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Google and Amnesty International teamed up to make it harder for spyware vendors to hide

Google launched a feature for Android phones Tuesday for dedicated forensic logs about intrusions from sophisticated attacks like those by spyware vendors, in what design partners at Amnesty International hailed as an important first. The tech giant has been ramping up the new feature, Intrusion Logging, since last year, and has now begun rolling it…

A framework for securely collecting forensic artifacts into S3 buckets

When customers experience a security incident, they need to acquire forensic artifacts to identify root cause, extract indicators of compromise (IoCs), and validate remediation efforts. NIST 800-86, Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response, defines digital forensics as a process comprised of four basic phases: collection, examination, analysis, and reporting. This blog post focuses…

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone

Researchers have found forensic evidence suggesting that Kenyan authorities used Cellebrite’s phone-cracking technology on the device of a prominent human rights activist after arresting him, according to a report published Tuesday. The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said the intrusion is a sign of growing abuse of Cellebrite’s technology. According to the report, after his…

ExtraHop Expands Agentic SOCs With Deeper Visibility

ExtraHop, a modern network detection and response (NDR) provider, has launched new visibility and forensic capabilities that deliver the contextual insights required to power agentic SOCs and enable more autonomous defense against sophisticated threat actors. Setting AI agents up for success Citing the growth of AI-assisted attacks, ExtraHop says these new capabilities aim to equip…