Though the open web is typically just that—wide open for internet users to access—modern websites and popular social media platforms now require users to create accounts in order to enter. With this variation in barriers to data, online users have to adjust their information-collection methods in web spaces that are...
The Justice Department announced last month that Operation DisrupTor, an internationally coordinated effort to dismantle criminal activity on the dark web, had arrested 179 individuals involved in opioid trafficking. This successful operation, following many other high-profile dark web takedowns, is causing turmoil among the online drug trafficking community.
Open source internet data is readily available for the average online user to find and utilize. For law enforcement officials, the public web can provide invaluable information to help advance their investigations. Resources on the open internet contain data that could easily enhance current findings or assist in constructing an...
Internet archiving services are powerful open source intelligence (OSINT) tools that can be used like a time machine to look back in time for information that may be crucial to an online investigation. But, just as they can provide a glimpse into the past, these services have also been used...
The ability to perform OSINT efficiently and without detection is not any easy task. Our trained cyber analysts offer a number of virtual courses on OSINT training. At the Academy, our analysts discuss the collection phase of the OSINT cycle, OSINT research, and OSINT investigations.
Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are supposed to provide consumers with a secure and easy-to-use way to traverse the internet—after all, “private” is right there in the name. But what if the information we provided to those services was not so private?
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CAMOSINT operations rely on gaining and maintaining access to various social media platforms and other online spaces. Accordingly, proper MA practices are a key enabling factor for such operations. Even minor technical or behavioral missteps can unravel a CAMOSINT operation, and that’s what appeared to happen to the BS bloggers.
The dark web is in decline. Once the preferred means for anonymizing users’ online activity, the dark web has now been supplanted by encrypted mobile applications and alternate solutions. Similarly, aggressive law enforcement actions have shuttered many of the dark web’s largest forums, making it a much more fleeting and...
The consequence of employing poor managed attribution practices is exposure—exposure of your online activities, your professional affiliation, and, potentially your true identity.
