// INTEL ARCHIVE //

DIGIFEED

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LAST SYNCED: 30 SEPTEMBER 2026, 11:17 IST

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French Tax Data Theft Using Stolen Staff Passwords Went Undetected for Seven Weeks DFIR Articles
💻 The Hacker News 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

French Tax Data Theft Using Stolen Staff Passwords Went Undetected for Seven Weeks

An attacker used stolen passwords of staff at France's tax administration to take tax data on hundreds of thousands of taxpayers and businesses in June and July.

#dfir #analysis
InfoSec News Nuggets – 09/29/2026 DFIR Articles
📋 AboutDFIR 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

InfoSec News Nuggets – 09/29/2026

Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation Dutch authorities have arrested Pepijn van der Stap, a convicted cybercriminal who used the online name “Umbreon,” on suspicion of helping the ShinyHunters group steal data and extort victims.

#dfir #analysis
Hackers accessed Bitget's security devices and wallets in a Sept. 24 breach, per Mandiant report - pluang.com DFIR Articles
🌐 Google Threat Intel 30 Sep 2026 1 min read

Hackers accessed Bitget's security devices and wallets in a Sept. 24 breach, per Mandiant report - pluang.com

Hackers accessed Bitget's security devices and wallets in a Sept. 24 breach, per Mandiant report pluang.com

#dfir #analysis
Microsoft is rolling out Linux container support to WSL DFIR Articles
🚨 BleepingComputer 30 Sep 2026 1 min read

Microsoft is rolling out Linux container support to WSL

Microsoft is taking Windows Subsystem for Linux beyond just running Linux distributions, as WSL Containers is now generally available. [...]

#dfir #analysis
FBI tells ShinyHunters members to turn themselves in after recent arrest DFIR Articles
🚨 BleepingComputer 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

FBI tells ShinyHunters members to turn themselves in after recent arrest

The FBI is warning members of the ShinyHunters extortion group to turn themselves in after Dutch police arrested a man the bureau described as one of the group's alleged leaders. [...]

#dfir #analysis
Former US Air Force members sent to prison over BEC attacks DFIR Articles
🚨 BleepingComputer 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Former US Air Force members sent to prison over BEC attacks

Two former members of the United States Air Force were sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal prison for their roles in a multi-year series of business email compromise (BEC) scams and phishing campaigns. [...]

#dfir #analysis
Russia's Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Organizations With Fake Event Invites to Deliver Backdoor DFIR Articles
💻 The Hacker News 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Russia's Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Organizations With Fake Event Invites to Deliver Backdoor

Russian state hackers known as Star Blizzard have been using fake event invitations to trick people into installing a backdoor on their Windows computers, according to Microsoft.

#dfir #analysis
New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes DFIR Articles
🚨 BleepingComputer 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

New Spectre v2 attack variant leaks Linux root password hash in minutes

A new Branch Target Reuse (BTR) attack has been devised that can recover root password hashes on Intel computers running Linux in 3-5 minutes on average. [...]

#dfir #analysis
Citrix NetScaler exploitation began days before public notification - Cybersecurity Dive DFIR Articles
🔥 Mandiant Blog 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Citrix NetScaler exploitation began days before public notification - Cybersecurity Dive

Citrix NetScaler exploitation began days before public notification Cybersecurity Dive

#dfir #analysis
Trust is not a feature. It is the foundation. - MSAB DFIR Articles
📱 MSAB Blog 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Trust is not a feature. It is the foundation. - MSAB

Trust is not a feature. It is the foundation. MSAB

#dfir #analysis
Switching to MSAB made simple and safe - MSAB DFIR Articles
📱 MSAB Blog 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Switching to MSAB made simple and safe - MSAB

Switching to MSAB made simple and safe MSAB

#dfir #analysis
101 Malicious npm Packages Add Developers' WhatsApp Accounts to Groups Without Consent DFIR Articles
💻 The Hacker News 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

101 Malicious npm Packages Add Developers' WhatsApp Accounts to Groups Without Consent

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a cluster of 101 npm packages that are used to trap developers into a WhatsApp group subscriber campaign dubbed PhantomSub.

#dfir #analysis
OperTraitors: How Kubernetes Operators Betray Your Security Posture DFIR Articles
🔍 Unit 42 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

OperTraitors: How Kubernetes Operators Betray Your Security Posture

We introduce OperTraitor, a tool to audit privileges of Kubernetes operators, identify excessive RBAC risks, and secure non-human identities.

#dfir #analysis
Securing the keys to the kingdom: Announcing Executive Threat Detection DFIR Articles
🛡️ Cisco Talos Blog 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Securing the keys to the kingdom: Announcing Executive Threat Detection

This new proactive service joins the suite of retainer offerings to provide dedicated, intelligence-led hunting specifically for your organization’s most high-value IT assets.

#dfir #analysis
Dutch Police Arrest 24-Year-Old Amsterdam Man in ShinyHunters Investigation DFIR Articles
💻 The Hacker News 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Dutch Police Arrest 24-Year-Old Amsterdam Man in ShinyHunters Investigation

Dutch authorities have confirmed that they arrested a 24-year-old man from Amsterdam in connection with the ShinyHunters group.

#dfir #analysis
Copy, Paste, Compromised: How ClickFix Attacks Work and How CrowdStrike Stops Them DFIR Articles
🦅 CrowdStrike Blog 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Copy, Paste, Compromised: How ClickFix Attacks Work and How CrowdStrike Stops Them

Click the source link to read the full dispatch.

#dfir #analysis
Oracle Stock Slips as Google's Mandiant Flags PeopleSoft Breach - Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) - benzinga.com DFIR Articles
🌐 Google Threat Intel 28 Sep 2026 1 min read

Oracle Stock Slips as Google's Mandiant Flags PeopleSoft Breach - Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) - benzinga.com

Oracle Stock Slips as Google's Mandiant Flags PeopleSoft Breach - Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) benzinga.com

#dfir #analysis
NJIT’s Sara Zapico named National Higher Education Forensic Science Educator of the Year - EurekAlert! Science News Releases Forensics
🔬 Google News: Forensic Science 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

NJIT’s Sara Zapico named National Higher Education Forensic Science Educator of the Year - EurekAlert! Science News Releases

NJIT’s Sara Zapico named National Higher Education Forensic Science Educator of the Year EurekAlert! Science News Releases

#forensics #science
Histopathological Analysis of the Spectrum of Forensic Pathology Lesions Over Two Years From a Tertiary Care Centre in Kerala: A Descriptive Study - The Cureus Journal of Medical Science Forensics
🔬 Google News: Forensic Pathology 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Histopathological Analysis of the Spectrum of Forensic Pathology Lesions Over Two Years From a Tertiary Care Centre in Kerala: A Descriptive Study - The Cureus Journal of Medical Science

Histopathological Analysis of the Spectrum of Forensic Pathology Lesions Over Two Years From a Tertiary Care Centre in Kerala: A Descriptive Study The Cureus Journal of Medical Science

#forensics #science
Forensic Sciences - MDPI Forensics
🔬 MDPI – Forensic Sciences 28 Sep 2026 1 min read

Forensic Sciences - MDPI

Forensic Sciences MDPI

#forensics #science
Dr. Madelyn Kist welcomed into Forensic Science program - luc.edu Forensics
🔬 Google News: Forensic Science 28 Sep 2026 1 min read

Dr. Madelyn Kist welcomed into Forensic Science program - luc.edu

Dr. Madelyn Kist welcomed into Forensic Science program luc.edu

#forensics #science
Arkansas Launches Rapid DNA Profiling at Participating Booking Stations - NEA Report Forensics
🧬 Google News: DNA Profiling 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Arkansas Launches Rapid DNA Profiling at Participating Booking Stations - NEA Report

Arkansas Launches Rapid DNA Profiling at Participating Booking Stations NEA Report

#forensics #science
Mobile crisis response programs get new measures of their impact on police calls Forensics
📰 Phys.org Forensics 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Mobile crisis response programs get new measures of their impact on police calls

Communities across the country are debating the role mobile crisis response programs can play in emergency response.

#forensics #science
CVE-2026-86950 in Apple Multiple Products CVE & Vulnerabilities
🚨 CISA KEV 29 Sep 2026 3 min read

CVE-2026-86950 in Apple Multiple Products

Apple iOS, macOS, and iPadOS contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in CoreGraphics that may lead to arbitrary code execution.

#cisa-kev #active-exploit #cve #apple
Mirai sha256_hash: 788229b95027fb0837a7f2b8397ad8c1ce8c1cbfcef5826d121e9ae64dbffd3b IOC Feed
📡 ThreatFox 30 Sep 2026 2 min read

Mirai sha256_hash: 788229b95027fb0837a7f2b8397ad8c1ce8c1cbfcef5826d121e9ae64dbffd3b

ThreatFox reported a new active indicator of compromise (IOC) for Mirai. Type: sha256_hash. Threat Category: payload. Reporter: whack_sh.

#ioc #threat-intel #threatfox #mirai
Mirai sha256_hash: bca8efd9bb52a91f74f6cc9f5e8d7f7d00451c50e5cf9bfe5ee08b880736fa67 IOC Feed
📡 ThreatFox 30 Sep 2026 2 min read

Mirai sha256_hash: bca8efd9bb52a91f74f6cc9f5e8d7f7d00451c50e5cf9bfe5ee08b880736fa67

ThreatFox reported a new active indicator of compromise (IOC) for Mirai. Type: sha256_hash. Threat Category: payload. Reporter: whack_sh.

#ioc #threat-intel #threatfox #mirai
Mirai sha256_hash: 503a270cb6e53daaf5b2c951b9e6b4a34d9a8c1bb854ea7ed9bf8c030c03ea17 IOC Feed
📡 ThreatFox 30 Sep 2026 2 min read

Mirai sha256_hash: 503a270cb6e53daaf5b2c951b9e6b4a34d9a8c1bb854ea7ed9bf8c030c03ea17

ThreatFox reported a new active indicator of compromise (IOC) for Mirai. Type: sha256_hash. Threat Category: payload. Reporter: whack_sh.

#ioc #threat-intel #threatfox #mirai
Mirai sha256_hash: 82e2791431f7284adbf1fb93e4a1d2236512f63f563a4179fb2a019afff66163 IOC Feed
📡 ThreatFox 30 Sep 2026 2 min read

Mirai sha256_hash: 82e2791431f7284adbf1fb93e4a1d2236512f63f563a4179fb2a019afff66163

ThreatFox reported a new active indicator of compromise (IOC) for Mirai. Type: sha256_hash. Threat Category: payload. Reporter: whack_sh.

#ioc #threat-intel #threatfox #mirai
Mirai sha256_hash: be1446c301864eec216c8c8743beba0f256e69b3777d641a43d155146ce3507d IOC Feed
📡 ThreatFox 30 Sep 2026 2 min read

Mirai sha256_hash: be1446c301864eec216c8c8743beba0f256e69b3777d641a43d155146ce3507d

ThreatFox reported a new active indicator of compromise (IOC) for Mirai. Type: sha256_hash. Threat Category: payload. Reporter: whack_sh.

#ioc #threat-intel #threatfox #mirai
Unknown malware url: https://taxyy.top/download/%E7%A8%8E%E9%87%91%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E9%80%9A%E7%9F%A5.zip IOC Feed
📡 ThreatFox 30 Sep 2026 2 min read

Unknown malware url: https://taxyy.top/download/%E7%A8%8E%E9%87%91%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E9%80%9A%E7%9F%A5.zip

ThreatFox reported a new active indicator of compromise (IOC) for Unknown malware. Type: url. Threat Category: payload_delivery. Reporter: whack_sh.

#ioc #threat-intel #threatfox #unknownmalware
Unknown malware url: https://carolcolecatholicartist.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/articles.zip IOC Feed
📡 ThreatFox 30 Sep 2026 2 min read

Unknown malware url: https://carolcolecatholicartist.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/articles.zip

ThreatFox reported a new active indicator of compromise (IOC) for Unknown malware. Type: url. Threat Category: payload_delivery. Reporter: whack_sh.

#ioc #threat-intel #threatfox #unknownmalware
ClearFake domain: www.phytonaturelle.nl IOC Feed
📡 ThreatFox 30 Sep 2026 2 min read

ClearFake domain: www.phytonaturelle.nl

ThreatFox reported a new active indicator of compromise (IOC) for ClearFake. Type: domain. Threat Category: payload_delivery. Reporter: anonymous.

#ioc #threat-intel #threatfox #clearfake
CVE-2026-18364 in Various Systems CVE & Vulnerabilities
🛡️ NVD API 23 Sep 2026 2 min read

CVE-2026-18364 in Various Systems

The zportals WordPress plugin before 6.4.2 does not perform any capability or nonce check on several of its AJAX actions, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to modify the zportals WordPress plugin before 6.4.2's stored integration settings.

#cve #nvd #medium-severity
CVE-2026-18365 in Various Systems CVE & Vulnerabilities
🛡️ NVD API 23 Sep 2026 2 min read

CVE-2026-18365 in Various Systems

The zportals WordPress plugin before 6.4.2 does not perform any capability or nonce check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to disclose the display name and email address of every registered user, including administrators.

#cve #nvd #medium-severity
CVE-2026-19438 in Various Systems CVE & Vulnerabilities
🛡️ NVD API 23 Sep 2026 2 min read

CVE-2026-19438 in Various Systems

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in ABB Mint Workbench I. This issue affects Mint Workbench I: through 5876.

#cve #nvd #high-severity
CVE-2026-75799 in Various Systems CVE & Vulnerabilities
🛡️ NVD API 23 Sep 2026 2 min read

CVE-2026-75799 in Various Systems

The YAHMAN Add-ons WordPress plugin before 0.9.31 does not validate the type of the remote files it caches in a publicly accessible directory, allowing unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary PHP files on the server and achieve RCE when the relevant feature is enabled.

#cve #nvd #critical-severity
CVE-2025-15696 in Various Systems CVE & Vulnerabilities
🛡️ NVD API 23 Sep 2026 2 min read

CVE-2025-15696 in Various Systems

The Real3D Flipbook WordPress plugin before 5.4 does not sanitize or escape several flipbook editor fields before rendering them back in the admin editor, allowing users with the Author role and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the browser of any user who later opens the affected flipbook for editing, including administrators.

#cve #nvd #medium-severity
CVE-2026-14321 in Various Systems CVE & Vulnerabilities
🛡️ NVD API 23 Sep 2026 2 min read

CVE-2026-14321 in Various Systems

The divi-dash WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does not validate the source of the client IP address it uses for rate limiting and banning, allowing unauthenticated attackers to spoof arbitrary IP addresses in order to bypass rate limiting, ban chosen addresses from the feature, and grow a stored option without bound, resulting in denial of service.

#cve #nvd #high-severity
CVE-2026-16264 in Various Systems CVE & Vulnerabilities
🛡️ NVD API 23 Sep 2026 2 min read

CVE-2026-16264 in Various Systems

The Newsletters WordPress plugin before 4.18.1 does not perform an ownership check on some of its subscriber management actions, and issues a management session to unauthenticated visitors on request, allowing attackers to read any subscriber's personal data and overwrite any subscriber's record including their email address.

#cve #nvd #medium-severity
CVE-2022-4997 in Various Systems CVE & Vulnerabilities
🛡️ NVD API 23 Sep 2026 2 min read

CVE-2022-4997 in Various Systems

The jet-form-builder-stripe-gateway WordPress plugin before 1.1.0 does not sanitise and escape a payment token before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to extract arbitrary data from the database, including password hashes.

#cve #nvd #high-severity
Research Paper: A Benchmark & Dataset for Detecting AI-Manipulated Visual Evidence in the Court System Research Papers
🏆 arXiv 29 Sep 2026 2 min read

Research Paper: A Benchmark & Dataset for Detecting AI-Manipulated Visual Evidence in the Court System

Photographic evidence is becoming increasingly vulnerable to forms of alteration and fabrication that existing legal and technical workflows are not well equipped to evaluate.

#research #arxiv #ai #digital-forensics
Research Paper: Less Supervision, Better Generalization: Weakly Supervised Fake Region Localization in Diffusion-Edited Images Research Papers
🏆 arXiv 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Research Paper: Less Supervision, Better Generalization: Weakly Supervised Fake Region Localization in Diffusion-Edited Images

Localizing AI-edited regions is essential for interpretable forensic analysis, but remains challenging due to subtle and spatially distributed artifacts that are misaligned with semantic or object boundaries.

#research #arxiv #ai #digital-forensics
Research Paper: Learning as Deepfakes Evolve: RF-Prompt for Continual Audio Deepfake Detection Research Papers
🏆 arXiv 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Research Paper: Learning as Deepfakes Evolve: RF-Prompt for Continual Audio Deepfake Detection

Continual audio deepfake detection requires learning newly emerging deepfake methods while retaining discrimination of previously encountered speech.

#research #arxiv #ai #media-forensics
Signal adds encypted local backup support to iOS, desktop apps GitHub Releases
🚨 BleepingComputer 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Signal adds encypted local backup support to iOS, desktop apps

Signal, the secure messaging app, released version 8.30, completing the rollout of its secure backups feature across all supported operating systems (Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows). [...]

#github #release
Custom ChatGPTs push ClickFix attacks to deploy RAT malware Malware Intelligence
🚨 BleepingComputer 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Custom ChatGPTs push ClickFix attacks to deploy RAT malware

Custom variants of OpenAI's ChatGPT promoted in sponsored Google results are directing unsuspecting users to malicious sites that use ClickFix attacks to deliver malware. [...]

#malware #malware-bazaar
Hackers exploit Citrix NetScaler zero-day to deploy web shells CVE & Vulnerabilities
🚨 BleepingComputer 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Hackers exploit Citrix NetScaler zero-day to deploy web shells

Cybersecurity firms say attackers exploited the Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-88772 zero-day to deploy custom web shells and tunneling malware, gain root access, steal credentials, and spread into internal networks. [...]

#cve #vulnerability
Windows 11 2026 Update released, here's everything you need to know GitHub Releases
🚨 BleepingComputer 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Windows 11 2026 Update released, here's everything you need to know

Microsoft has started rolling out Windows 11 26H2 to everyone, and while it's this year's big annual feature update, you probably won't notice a massive difference after installing it. [...]

#github #release
New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Memory Despite Existing Defenses CVE & Vulnerabilities
💻 The Hacker News 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Memory Despite Existing Defenses

A group of academics from VUSec and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna have disclosed details of a new Spectre CPU vulnerability variant that affects Just-In-Time (JIT) engines present in web browsers, language runtimes, and the operating system kernel, across multiple CPU vendors.

#cve #vulnerability
Kiteworks Fixes Critical Flaw Found During Nine-Hour Precautionary Shutdown CVE & Vulnerabilities
💻 The Hacker News 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Kiteworks Fixes Critical Flaw Found During Nine-Hour Precautionary Shutdown

Kiteworks on Monday said it worked with federal intelligence authorities over the weekend as it identified and addressed a critical security vulnerability during the scheduled precautionary shutdown.

#cve #vulnerability
Meta’s Muse sent a Facebook Marketplace buyer to a seller’s home - Malwarebytes Malware Intelligence
🦠 Malwarebytes Labs 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Meta’s Muse sent a Facebook Marketplace buyer to a seller’s home - Malwarebytes

Meta’s Muse sent a Facebook Marketplace buyer to a seller’s home Malwarebytes

#malware #malware-bazaar
Update your iPhone, iPad, or Mac: Flaw could run attackers’ code - Malwarebytes Malware Intelligence
🦠 Malwarebytes Labs 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Update your iPhone, iPad, or Mac: Flaw could run attackers’ code - Malwarebytes

Update your iPhone, iPad, or Mac: Flaw could run attackers’ code Malwarebytes

#malware #malware-bazaar
Official MCP Python SDK Flaw Can Let Malicious Servers Steal OAuth Credentials GitHub Releases
💻 The Hacker News 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

Official MCP Python SDK Flaw Can Let Malicious Servers Steal OAuth Credentials

A malicious MCP server could trick an application built on the official MCP Python SDK into handing over the OAuth credentials it uses to log in to a real service, the SDK's maintainers said in a security advisory.

#github #release
OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Tests Find Deception and Unauthorized Actions GitHub Releases
💻 The Hacker News 29 Sep 2026 1 min read

OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Tests Find Deception and Unauthorized Actions

OpenAI on Monday shelved plans to release GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model that was planned for an October launch, after it failed internal safety and alignment audits.

#github #release
A week in security (September 21 – September 27) - Malwarebytes Malware Intelligence
🦠 Malwarebytes Labs 28 Sep 2026 1 min read

A week in security (September 21 – September 27) - Malwarebytes

A week in security (September 21 – September 27) Malwarebytes

#malware #malware-bazaar
Wireshark 4.6.9 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center GitHub Releases
📡 SANS Stormcast 27 Sep 2026 1 min read

Wireshark 4.6.9 Released - SANS Internet Storm Center

Wireshark 4.6.9 Released SANS Internet Storm Center

#github #release

// COMPUTER FORENSICS //

Magnet AXIOM

v10.2.0
RELEASED: June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Artifact Post Processing iteratives
  • Native integration with Griffeye Database
  • Decodes Apple Intelligence & ChatGPT logs

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Memory leak in APFS parsing
  • Database lock crash on nested containers

FTK Imager

v4.9.0
RELEASED: 1 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Direct logical image uploads to AWS S3
  • APFS decryption using iCloud keystore keys
  • Multi-threaded SHA256 verification hash acceleration

RESOLVED BUGS

  • E01 segment spanning limit overflow
  • Paths parse crash on Linux platforms

Autopsy

vautopsy-4.23.1
RELEASED: 07 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Some of the settings were not available.
  • No other changes.

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Fixes a release error with 4.23.0. That was released as a Develop build, instead of Release.

SleuthKit

vsleuthkit-4.15.0
RELEASED: 15 April 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Added isimagesupported DLL to test file types (SKL)
  • Log large dirs that are skipped (SKL)

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Bounds checks. Reported by Mobasi
  • NTFS overflow fix from @JustinStitt

X-Ways Forensics

v21.1
RELEASED: 20 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Enhanced memory extraction
  • Optimized volume snapshot analysis

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Crash on deeply nested zip files

EnCase Forensics

v24.2
RELEASED: 10 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Cloud extraction connector updates
  • Advanced registry carving

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Minor memory leak during keyword searches

Belkasoft Evidence Center

v10.2
RELEASED: 29 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Support for Android 15 partitions
  • Enhanced SQLite database carver

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Timezone parsing mismatch inside WeChat databases

OSForensics

v11.0
RELEASED: 12 April 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Volume shadow copy auto-mounting
  • EseDb data indexing updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Crash during indexing of bad sectors

// MOBILE FORENSICS //

Cellebrite Physical Analyzer

v7.69.0
RELEASED: June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Android 15 full decryption support
  • WeChat dynamic database parsing
  • SQLite structure logical carving

RESOLVED BUGS

  • UTC offset calculations in chat threads
  • UI hang on importing huge memory dumps

Cellebrite UFED

v7.69.0
RELEASED: June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Advanced Qualcomm chipset extraction
  • MTK bypass boots support

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Connection drops during physical extractions

Oxygen Forensic Detective

v16.2
RELEASED: 15 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Car key data extractor
  • Cloud backups decryption updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • WhatsApp chat export formatting errors

Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit

v8.60
RELEASED: 18 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Agent-based extraction for iOS 17
  • Keychain decryption engine updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Pairing errors with lock devices

MSAB XRY

v10.8
RELEASED: 25 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Physical extraction for locked MTK devices
  • New Signal parser

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Minor bug in timeline presentation module

Andriller

v3.6.3
RELEASED: 30 April 2022

NEW FEATURES

  • Support for Python 3.10

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

// MEMORY FORENSICS //

Volatility 3

v2.28.2
RELEASED: 17 September 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Some of the improvements made in this release are as follows:

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

Rekall

v1.7.2
RELEASED: 12 Jan 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Offline profile caching
  • Improved kernel slide detection

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Memory map offset computation

LiME

v1.12.0
RELEASED: 31 March 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • LiME v1.12.0
  • Commits since v1.11.0 (March 23–24, 2026)**
  • Hash / digest subsystem (`hash.c`)

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Multi-page vmalloc digest corruption — only the last page was being hashed

WinPmem

v4.0.rc1
RELEASED: 12 October 2020

NEW FEATURES

  • For this release we make available the old "mini" pmem imager based on the old 1.6 branch. This imager is very simple - it can only make raw images. The AFF4 based imager may be back in the future but for now we can produce RAW images.
  • We started to distribute Winpmem releases directly from this project as it is now separated from the Rekall project (which has been discontinued).
  • The new drivers implement Fast IO mode so should be faster than before.

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Minor stability and performance issues

DumpIt

v3.1
RELEASED: 20 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Secure cloud bucket streaming
  • Highly optimized RAM capture logic

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Sector alignment mismatch

Belkasoft RAM Capturer

v2.1
RELEASED: 11 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Bypasses anti-dumping malware protections
  • Support for 64-bit Windows 11 kernel

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Driver installation failures

// ARTIFACT PARSERS //

Registry Explorer

v2.0
RELEASED: 10 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Multi-hive transactions parser
  • Automated transaction log replay

RESOLVED BUGS

  • File path mapping locks

PECmd

v1.6
RELEASED: 14 March 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Windows 11 prefetch version parsing
  • Batch export to CSV/JSON

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Crash on corrupted PF headers

LECmd

v1.5
RELEASED: 12 April 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • LNK target extraction enhancements
  • Detailed path resolutions log

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Path parsing on relative paths

EvtxECmd

v1.7
RELEASED: 22 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Fast JSON parser mapping
  • Custom event log maps

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Timestamp timezone conversion

ShellBags Explorer

v1.4
RELEASED: 10 Jan 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Directory hierarchy visualization
  • Registry path resolution

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Indexing errors on empty bags

AmcacheParser

v1.5
RELEASED: 20 Feb 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Windows 11 Amcache structure support
  • Direct CSV exporting

RESOLVED BUGS

  • SHA1 computation crash

AppCompatCacheParser

v1.4
RELEASED: 22 March 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • ShimCache parser engine updates
  • JSON output options

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Index offset for Windows 10 legacy

MFTECmd

v1.6
RELEASED: 19 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • MFT entry carving metrics
  • ADS records mapping

RESOLVED BUGS

  • File system locked exception handles

// NETWORK FORENSICS //

Wireshark

v4.6.9
RELEASED: 30 September 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Dynamic release parsed from news feed
  • Updates matched automatically

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Bugs identified in latest release logs

NetworkMiner

v2.9
RELEASED: 24 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Automated file extraction from PCAP
  • Credential harvesting engine updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Minor memory leak on processing large files

Tshark

v4.6.2
RELEASED: 20 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Headless network analyzer updates
  • JSON format stream exports

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Memory limits on deep nested trees

CapLoader

v1.9
RELEASED: 11 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Port-independent protocol identification
  • PCAP flow analysis visualization

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Zoom coordinate scale calculation

Zeek

v9.0.0
RELEASED: 21 August 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • We'd like to thank Aaron J. Scantlin (@scantlina), @airshelley, Alexey Rubanik
  • (@Rubanik-Alexei), Azil (@achill06), Bauti Peirone (@bautipeirone), Blair
  • McCormick (@blairSmcc03), Craig Leres (@leres), Craig P (@detection-labs),

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

Suricata

vsuricata-8.0.7
RELEASED: 15 September 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Redmine Tracker

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

Snort

v3.12.2.0
RELEASED: 23 April 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Libdaq v3.0.27
  • LibML v2.0.0

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Appid: add nullchecks for appidDebug and appidthreadpegs
  • Appid: fix lua detector use-after-free during reload

// MALWARE ANALYSIS //

Ghidra

vGhidra_12.1.4_build
RELEASED: 21 September 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • General system improvements and updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

IDA Pro

v8.4
RELEASED: 10 April 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Cloud decompiler integrations
  • Improved C++ metadata recovery

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Debug symbols load limits

x64dbg

v2026.05.27
RELEASED: 27 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • 📜 Changelog
  • Added CPUStack (Linux) by @3rdit in 3839
  • Make tests declarative by @mrexodia in 3837

RESOLVED BUGS

  • May 2026: Small hotfix release
  • This is a small hotfix release after the April release. It fixes an `r8` register modification issue, a trace reader memory fault, dark theme label coloring, and support for passing an absolute path to `-cf`. It also includes a few small UI, packaging, testing, and experimental Linux debugger updates.

Cutter

v2.5.0
RELEASED: 30 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • New Preferences tab to query and modify Rizin configuration variables (evars) directly from the UI

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Register, variable, and memory value tooltips while debugging or emulating, including sub-register values and previews of values inside brackets
  • Debugging improvements:

PE-bear

v0.7.2
RELEASED: 05 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Removed hard-coded limit of the displayed resources (only 50 were visible)
  • Added Japanese language

RESOLVED BUGS

  • GUI behavior on Windows 11 (i.e. invisible selection in hex editor and disasm view), fixed editing content in hex editor
  • Crashing on fast editing content in hex edit

Process Hacker

v4.0.26241.138
RELEASED: 29 August 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • System Informer 4.0
  • Process Monitor (Tools menu): a driver-backed live log of process, thread, image, registry, file, handle and silo events with filtering, access-mask decoding, and configurable look-back.

RESOLVED BUGS

  • The first 4.0 release: a new kernel/user transport, a Process Monitor, Hybrid Analysis integration, a JSON settings store, a rewritten installer, and a year of fixes across the app, driver, plugins, and phnt headers.

YARA

v4.5.8
RELEASED: 28 July 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Document the `YRRESCAN_LIMIT` regular expression scan limit (2223).

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Bound rule table index in `OPPUSHRULE` and `OPINITRULE` (2230).
  • Bound tilde stream row-count read in `dotnet` module (2224).

CyberChef

v11.5.0
RELEASED: 18 September 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • General system improvements and updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

Floss

v3.1.1
RELEASED: 26 September 2024

NEW FEATURES

  • General system improvements and updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

oledump

v0.0.85
RELEASED: 17 March 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • XML macros scanning filters
  • Improved stream decoders

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Newline formatting in plugins output

// OSINT & EMAIL //

OSINT-Profiler

v1.0
RELEASED: 30 April 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Dynamic GitHub release updates
  • General improvements

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

File_Integrity_Verifier_FIV

v1.0
RELEASED: 26 November 2025

NEW FEATURES

  • 🎉 First official release of File Integrity Verifier (FIV)
  • Full GUI with Light/Dark mode

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

Spiderfoot

v4.0
RELEASED: 07 April 2022

NEW FEATURES

  • General system improvements and updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

Maltego

v4.6.0
RELEASED: 12 April 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Collaborative graphics dashboard
  • Real-time transforms indexing

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Memory crash on 50k+ nodes

Sherlock

v0.16.2
RELEASED: 08 September 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Release created because its been a long time since the previous one and several minor changes have been made.

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

Holehe

v2.0.2
RELEASED: 11 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Added new portals checks
  • Socks5 proxies support

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Credential test timeout errors

// TIMELINE & DECRYPTION //

Plaso

v20260720
RELEASED: 20 July 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Release of version 20260720

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

Arsenal Image Mounter

v3.11
RELEASED: 19 June 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Write-block mounts for APFS
  • Virtual machine boot options

RESOLVED BUGS

  • Disk mapping lock exceptions

Passware Kit Forensic

v2026.2.0
RELEASED: 20 May 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • APFS T2 chip decryption support
  • Fast RAM password harvesting

RESOLVED BUGS

  • GPU utilization metrics dashboard

Hashcat

v7.1.2
RELEASED: 23 August 2025

NEW FEATURES

  • General system improvements and updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • This hotfix restores backward compatibility in machine-readable status view mode, which was broken in v7.1.0 and affected third-party overlays such as the Hashtopolis agent. It also fixes issues in the Argon2 libraries when used in multi-hash modes. If you are using hashcat v7.1.0+ with LUKS2 or KeePass KDBX4, updating is strongly recommended.

Velociraptor

v0.77.2
RELEASED: 10 August 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • General system improvements and updates

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

Hayabusa

v4.1.0
RELEASED: 12 September 2026

NEW FEATURES

  • Anti-Virus False Positives

RESOLVED BUGS

  • General bug fixes and code optimizations

ARCHIVE INTELLIGENCE OVERVIEW

123
Forensics
193
IOC Feed
250
DFIR
79
Malware
225
CVEs
41
GitHub
89
Research
> TOTAL ARTICLES: 1000
> DAYS COLLECTED: 22
> CATEGORIES TRACKED: 7
> AVG DAILY VOLUME: 45.5 articles
> MOST ACTIVE TOPIC: DFIR ARTICLES (250)
> ARCHIVE SPAN: 08 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2026
1000 TOTAL

// EXPLORER DIRECTORY //

📁 Sep 2026 [1000 ARTICLES]