Hydra darknet market on a server in France?
After an anonymous tip off from a reader I investigated two IP addresses seemingly associated with the Russian darknet market Hydra. What happened next might surprise you…
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The curious case of the perl.com domain hijack
An OSINT driven research into how the perl.com domain ended up in the hands of cyber criminals who then attempted to auction it off…
New spam / phishing campaign on Whatsapp – investigating fake Dominos pizza websites
An impromptu investigation into a spam / phishing campaign featuring fake Dominos pizza vouchers on Whatsapp.
A guide to investigating scam text messages and websites – fake Revenue Online page
A step by step guide to investigating scam text messages, phishing URL links and dodgy websites. I investigate a real Revenue Online Services scam that hit users in Ireland several days ago.
Free digital forensics training from Autopsy
Covid-19 related free digital forensics training offer from Autopsy.
How to conduct OSINT on Linkedin
A detailed, most updated write-up of some OSINT techniques for Linkedin, including searching outside the platform, URL manipulation, timestamp analysis.
CAB seized 6.000 BTC (ca. €52m)… or did they?!
Discussing the press coverage of the alleged confiscation of Bitcoin by CAB versus what I think really happened…
Right wing extremism in Ireland – tracing its digital footprint with The Beacon
How strong and organised is the Irish right wing extremism? Journalists from The Beacon shed some light on the online existence of far right groups in Ireland.
OSINT guide to verifying news from conflict zones
A New Year guide to methods of verifying news, images and videos from conflict zones. To illustrate these methods I am referring to a very recent example of a terrorist attack on a naval base and an airport in Kenya.
Going after the right wing extremists open source intel style – an interview with MW-Osint
Right wing extremists can be dangerous targets, but they are no different to other extremist groups. My interview with MW-Osint focuses on investigating neo-nazi groups, in the context of the Iron March forum data breach.