• Social Network Searching Summer Update

    There are always new Web sites to visit and use for our investigative work. In this article, we focus on social network investigations and the latest sites - or updates to those you are already familiar with.  
  • Best of People Search and Company Search Engines

    Today’s commodity is data. Everyone is selling a specialized database in their particular arena. Our job as investigators is to find that database; doing so will greatly enhance our skills and give us the edge to set us apart from the rest.
  • Using Sayari Graph for Investigations

    This article examines the use of Sayari for intelligence analysts and corporate risk management professionals to collect, extract, and analyze data across borders and languages. Sayari can be used for due diligence to reduce risk or to enter a new market, to meet compliance or regulatory requirements, or to prevent fraud, financial crimes, and corruption.
  • DNA: The New Open Source

    This article examines how the growing trend of DNA testing can help the investigator, but also may be a damaging unwanted intrusion on personal privacy. We discuss how to protect yourself and how to remove any DNA you have left behind.
  • TikTok: An OSINT Tool of Today's Youth

    This article examines the quickly growing Chinese app and how from an open source intelligence perspective, this novelty app provides researchers and investigators with a plethora of knowledge and useful information.
  • Predictive Intelligence How-To's

    This article examines the step-by-step key methods for how to properly use social media platforms to monitor location-specific events.
  • What the APP?! Top Social Media APPS and the Lowdown on What Info They Collect

    Starting a new health and fitness routine? Need to get to the library, but your car is in the shop? Has your 12-year-old son been grounded from receiving photos from his friends on his smartphone but appears unaffected by it? Booking a trip to Bermuda? Or, are you stepping out of your single’s lifestyle and looking for love?

    All of these questions have one thing in common that a mere 10 years ago did not exist: There’s an app for that!

    This Hg FactSheet gives you a foundational understanding of what these APPS collect, better preparing you to protect yourself.
  • OSINT for the Coming Year

    This article examines the tools we're looking at for 2021 to further improve our investigative skills and to keep our OSINT community current on the latest resources.
  • Some of My Favorite Fraud Schemes

    In this issue of Data2Know Newsletter, Hg's Cynthia dives into her favorite fraud schemes while the Hg team contributes to a new round of Industry Undercover tips.

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