Business Email Compromise (BEC) Threat Identified as the Most Common Threat Vector

CISOMAG reports that business email compromise (BEC) attacks have become the most common email threats. This type of attack is when a

Jun 29, 2021

Hacker Sentenced and Ordered to Pay Restitution of $2.5 Million

On June 24, 2021 the Department of Justice (DOJ), issued a press release about a Ukrainian national who was sentenced to seven

Jun 23, 2021

Medicaid Contractor Data Breach Exposes Data

According to a report in the Dayton Daily News, the company that provides data management services to Ohio Medicaid providers, Maximus,

Jun 22, 2021

Cellphone Records and Digital Evidence Pivotal in Boston Police Pay Fraud Investigation

According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, federal prosecutors have recently charged 13 individuals in an ongoing investigation into an

Jun 17, 2021

US Nuclear Weapons Contractor Hit With Revil Ransomware

Lawrence Abrams from BleepingComputer reports that the US Government Contractor Sol Oriens suffered a cyberattack, alleged to be from the REvil ransomware

Jun 15, 2021

Former Bamberg County, SC Councilman Wants Computer Evidence Suppressed

Former councilman Kerry Kinard and his attorney have asked the judge to throw out computer evidence in relation to the

Jun 10, 2021

FBI Leverages Criminal Messaging APP in Worldwide Sting Operation

Law enforcement agencies from all over the world recently reported on an enormous ongoing sting operation assembled with evidence gleaned