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Digital Trails Academy
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Your guide to digital investigations #OSINT #SOCMINT #HUMINT

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Get 30% OFF ALL of our courses-including the new ones! 🤯

This Sale Ends on Cyber Monday: 2 December 2024 at 23:59 CET!

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#BlackFriday #OSINT #SOCMINT #HUMINT #OpenSourceIntelligence #Training
November 29, 2024 at 7:36 AM
🚨 New class alert! Join us as we explore some of the darkest digital trails through our new training, "Investigating Shadows: Researching Telegram"

Date: 24 May 2024
Live online, interactive webinar from 09:00 - 14:00 CET
Class details & registration:
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February 28, 2024 at 1:57 PM
THANK YOU BlackHat for featuring our class in your press release as one of the "Training Highlights" for Black Hat Asia 2024!

It's going to be great!

www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
Black Hat Announces Content Lineup for Black Hat Asia 2024
Black Hat, the cybersecurity industry’s most established and in-depth security event series, today announced the release of its content lineup for Bla
www.businesswire.com
February 21, 2024 at 3:48 PM
If you are into true crime, then you are probably as excited as we are that season 2 of The Europol Podcast officially launched!

www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/...
The Europol Podcast | Europol
The Europol Podcast is the official podcast of the EU’s agency for law enforcement cooperation. In this series, we shine a light on some of the biggest operations Europol has supported, and how we c...
www.europol.europa.eu
January 16, 2024 at 4:31 PM
The latest SIRIUS EU Electronic Evidence Situation Report by Europol is showcasing that the most valuable criminal evidence is being found within social media platforms
#OSINT #SOCMINT

Criminals leave digital trails that are left to be found by those who know how.
January 13, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Holiday season...the perfect time to look back and revisit another incredible #truecrime investigative story with lots of #OSINT , #SOCMINT and of course...human involvement, whistleblowers and suspense!

You're in for a blast!

www.dw.com/en/cannabis-...
Cannabis Cowboys
Thousands of investors worldwide are now victims of JuicyFields – a scheme involving cannabis and crowdfunding. Who's behind it? What's the total damage? In this true crime investigation, DW tries t...
www.dw.com
December 28, 2023 at 10:52 AM
Read in this incredible story how hitmen working for a criminal group active in Montenegro and Serbia used open-source intelligence techniques to track down and kill the leader of a rival clan as he hid out in Greece.

www.occrp.org/en/balkan-co...
How a Montenegrin Gang Used Open-Source Intelligence to Kill - OCCRP
Hitmen working for a criminal group active in Montenegro and Serbia used open-source intelligence techniques, poring over apartment listing sites, satellite images, and tourist photos posted online...
www.occrp.org
December 20, 2023 at 12:38 PM
Discover the three skills that are absolute game-changers for an investigator's toolkit! 🔎 Ready to level up?

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Three Skills to LEVEL UP your Investigations
At Digital Trails Academy we believe in the power of interdisciplinary knowledge. Start your investigative journey today!Digital Trails Academy - Your guide ...
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December 15, 2023 at 11:07 AM
Do you need to go beyond OSINT in an investigation and transition into HUMINT? This blog post discusses developing and tailoring the right sock puppet persona for your target. Use it to gain your subject's trust and to collect crucial information. 👇

christina-lekati.medium.com/from-sock-pu...
From Sock Puppets to Puppet Masters
Creating honeypot sock puppet accounts
christina-lekati.medium.com
December 13, 2023 at 9:04 AM
Active sock puppets are designed to interact with targets. They are elaborate, involve higher risks & demand rigorous operational security.
Still, they play a pivotal role in investigations when crucial information is unavailable through OSINT.
December 12, 2023 at 8:47 AM
Differentiating Between Passive & Active Reconnaissance:

🌐Passive: Accessing publicly available information without direct interaction with a target or triggering security alerts

🌐Active: Involves engaging with a target directly. You become noticed and deal with higher risks.
December 7, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Our Black Friday sale is here!
Enjoy a 20% discount for our online class "Fundamentals of Cyber Investigations and Human Intelligence", with the code BLACKFRIDAY

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Valid from the 22nd-27th November (until Cyber Monday!)
November 23, 2023 at 11:07 AM
In a rapidly evolving threat & criminal landscape, intelligence professionals are being called to not only stay sharp and updated, but have multiple aces up their sleeve.

How do we gain a competitive advantage in investigative work?
Read our blog below⬇️

christina-lekati.medium.com/why-for-toda...
Why For Today’s Cyber Investigations We Need to Combine Intelligence Disciplines
by Christina Lekati & Samuel Lolagar
christina-lekati.medium.com
October 29, 2023 at 4:37 PM
Online infiltration operations require advanced sock puppet accounts. To get a criminal to "trust" your online persona and interact with it, you need to think like them and reflect some key elements.
What is the right online persona to get the job done?
October 25, 2023 at 2:57 PM
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Last chance to claim 20% off for the unique online training Fundamentals of Cyber Investigations and Human Intelligence by @christinalekati.bsky.social and me. Combine #OSINT, #SOCMINT, and #HUMINT.

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October 21, 2023 at 8:35 PM
Social Media Intelligence... What can we really find about a subject?
An entire world unfolds right in front of your eyes, if you know what to look for...and how 👨🏻‍💻🕵🏻‍♀️

OSINT SOCMINT
October 21, 2023 at 11:14 AM
Can you dive into an OSINT investigation without applying proper OPSEC before? That's risky.

Conduct SOCMINT on a subject & leave out the rest of their digital foortprint? Argh, no.

Can you learn how to use & combine those important aspects & more? Yes, you can and you will ⬇️
October 19, 2023 at 2:58 PM
Did we mention?
All participants that complete the class are eligible to receive:

🎓 Their certificate of completion

📕 Their Student Notebook

🎁 A little gift from us to accompany their future investigations!
Ever since we started our class "Fundamentals of Cyber Investigations & Human Intelligence" we kept being asked to record it & provide it online.

Thrilled to finally announce that our class has now a home under "Digital Trails" & is available as an online, recorded class!

youtu.be/haBuQS26wX4?...
Launch of Digital Trails Academy
Since we started our Fundamentals of Cyber Investigations & Human Intelligence class, we have been asked over and over again to record it and make it availab...
youtu.be
October 16, 2023 at 9:40 AM
Ever since we started our class "Fundamentals of Cyber Investigations & Human Intelligence" we kept being asked to record it & provide it online.

Thrilled to finally announce that our class has now a home under "Digital Trails" & is available as an online, recorded class!

youtu.be/haBuQS26wX4?...
Launch of Digital Trails Academy
Since we started our Fundamentals of Cyber Investigations & Human Intelligence class, we have been asked over and over again to record it and make it availab...
youtu.be
October 15, 2023 at 3:42 PM