In 2024, every single day, users share 6.9 billion images on WhatsApp, 3.8 billion on Snapchat, 2.1 billion on Facebook, and 1.3 billion on Instagram. (Source: Photutorial) I remember a long time ago, when internet chat groups were first ‘invented’. Images were not posted (bandwidth) and chat was important. I’ve put ‘invented’ into inverted commas…
Category: Investigations

Dark web criminal marketplaces are moving to Telegram
Setting up a criminal marketplace on the dark web isn’t as easy as you would think. The site needs to be hosted in a secure manner, with none of the hosting details being accessible to law enforcement if requested or if a warrant was raised. The typical ways of doing this would be to set…

Social media algorithms. Is it your own opinion, or have we been brainwashed?
In today’s age of social media, everyone in the world has access to some sort of social data feed. Some abstain by choice, but 97% of people in the world have access to and regularly access customised social media feeds. These feeds are what help us form our opinions. We are treating them like a…

Email Scam 3
Note: I have checked the bitcoin address, and unfortunately it seems that quite a few victims have fallen for this scam unfortunately hanhnguyentn@mhg.com Thu 28/12/2023 23:56 In case you didn’t get last email. Pay attention now. You have used video call recently. And I have very unfortunate news for you.I’ll give you some background on…

Learn OSINT in 4.5 hours courtesy of The Cyber Mentor
Watch the video courtesy of The Cyber Mentor and learn OSINT in just 4.5 hours.

Securing your customer’s telephone payments. How can this be achieved? Is it even possible?
The question about secure payments is always a tough one. Most businesses have the ability to take payments using their website, this is generally accepted as a secure method, as long as the website is secured properly. But what about telephone payments? This opens up a whole new realm of insecure payments. The range of…

Digital Investigations. The easy way.
For those of you who know me, you will know that I try to integrate technology with most aspects of my life. From the health and steps tracker on my wrist, to the use of mobile devices, in-vehicle GPS, Google Home, and the various array of Raspberry Pi based hardware in my home. I consider myself…

Drone attacks. How can we fight back?
When writing on any subject, I like my articles to be read and understood by all, including professionals, and those who merely have a passing interest. This is why I’m going to try to drill down in this article to try and show the technology in its simplest terms, but also include some of the…

Could we be more proactive with the cloud for a ‘Hot’ crime scene?
Some of the difficulties being faced with any major or minor incident that occurs is that the crime scene and evidence could be contaminated or changed long before the police and forensic teams arrive on site. The evidence becomes older, and is less appropriate as time goes on. We are well and truly in the…

Coronavirus – Digital Investigations don’t need to stop when you self-isolate.
Its the big topic of the year. 2020, the year of Coronavirus. Countries are closing borders, governments are recommending self isolation ‘social distancing’ at best. The message from the British prime minister is “Don’t go out”. Due to these restrictions being rapidly put in place, people all over the world are beginning to self-isolate, working…