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Attacks on Police Networks

June 24, 2011 by

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Law enforcement agencies must behave as if lives depend upon the security of police computer networks, because they do. Agencies simply must understand that poor network security is something which poses immediate and great risk to officers, witnesses, confidential informants, suspects, ongoing investigations, and all those at other agencies with whom we share information, on local, […]

II – Mobile Viruses: Truths, Fiction and Primers for Cops

May 23, 2011 by

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We’ve recently seen some extraordinary activity in the mobile device virus world, as heaps of hype and piles of blogposts were shoveled on the world. We were left with the impression that iPhones, iPads and Macs had finally succumbed to the wrath of the malicious code writers; that Google’s android phones were completely insecure; and […]

PLI Podcast: NetWitness’ Alex Cox on Cyber Investigations and Forensics

May 18, 2011 by

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This week on the Police-Led Intelligence Podcast, we’re joined by Alex Cox, principal analyst at NetWitness, now a part of RSA, the security Division of EMC. A former police officer and forensics investigator, Alex’s team currently looks for similarities between cyber attacks. NetWitness produces a monitoring platform that focuses on network forensics: it’s easiest to […]

Metric of the Week: Europol Crime Report

May 6, 2011 by

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We might end up running some of this again in the Intel Intelligencer, because the release by Europol last week of its EU Organized Crime Threat Assessment has both a treasure trove of new metrics and a wide range of intelligence which is of use to crime and intelligence analysts seeking information on crime trends. This […]

Cops on Terror Alert; Interrogating Militants

May 3, 2011 by

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Yesterday we talked about some of the cyber fallout from the successful US operation against Usama bin Laden; today we will look at some of the physical aspects. We’ve all heard that police agencies around the US are on increased alert for retaliatory attacks. On Sunday night, the US State Department issued a Worldwide Travel […]

Intel On The Cheap: FOCA, EXIF and the Dreaded Metadata

May 2, 2011 by

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One wonderful way to get intelligence about the genesis or even the source of a document you’ve got your hands on is to have a look at the file’s metadata. In one of our first PLI Podcasts, Eric Olson from Cyveillance discussed the value of metadata – data about data or information about information – […]

PLI Podcast: Chief Brandon Perkins

April 27, 2011 by

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Chief Brandon Perkins of the Tyrone, GA police department first came to our attention when he told Nixl – a free text and email alert service – to go jump in a lake, after Nixle changed its business model and started charging $3000 a year. Listen to the Podcast | Listen on iTunes Perkins said that […]

iPhone, iPad and Android Tracking Space Heating Up

April 26, 2011 by

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There’s been quite a bit of activity in the mobile forensics arena in the past week, with announcements of some new open source forensics software for iPhone and Android phones, the revelation that these devices are storing far more information than was generally understood and the fact that the Michigan State Police are snarfing mobile […]

Intel Intelligencer: Debating Asset Forfeiture as a Funding Source for Intel

April 25, 2011 by

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This week’s Intel Intelligencer points at some documents, works, articles and government guidelines around the topic of asset forfeiture. It is a very long (nearly 3000 word) article, so I’ve broken it into two pieces; this, Part I, is 1500 words long and sets forth the arguments that it may well be a dangerous thing […]

The Week Ahead

April 25, 2011 by

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The last week has been something of a whirlwind for Dave and me; Dave’s been slammed on a big investigation which has kept him somewhat to moderately hostile, and I’ve been traveling like a lunatic. Last week I got to London to attend CounterTerror Expo and InfoSec UK, and also to put the finishing touches on […]

PLI Podcast: Zimring on Crime Drops, Metrics and Midnight Basketball

April 20, 2011 by

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This week on the Police-Led Intelligence Podcast, we speak with Professor Franklin E Zimring, author of The Great American Crime Decline and (as we wrote a couple of weeks ago), the forthcoming 38-page journal article and book on New York City’s remarkable and sustained drop in crime rates since the 1990s, to be entitled: The […]

Building A Law Enforcement Intelligence Operation Center, Part II

April 13, 2011 by

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In Part I of this article and podcast, we spoke with Patrick Ryder, the commanding officer of the asset forfeiture and intelligence division of the Nassau County, NY Police Department. Paddy is back this week for Part II of the podcast. Download via iTunes here | Download this podcast For the past 11 years, Paddy […]

Krebs: Avoiding Phishing Attacks in the Wake of Epsilon

April 6, 2011 by

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Here’s a quick take: Brian Krebs at Krebs On Security has posted an excellent article, After Epsilon: Avoiding Phishing Scams & Malware at his Krebs on Security site. The piece discusses the Epsilon breach that we talked about yesterday, and then goes into some very simple ways that you and your constituents can avoid getting conned […]

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