You want to build a Platform? ..What Platform Should I use?

You want to build a Platform? ..What Platform Should I use?

By Daniel Clemens | Aug 9, 2020 12:00:00 AM

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...

Fishing with a Subaru

Fishing with a Subaru

By Elliott Anderson / Apr 15, 2020 12:00:00 AM

There comes a time in some OSINT investigations where we have accurately identified our target’s profiles, lifestyle, and communication platforms, but we still aren’t quite to the point of...

ShadowDragon Podcast #07 - Matt Devost Interview | Disinformation Attacks Against Institutions of Trust, Turing Assessments for Datasets, Exploration of Red Teaming Innovation

ShadowDragon Podcast #07 - Matt Devost Interview | Disinformation Attacks Against Institutions of Trust, Turing Assessments for Datasets, Exploration of Red Teaming Innovation

By Admin / Jan 21, 2020 10:20:04 AM

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 #05 - Westward.AI,Incident Response, Long Time Investigations Need Story Telling & Innovation in Event Query Languages.

ShadowDragon Podcast #05 - Westward.AI,Incident Response, Long Time Investigations Need Story Telling & Innovation in Event Query Languages.

By Admin / Jan 21, 2020 10:20:04 AM

Incident Response and extended investigations need storytelling functionality. Westward.ai’s innovation in event query languages is discussed laced with candor, history, and strange hacker lore. The...

What Will OSINT/PAI and Collection at Scale Look like for 2020?

What Will OSINT/PAI and Collection at Scale Look like for 2020?

By Daniel Clemens / Jan 11, 2020 12:00:00 AM

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...

What’s in an email address?

What’s in an email address?

By Elliott Anderson / Dec 17, 2019 12:00:00 AM

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

Bad moods = Bad decisions

By Elliott Anderson / Aug 25, 2019 12:00:00 AM

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...

Timeline Analysis | Epstein Death Reported on 4Chan Before Announced

Timeline Analysis | Epstein Death Reported on 4Chan Before Announced

By Daniel Clemens / Aug 10, 2019 12:00:00 AM

In my last entitled Illuminating Context with Timeline Analysis, I gave a rough sketch of the basics. In this post I will share a few specifics. The primary point to drive home is there won’t ever...

Illuminating Context with Timeline Analysis

Illuminating Context with Timeline Analysis

By Daniel Clemens / Jul 29, 2019 12:00:00 AM

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...

It’s Hard Out There for a Pimp

It’s Hard Out There for a Pimp

By Brooks M / Jun 24, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Human trafficking, according to Wikipedia, is the trade of humans for forced labour. With the advent of the internet and high-speed communication, traffickers have found a new way to advertise their...

Forget About Deep and Dark Web Hype

Forget About Deep and Dark Web Hype

By Elliott Anderson / Jun 12, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Everyone has a different use case that needs to be monitored, and we enable a vast amount of use cases for tailored collection and monitoring with OIMonitor at a very high scale and have been doing...

OSINT Challenges & Opportunities, Methodology on starting your Hunt.

OSINT Challenges & Opportunities, Methodology on starting your Hunt.

By Daniel Clemens / Apr 3, 2019 12:00:00 AM

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...

Continued OSINT Collection Innovation for Expansive 24/7 Monitoring on Chat Platforms, Forums, and Social Media

Continued OSINT Collection Innovation for Expansive 24/7 Monitoring on Chat Platforms, Forums, and Social Media

By Daniel Clemens / Mar 29, 2019 12:00:00 AM

Catching the backscatter of conversation, keywords and data dumps have always been one of the driving goals in our OIMonitor project. While others have been quick to highlight one particular...

Hype and the Deep Dark Web

Hype and the Deep Dark Web

By Daniel Clemens / Sep 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM

I had previously written about how we started with our our monitoring platform and how that grew into the beast it is today. I didn’t leave much room to frame things in the most hip-infosec way,...

DEF CON 26 Intel CTF Results! Congratulations to the DEF CON iCTF Winners

DEF CON 26 Intel CTF Results! Congratulations to the DEF CON iCTF Winners

By Daniel Clemens / Sep 11, 2018 12:00:00 AM

DEF CON 26, Intel CTF (iCTF) had more participants than any other capture the flag challenge. With over 100 teams showing up, a select few escalated to the top of the heap showing off their skills,...

Investigator Methodology | Strategic & Tactical Vs. a Hopeful Change

Investigator Methodology | Strategic & Tactical Vs. a Hopeful Change

By Daniel Clemens / Aug 31, 2018 12:00:00 AM

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...

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