With the new ban on live-tracking going into effect along with the other constantly shifting changes taking place over on Twitter, I thought it would be useful to post some alternative places to get your live-tracking information for plane and ship tracking. 1. Other Social Media Sites Twitter may be imploding but Analysts are seeking…

If you are new to Maltego, you can check out my other blog here for getting started with the installation of the free Maltego Community Edition and how to add Transforms to your Maltego CE account. For this investigation, I installed the free Aleph OCCRP Transform that will allow us…

Offshore oil platforms, also known as oil rigs, are large industrial control systems meant to pull and process oil and natural gas from the sea bed beneath. Because these platforms are, as the name states, offshore, they usually provide long-term accommodations for an entire workforce.

This guide is accurate as of 12/13/21 This week I finally got some time to add an ADS-B Flight Tracker to my Maritime AIS Pi to facilitate the tracking of both aircraft and sea vessels. This may seem strange to have both trackers on one Pi (bear with me I…

This method works as of 8/25/21 OpenCPN is chart plotter navigation software designed for charting a course and tracking your position on a boat straight from your own device. For my purposes, I installed OpenCPN to track vessels and learn how to research and manipulate AIS. I work a lot…

The key component to performing maritime research is tracking a vessel’s AIS (Automatic Identification System). This allows you to see the vessel’s broadcasted name, location, destination, vessel type, and more! I have previously written about AIS in several blogs including The Curious Case of the HMS Defender and Six Tips…

Forming a team might be one of the most important aspects of participating in the Trace Labs OSINT Search Party event. A team that works seamlessly in tandem while also communicating openly is key to winning the Black Badge and providing the best intel for Law Enforcement. In this blog…

On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, news began circulating of warning shots being fired at a Royal Navy warship. The claim was that Russia had fired the warning as the warship neared the Crimean Peninsula. The Russian defense agency went on to claim that a warplane dropped four bombs in the…

Rail may be a less exciting form of transportation for some but in fact, trains are incredibly integral to the supply chain. Freight railroads moved roughly14.5 million intermodal (from ship straight to rail for example) shipping containers in 2018 and these transports accounted for nearly a quarter of all U.S…