The echo’s of investors had started the buzz of the need for new investigative / intelligence platforms a great deal more than there had been in the past few years. The buzz will only gain more...
Rate Limits in Data Visualization
One of the most frustrating things to happen in any data visualization software is for you to run a query and get back the notification: “This result returns more nodes than you are allowed to...
Data vs. Intelligence
It would take about 3 minutes to teach someone how to collect data on a single individual. That is easy to do. You poke around and find out all you can about the person. The difference between an...
Unmasking a carder with OSINT
Today, we will be exploring the world of carding a bit and following the path of a kid on his way to becoming a full-fledged carder.I spent about an hour on the basics of the investigation. The...
Iran and OSINT Hunting for Fun & Profit.
Today, I’m going to go on a very basic hunting adventure. Every so often, I do stuff like this for “fun”. There’s no deep takeaway here –– just some basic searching and the techniques involved. Iran...
Iranian Watering Holes. Target Centric Analysis & Looking for Additional IOCs Related to clear.co.ir | 79.127.125.179 with ShadowDragon MalNet & ProofPoint Data
Additional information is always needed on initial indicators for a SOC analyst or incident handler. In this case, initial indicators point to [ clear. co. ir and 79.127.125.179 ] engaging in...
Into the Breach
We’ve all heard the advice a million times, “Don’t use the same password on different websites.” Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on our motivations) many users make this exact mistake. In...
Scaffolding: The Basis of Everything
The first lesson I was ever taught in programming is the need for scaffolding. Just like painting a house, even if you are certain you can reach every nook and cranny and cover every wall,...
The Vital Few and the Useful Many
In 1896, at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, a young economist by the name of Vilfredo Pareto published a paper showing how 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population....
Social Networks: Friends of Friends
Today we are going to look at how we can build a network from a single starting entity and use that network to identify the actors in the network that are the most connected. For this example, we...
DataWalk And ShadowDragon Team To Enhance Investigative Capabilities
Redwood City, California – May 16, 2019 DataWalk and ShadowDragon have formed a strategic technical alliance to facilitate more complete and detailed investigations incorporating open source...
Kaseware Integrates ShadowDragon’s SocialNet Forensics Tool into Case Management Investigative Platform
Cheyenne, Wyoming and Denver, Colorado With more than 3.1 billion people across the globe actively using Social Media, it is no surprise that criminals utilize it and can be tracked down on it by...
Link Analysis Presentation No Nos and How Long Should I Deep Dive?
In “Understanding Link Analysis and Using it Investigations,” I detailed how to get started and some fundamentals on link analysis. What I didn’t cover was how long you should be involved in the...
Understanding Link Analysis and Using it in Investigations
I started using link analysis for investigations somewhere around 2009/2010 when we were developing the first version of SocialNet. A longtime friend, Roelof from Paterva, shared his vision for a...
Patchwork APT Group - Additional IOCs & Network Indicators
Yesterday, Matthew Meltzer, Sean Koessel, and Steven Adair @ Volexity released an excellent write-up on the Indian APT group known as Dropping Elephant. The Volexity article detailed attacks against...