online and social media investigations: go beyond the big sites€¦ · online and social media...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites
Edward J. AjaebPresident, Nighthawk Strategies
![Page 2: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
• Founder & President, Nighthawk Strategies• Licensed Private Investigator• Social Media & Digital Investigations• Background Investigations & Due Diligence
• Security Intelligence Analyst
• Executive Protection
• U.S. Department of Justice
• Author
• National Trainer/Speaker
Introduction
Edward J. AjaebPresident, Nighthawk Strategies
![Page 3: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Traditional vs. Online/Social Media Investigations
Introduction
“Real Life” Identities
• Name
• DOB
• SSN
• Address
• Occupation
Online Identities
• Usernames
• Email addresses
• Phone numbers
• Pictures
![Page 4: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Introduction
![Page 5: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
• Typically the first – or most popular – stops in online/social media investigations
What are the “Big Sites?”
![Page 6: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
•Privacy changes• Platforms changing privacy practices
• June 2019: Facebook disables most Graph Search capabilities
• Consumers changing privacy behaviors and attitudes
•Diversify, Diversify, Diversify!
Why “Beyond the Big Sites?”
![Page 7: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Some social media stats:
• Nearly 3.5 billion people globally are on social media
• Nearly 70% of U.S. adults have at least one social media account
• The average American has over 7 social media accounts
• The average American spends roughly 2 hours per day on social media and has over 80 apps installed on their smartphone
• Social and communications apps account for approximately half of all time spent on mobile apps
Why “Beyond the Big Sites?”
![Page 8: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
• I know where you shop, eat, and sleep
• I know who you live with
• I can obtain cell phone videos of major incidents as they unfold in real-time
• I know who is in your phone’s contacts
• I know who your Facebook friends are (without looking on Facebook)
• I can trace your phone number to your name and photo in seconds
• I can find dozens of other social media sites and apps you use
What If I Told You…
![Page 9: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
And I can find all of this…• Free• Publicly• Starting with very little information about you• Beyond the “Big Sites”
What If I Told You…
![Page 10: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
• Explore a variety of non-“Big Site” online and social media platforms used by billions of people globally
• Understanding hidden investigative/intelligence value of each
• Techniques for collecting open source intelligence
• Examples and case studies
Focus
![Page 11: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
• OPSEC & Best Practices• VPN
• Archival software
• Anonymization and alternate online personas (email, phone, etc.)
• Use these techniques, tools, and practices as your own risk• Defer to your company/agency policies, local regulations, and Terms
of Service
Reminders
![Page 12: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
• Pay and request money from friends
• Launched in 2009
• Acquired by PayPal in 2013
• Link with bank account or credit/debit card
• Processed $62 billion in payments in 2018
• $100 billion in transactions expected in 2019
Venmo
![Page 13: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
0 10 20 30 40
Active Digital Users (millions)
![Page 14: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
![Page 15: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
![Page 16: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Transaction information (sender, recipient, date, purpose) is public by default
Venmo’s Value for Investigators
1
2
3
Publicly viewable friends lists curated from imported phone contacts and Facebook friends
Searchable database of 40 million users
![Page 17: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Information about a payment’s sender, recipient, date, and purpose are public by default.
Venmo’s Value for Investigators
1
![Page 18: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Sender Recipient
Profile Photo
“Public”Privacy Setting
Payment Purpose/NoteDate
Venmo’s Value for Investigators
![Page 19: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Sender Recipient
Profile Photo
“Public”Privacy Setting
Payment Purpose/Note
Date
Venmo’s Value for Investigators
![Page 20: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
• Venmo asks users to import their phone contacts and Facebook friends.
• Contacts who also use Venmo are then added to the user’s “Venmo friends” list, which is public and cannot be hidden.
Venmo’s Value for Investigators
2
![Page 21: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
![Page 22: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
• All of Venmo’s 40 million users areeasily searchable by name and/or username
• Many users have uploaded their photo to their Venmo profile
• Many users have kept default (public) privacy settings, allowing you to see entire transaction history
Venmo’s Value for Investigators
3
![Page 23: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
![Page 24: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
![Page 25: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
![Page 26: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Following the money…
…right to their doorstep
Venmo’s Value for Investigators
![Page 27: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
What
When
WhereWhy
Who
![Page 28: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Transaction information (sender, recipient, date, purpose) is public by default
Venmo’s Value for Investigators
1
2
3
Publicly viewable friends lists curated from imported phone contacts and Facebook friends
Searchable database of 40 million users
![Page 29: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
• Chat and video calling
• Launched in 2003
• Acquired by Microsoft in 2011• Integration with other Microsoft products
• Estimated number of users worldwide: 1.5 billion
Skype
![Page 30: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
• Searchable database of 1.5 billion users• Search by:
• Name• Email address• Phone number• Username
Skype’s Value for Investigators
![Page 31: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Integration with Microsoft
![Page 32: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Skype’s Value for Investigators
Name
Phone Number
Email Address
Username
![Page 33: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Skype
Searching by name• Enter first and last
name• Partial names and
wildcard (*) accepted• Try nicknames and
name variations (Nick, Nicholas, Nicky, etc.)
![Page 34: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Skype
Searching by phone number• Enter 10-digit phone
number• If no results, try adding
country code (“1” or “+1” for U.S. numbers)
![Page 35: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Skype
Searching by email address• Enter email address
into search box• Partial email addresses
and wildcard (*) donot work
![Page 36: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Skype
Searching by username• Enter username (or
assumed username)into search box
• Partial usernamesand wildcard (*) donot work
![Page 37: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
• Searchable database of 1.5 billion users
• Converting email addresses and phone numbers into real names
• Discover additional usernames and online aliases/personas of an individual
• Use as leads for deeper investigation
Skype’s Value for Investigators
![Page 38: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
• People often use the same username across multiple online and social media sites
• Throughout your investigation, keep a running list of all usernames, emails, and online personas you find on your target
• Use these Username Search Tools to find other online accounts and profiles registered with the same username
Username Search Tools
![Page 39: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Username Search Tools
![Page 40: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Username Search Tools
![Page 41: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
• InstantUsername.com
• CheckUsernames.com
• Namechk.com
• NameCheckup.com
• NameVine.com
• KnowEm.com
• NameCheckr.com
• UserSearch.org
• Google/Bing
Username Search Tools
• Use multiple sites!• Not all sites search the same platforms
• “Username not available” means that there is an active account with that username on that platform• Click to view profile/account
![Page 42: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
![Page 43: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
![Page 44: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
![Page 45: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
![Page 46: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
• Launched in 2011
• Multimedia messaging social media app
• Share pictures and videos with friends
• Content disappears after a set time
• Users can create video “stories” that can be viewed by friends
• 200 million daily active users
• Snap Map
Snapchat
![Page 47: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
Snap Map
• Short video stories from users around the world
• Publicly uploaded by individual users
• Active within minutes of capture (near realtime)
• Expire after 1-3 days
• Can see where and when
• Cannot see who
![Page 48: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
map.snapchat.com
![Page 49: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/49.jpg)
![Page 50: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/50.jpg)
![Page 51: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/51.jpg)
• Near real-time security monitoring and awareness• Protests• Natural disasters• Accidents• Active shooter incidents
• Investigations/surveillance
• Scene canvassing
Snap Map’s Value for Investigators
![Page 52: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/52.jpg)
![Page 53: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/53.jpg)
![Page 54: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/54.jpg)
![Page 55: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/55.jpg)
![Page 56: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/56.jpg)
![Page 57: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/57.jpg)
Snap Map is “OSINT in Action”
![Page 58: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/58.jpg)
![Page 59: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/59.jpg)
![Page 60: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/60.jpg)
![Page 61: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/61.jpg)
Photo: Associated Press
![Page 62: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/62.jpg)
![Page 63: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/63.jpg)
• Not just a kids app
• Essential tool for investigations, security monitoring and safety awareness• Public areas• Commercial buildings• Schools• Criminal investigations
Snapchat/Snap Map
![Page 64: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/64.jpg)
• Digging Deeper: Going Beyond the “Big Sites”• Understand what it's used for
• Think about what else it could be used for
• How can it be valuable to investigators?
• Integration & Interconnectivity• Cross-sharing of data between apps
• Friends, contacts, online identity info
Wrap Up
![Page 65: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/65.jpg)
• I know where you shop, eat, and sleep
• I know who you live with
• I can obtain cell phone videos of major incidents as they unfold in real-time
• I know who is in your phone’s contacts
• I know who your Facebook friends are (without looking on Facebook)
• I can trace your phone number to your name and photo in seconds
• I can find dozens of other social media sites and apps you use
Remember When I Told You…
![Page 66: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/66.jpg)
Recap
• Who, What, When, Where, Why
• Pattern of life (live, eat, shop, hangout, etc.)
• Phone contacts and Facebook friends
• Usernames and photos
• Searchable database of billions of users
• Usernames
• Email Addresses
• Phone Numbers
• Find your target’s real identity and photo
• Discover dozens of other digital services used by your target:
• Social media platforms
• Mobile apps
• Online communities
• Obtain cell phone videos of major incidents as they unfold
• Near real-time security monitoring and awareness
Username Search Tools
![Page 67: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/67.jpg)
The world of OSINT investigations is always changing
Free OSINT Guides for continued learning (coming this fall):• Browser Add-Ons Every Investigator Should Have
• Properly Documenting Online Investigations
• Catching a Catfish: Exposing Online Dating Scams
… and more
Follow @NighthawkStrat on Twitter or subscribe to our blog at NighthawkStrategies.com/Blog
Stay Up-to-Date
![Page 68: Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites€¦ · Online and Social Media Investigations: Go Beyond the Big Sites Edward J. Ajaeb President, Nighthawk Strategies](https://reader033.vdocuments.site/reader033/viewer/2022060208/5f03fe217e708231d40bc907/html5/thumbnails/68.jpg)
facebook.com/NighthawkStrategies
linkedin.com/in/EdwardAjaeb
@NighthawkStrat
NighthawkStrategies.com