Fake CAPTCHA Scam Tricks Windows Users Into Installing Malware

A fake CAPTCHA scam is tricking Windows users into running PowerShell commands that install StealC malware and steal passwords, crypto wallets, and more.
Science Daily

This tiny plant is helping solve crimes

Moss may look insignificant, but it can carry a hidden forensic fingerprint. Because different moss species thrive in very specific micro-environments, tiny fragments can reveal exactly where a person ...
Wall Street Journal

Can’t Sleep? Try Listening to This Man Talk About Torture and Death

Dennis Long discovered “Forensic Files” when Court TV showed a marathon of the docuseries in the early 2000s. “I would stay up the whole time even if it meant a few cups of coffee,” says Long, who ...
The Connecticut Mirror

Replacing Whiting Forensic Hospital could cost $700M. Now what?

This story has been updated. Patients at Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown have a long list of complaints about their living quarters: unhygienic conditions and mice, the closure of the ...
Science Daily

Scientists achieve forensics’ “Holy Grail” by recovering fingerprints from fired bullets

Researchers at Maynooth University have achieved a forensic milestone by revealing fingerprints on fired bullet casings using a safe electrochemical process. The method uses mild voltage and non-toxic ...
Phys.org

Forensic test recovers fingerprints from fired ammunition casings despite intense heat

A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists. Dr. Eithne Dempsey, and her recent Ph.D. student ...
CSOonline

XWorm campaign shows a shift toward fileless malware and in-memory evasion tactics

In a newly disclosed multi-stage threat campaign, attackers were seen skipping disk and leaning on in-memory tricks to deliver the XWorm remote access trojan (RAT). According to Forcepoint Labs’ ...
NBC Connecticut

CT forensic lab welcomes hundreds of students during Forensic Science Week

Every day, more than 100 people are working at our state forensics lab to solve crimes. However, a lot of that work happens behind closed doors. This week, the team is peeling back the curtain for ...
CNBC

On way to catching Charlie Kirk shooter suspect Tyler Robinson, a rare forensic crime tip was left behind

Before what may have been a confession to family members led to the surrender of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson, law enforcement noted that evidence collected from the crime scene ...