SoftStrategy and ShadowDragon Partnership Rome, Italy JUNE 22, 2020 – SoftStrategy and ShadowDragon partner together to provide advanced investigative training. As the world has become more...
Into the Dark Webs
## What is the DarkWeb The dark web sounds scary, but in reality, it is anything you cannot get to via Google, or that uses a masked IP address. The classification of the dark web is a subcategory...
Additional Insights into Iranian Cyber Espionage | APT33
Earlier this week FireEye/Mandiant had released a blog entitled “Insights into Iranian Cyber Espionage”detailing the targets within the Aerospace and Energy sectors being targeted. To compliment...
Demystifying the Dark Web: Part 3
After looking at the structure of both the dark web and normal web, we can now start to see why so many people want the benefits Tor gives, especially the anonymity. With anonymity comes people who...
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. ...
What Will OSINT/PAI and Collection at Scale Look like for 2020?
2020 will be eventful and likely one of the most historical years containing change, balancing the tension between change, conflict, and hopefully peace in a long time. When reflecting on the...
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...
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....
Illuminating Context with Timeline Analysis
In our training courses, we push ideas and investigative methodology more than we push our tools. Tools will change, but proper investigative methods will not change. Asking the right questions will...