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My ERP got hacked, an Introduction to Computer Forensics, available for download


The System Administrator knew something was wrong when he saw there was an additional user account on the Web-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that he administered. He kept the system updated and patched, but he now suspects that the system has been hacked and compromised. Now, as a computer forensic investigator, you will have to find out if there was any unauthorized access, how it happened and what was the extent of the damage.

A follow up on the Indian embassy issue


It’s been a busy two weeks trying to put together the training material I’ll be using to teach Incident Response and Computer Forensics to some of my colleagues in other geographies across Europe, Asia and Australia, and that will kick-off in Leiden in approximately 10 days. Meanwhile, the latest news about the Indian embassy reported [...]

Embassy of India in Spain found serving remote malware through iFrame attack


Earlier this morning I was alerted to this problem by a colleague who was trying to access www (dot) embajadaindia (dot) com to sort out some paperwork related to my employer’s offices in India. When tried to load the site, the Desktop Antivirus displayed the following pop-up alert…