Info Security Magazine
5 months, 1 week ago
Smartphones Now Involved in Nearly Every Police Investigation
Cellebrite data confirms digital evidence is now central to almost all cases
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Investigation covers the forensic analysis of cyber incidents, helping determine how attacks occurred, what was affected, and which evidence supports response.
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Investigation is the systematic examination of an event, claim, or suspected activity to establish what happened, when it happened, and who or what was involved. In information security, it commonly covers suspected intrusions, misuse of accounts, data exposure, fraud, and control failures. Investigators reconstruct an event from sources such as authentication records, endpoint artifacts, network telemetry, cloud logs, and disk or memory images, then determine the affected systems, data, and attack path.
Reliable investigations depend on preserving evidence without altering it, recording its provenance, and separating confirmed facts from assumptions. Findings can guide containment and recovery, reveal vulnerabilities that require remediation, and provide threat intelligence about tools or techniques used against an organization. Privacy and legal requirements may restrict what data can be collected or shared, while weak logging, short retention, or uncontrolled access can leave important questions unanswered and undermine any disciplinary, regulatory, or judicial action.
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Bank Info Security
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Police Raid Elon Musk's X Paris Office in Criminal Probe
Social Media Network Faces Legal Barrage From France, United Kingdom and SpainIn the space of a few hours, French authorities raided X's office in Paris, the British privacy regulator opened an investigation into X and xAI, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced legal proposals that would criminalize algorithmic manipulation and amplification of illegal content.
Info Security Magazine
5 months, 2 weeks ago
UK ICO Launches Investigation into X Over AI Generated Non-Consensual Sexual Imagery
UK Data Protection Watchdog has “serious concerns” over data privacy on Elon Musk’s social platform
Bleeping Computer
5 months, 2 weeks ago
UK privacy watchdog probes Grok over AI-generated sexual images
The United Kingdom's data protection authority launched a formal investigation into X and its Irish subsidiary over reports that the Grok AI assistant was used to generate nonconsensual sexual images. [...]
The Register
5 months, 2 weeks ago
French cops raid X's Paris office in algorithmic bias probe
CEO Elon Musk summoned to defend the platform's corner French police raided Elon Musk's X offices in Paris this morning as part of a criminal investigation into alleged algorithmic manipulation by foreign powers.…
Bleeping Computer
5 months, 2 weeks ago
French prosecutors raid X offices, summon Musk over Grok deepfakes
French prosecutors have raided X's offices in Paris on Tuesday as part of a criminal investigation into the platform's Grok AI tool, widely used to generate sexually explicit images. [...]