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Smart Security: Fighting Financial Fraud with Open Source Intelligence
Financial fraud is rising, with consumers losing over $10 billion in 2023. OSINT solutions help organizations detect threats, analyze patterns, and identify attackers, offering a proactive defense against emerging fraud trends.
How Failing Faster Helps Catch Criminals: Exploring OSINT for Law Enforcement
In law enforcement, the ability to adapt quickly and learn from mistakes is crucial. This concept, often called “failing faster,” is not about accepting failure but about using it as a stepping stone to refine techniques, uncover patterns, and ultimately catch criminals more effectively. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) plays a pivotal role in this approach,
Unleashing the Power of Social Media Analysis Tools in Investigations
[Originally on Kaseware.com] In this fast-paced digital age, utilizing data from social media platforms has become essential for uncovering crucial information in investigations. Digital footprints left by individuals and entities on various social media platforms offer a goldmine of critical insights when building a case. Whether you are part of a law enforcement agency, a
How OSINT Differs from Traditional Cyber Threat Intelligence?
While there may be some minor overlap, there are major distinctions between traditional Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and the more advanced Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). The efficiency, effectiveness, and approach vary greatly between the two and offer vastly different outcomes for the enterprises that use these tools.
Sportradar Case Study: Deep Background Checks, Organizational Integrity, and Fraud Investigations
Investigating integrity and criminality in commerce is a daunting task that requires access to vast amounts of information and complex organizational analysis. The scale rises considerably when investigations are international in scope.
Background Checks & Due Diligence
Many years ago, when I was in college, I had a job at a large retailer. It involved all of the normal retail-y things: stocking, checking, unloading trucks, helping customers, etc. After working the job a couple of years, I was asked to start doing basic management things. One of the more interesting things I
Unmasking a carder with OSINT
Today, we will be exploring the world of carding a bit and following the path of a kid on his way to becoming a full-fledged carder. I spent about an hour on the basics of the investigation. The tools I used for this post include: I started by jumping into Monitor and looking at some
Iran and OSINT Hunting for Fun & Profit.
Today, I’m going to go on a very basic hunting adventure. Every so often, I do stuff like this for “fun”. There’s no deep takeaway here –– just some basic searching and the techniques involved. Iran seems to be the hotness right now. I keep seeing articles that they have launched a hacking offensive because