Things have been busy lately but I finally managed to catch up with a few recent Quiztime challenges. This post will explain how I managed to solve Tilman Wagner’s challenge from 30th October but I have to say it was by far the hardest Quiztime challenge I have ever managed to solve. It is not […]
Using Flight Tracking For Geolocation – Quiztime 30th October 2019 Read More »
I’ve written a few blogs about gap analysis before, but it’s an important skill for investigation and intelligence analysis work so I decided to write about it again. Daily Quiztime challenges are a good platform to demonstrate how this kind of methodology can be applied, and it is just as suitable for small scale OSINT
Gap Analysis: Chrono and Geolocation In Berlin (Quiztime 7th October 2019) Read More »
How could you use open source information to trace a fugitive or a missing person? For this post I thought it would be an interesting exercise to see what information it would be possible to gather from Sector035’s recent Quiztime challenge. On the surface it was quite a straightforward photo geolocation question, but there is
Digital Shadows: Seeking Sector035 – Quiztime 26th September 2019 Read More »
The WhoIs system used to be a goldmine for OSINT investigators. It was usually possible to find out the address, phone number, and e-mail address of the person who owned or at least registered the website. However the increasing use of privacy services by domain registrars, as well GDPR, has drastically reduced the usefulness of
Search Tip: Finding Historic WhoIs Data Read More »
Speed is a critical factor in investigations of any kind. The longer information is left or ignored, the more likely it is to become obscured, contaminated, or disappear altogether. This is true of any kind of information, whether it be an eyewitness, a server log, a tweet, a fingerprint, or anything else that an investigator
