DarkCyber for June 18, 2019, Now Available
June 18, 2019
DarkCyber for June 18, 2019, is now available at www.arnoldit.com/wordpress and on Vimeo at https://www.vimeo.com/342544814.
The program is a production of Stephen E Arnold. It is the only weekly video news shows focusing on the Dark Web, cybercrime, and lesser known Internet services.
This week’s story line up covers: A next-generation content processing system funded by In-Q-Tel; Dark Web scans for personal information; a new spin on Crime as a Service tuned to steal financial data; Canada’s prisons get a drone detection systems; and the FBI Vault adds additional Clinton email data.
This week’s feature is a review of Forge.ai’s content processing system for law enforcement and intelligence applications. The system converts open source and other data into “structured intelligent event event feeds.” Unlike many commercial content processing and intelligence systems, Forge.ai is designed to handle data flows of virtually any size and perform processing in real time. The company recently received the support of In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s investment unit. Lt. General John Mulholland is accepted a position on Forge.ai’s board of advisers. General Mulholland was the deputy commander of Special Operations command and also served at the CIA.
Other stories in this week’s DarkCyber video news program are:
First, Dark Web scans to find personal information are advertised on television. DarkCyber looks at some of the methods used by vendors who offer free or low-cost scans of the Dark Web for PII or personal identification information. DarkCyber reports that many services do not deliver comprehensive results. There are specialized services available to law enforcement and intelligence professionals, but most of these are not available for public use.
Second, crime-as-a-service or CaaS continues to improve. Malware from two different sources have evolved into a symbiotic relationship. The Gazorp tool makes it easy to customize malware known as Azorult. Despite the odd names, the one-two punch facilitates the use of these tools by an individual or group of individuals without deep technical expertise. Gazorp is offered without charge, but the value of the software opens the door to monetization. Other bad actors are likely to build on the CaaS approach of Gazorp’s and Azorult’s developers and users.
Third, in this week’s drone news, DarkCyber reports that Version 2, a Canadian company, will deploy a drone detection system as six of Corrections Canada’s prisons. Drones have been sued to drop contraband into correctional facilities. Some drone have delivered drugs, mobile phones, and McChicken sandwiches to inmates. Donnacona, one of Canada’s most secure facilities, will be among the first group of institutions to receive the new technology in early 2020.
Finally, DarkCyber provides information so that a viewer can download more than 400 pages of information related to Hillary Clinton’s email. The collection of documents is available in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Vault service. Manual review of the documents is recommended. Some media reports have not presented a comprehensive picture of the information in this most recent release of information.
DarkCyber video news is a weekly program. It contains no advertising, and it is designed for law enforcement, security, and intelligence professionals interested in software, new developments, and investigative innovations. New programs become available on Tuesday of each week. Programs are available via YouTube and Vimeo.
Kenny Toth, June 17, 2019
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