Today’s investigators and analysts using online sources to investigate cases are often so focused on where to click, that they don’t even realize what their tools are doing in the background of their...
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...
We’ve talked in recent weeks about the importance of training and the methodology behind it. Much of the OSINT work we do is focused on the social aspects and footprint of a target online. As most...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ShadowDragon is a privately-held software development company seeking a full-time training and curriculum specialist. ShadowDragon provides cyber security software tools to commercial entities,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...