The dark web has the star quality and luster of a Hollywood movie, but in reality, it’s a den of inequity operated by the technically sophisticated. The more “Googleized” we’ve become as investigators and researchers, the less we understand what’s going on behind the scenes and how to operate in this nefarious world. This webinar … Continue reading Understanding the Dark Web

Criminal investigators and analysts need to understand how it is possible for people to conceal and obfuscate their identity and location on the Internet.  Two primary methods are through the use of proxies and virtual private networks (VPNs). This ability to hide one’s identity and location on the Internet can be both a challenge and … Continue reading What Investigators Need to Know about Hiding on the Internet: Proxies and VPNs

This training is intended for U.S. Criminal Justice Practitioners. Please register using your agency-issued email. Join us to explore IoT through the optics of the investigator and the examiner. Let's examine the most popular IoT technology, essential planning in any case, how to identify and search for relevant technologies at search or crime scenes, what … Continue reading Overview of IoT for Investigators and Examiners

This training is intended for U.S. Criminal Justice Practitioners. Please register using your agency-issued email. Remaining anonymous and protected online is key to any web intelligence investigation. With social media platforms becoming more efficient at finding and closing fictitious accounts, creating and operating avatars for online investigations is becoming more difficult. This presentation will give … Continue reading Conducting Secure Online Investigations in 2022

This training is intended for U.S. Criminal Justice Practitioners. Please register using your agency-issued email. Today’s law enforcement agencies are facing a financial crimes epidemic. Millions of consumers are victims of credit card fraud and ID theft each year resulting in the loss of billions. Human traffickers, fuel thieves, and drug dealers are laundering money … Continue reading Identify, Investigate, Recover Digital Cash, and Prosecute Money Laundering Crimes

This training is intended for U.S. Criminal Justice Practitioners. Please register using your agency-issued email. Child exploitation cases often involve analyzing digital device storage drives to reconstruct user activities. While much can be learned from disk analysis, Random Access Memory (RAM) is a particularly rich source of potential evidence related to user activities. Specifically, reconstruction … Continue reading Reconstructing User Activities from a Memory Dump

The webinar will introduce students to cellular network technology and how to correctly identify the cellular provider from a phone number. Search warrant language will be discussed on how to obtain all available cellular records. Various types of cellular records will be shown along with identifying and analyzing the cell site location information. Different types … Continue reading Using Cellular Records to Solve Crimes

Have you ever wondered how the forensic tools you use, know what they do? Have you ever wondered what an artifact means and why the 0 indicates a call was missed? Join NW3C High-Tech Crime Specialist Chris Atha as he introduces how to find these answers. Chris will break down the basics of setting up … Continue reading Introduction to Mobile Device Artifact Research and Testing

Early identification and recovery of digital evidence are critical for an investigation, and the amount and types of technical evidence have grown exponentially. This webinar will discuss digital “footprints” that can help you during your investigations, no matter your technical background. We will discuss victim-based, suspect-based, and location-based ways of finding evidence to include innovative … Continue reading Searching for the Digital Evidence in Your Physical Crime Scene: Part 1

Join a team of experts from NW3C as they provide thoughtful and detailed answers to the high-tech crime questions you submit. Click here to submit questions regarding digital forensics, cyber investigations, or information security and a panel of NW3C experts will provide answers during this live session. Presented by: Chris Atha, High-Tech Crime Specialist, NW3C Norm Gibson, High-Tech Crime Specialist, NW3C … Continue reading High-Tech Crimes: Asked and Answered