Investigating integrity and criminality in commerce is a daunting task that requires access to vast amounts of information and complex organizational analysis. The scale rises considerably when...
ShadowDragon Combines Capabilities with Chorus Intelligence
September 15, 2022 – Virginia Beach, VA – Chorus Intelligence (“Chorus”) has powered up their digital intelligence platform by embedding SocialNet from ShadowDragon within it. This combined...
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...
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...
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...
Background Checks & Due Diligence
Many years ago, when I was in college, I had a job at a large retailer. It involved all of the normal retail-y things: stocking, checking, unloading trucks, helping customers, etc. After working...
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...
ShadowDragon Podcast #07 - Matt Devost Interview | Disinformation Attacks Against Institutions of Trust, Turing Assessments for Datasets, Exploration of Red Teaming Innovation
Risk management strategies that work are hard to find in such a noisy infosec buzzword filled industry. Our guest Matt Devost, offers perspective on subjects which will be helpful for beginners,...
ShadowDragon Podcast #08 - Blake Butler Interview | Active Shooters, Actor Engagement, and Hack Back
Actor engagement and physical security intersect when active shooter situations or heightened security threats are targeted against executives or physical locations. Naturally, the topic of...
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...
Iran Hype - Past and Present Recollections and Historical Lore on Iranian Al-Qassam Cyber Fighters Assault on US Banks in 2012/2013
On September 11th, 2012, US embassies had been hit with attacks known as the “Benghazi Attacks.” In online correlation, attacks that had been referenced as “Operation Ababil” had begun as a supposed...
What’s in an email address?
A few weeks ago we went over an interesting way to pivot from breached data passwords to a target by virtue of the lazy way many people reuse the same passwords for multiple emails. In a very...
Bad moods = Bad decisions
As a developer and OSINT investigator, I often come across other investigators that are researching a target online and have “hit a wall,” so to speak. “I’ve hit a dead-end, I can’t figure anything...
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...
OSINT Challenges & Opportunities, Methodology on starting your Hunt.
Every investigation is different, but what never changes is how you have to treat an investigation much like the challenge of building something with a bucket of Legos. With each bread crumb, you...
Paying It Forward at Crimes Against Children Conference (CACC)
This was my second year attending the Crimes Against Children Conference (CACC) in Dallas. CACC draws a crowd proficient in the art of finding the bad guys and protecting the defenseless, and I...
Investigator Methodology | Strategic & Tactical Vs. a Hopeful Change
If the world has a plethora of investigators and the success of prosecutors is hovering around 90% success rate — why do we struggle with an increase in more complex crime, a rise in international...
The Real Jack Ryan is Bringing His Supranormal Skills to the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Millions love the character Jack Ryan from Tom Clancy’s bestselling 18-book series (and a new TV show on Amazon!), but not as many folks know that there is a real, live Jack Ryan living in America...
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...
ShadowDragon Announces that SocialNet is Now Available Through Phantom Platform
United States – ShadowDragon, a U.S.-based cyber threat intelligence solutions company, today announced that its SocialNet App is the first Social Media Forensics & OSINT mapping app available on...
Buckle up for Step-by-Step Insight into Charming Kitten Cyberespionage Attacks
The horrors of cybercrime can make even the savviest tech person shudder. Much like an accident on the side of the road, however, we just can’t help rubbernecking. That’s why the Clear Sky report...