Investigator515
Investigator515

Investigator515

Writing about cybersecurity, technology, and open source intelligence strategies. Passionate about giving people the tools they need to feel empowered by technology, not overwhelmed. Did we also mention we're straight-up nerds at heart? Get the latest information on blog posts and production information via Telegram: t.me/investigator515


What The Tech?! Open Source Software

16 Sep 2024 6 minute read 4 comments Investigator515

Open-source software helps power all types of systems the world over. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack As technology has played a greater role in our lives, the subscription-based system has also grown. While p...

What The Tech?! Biometric Security

31 Aug 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

When you’re thinking of biometric systems, it’s easy to get caught up in modern technology. When we look at a smartphone, we often have fingerprint detection and facial recognition capabilities, making it easier to both secure and unlock our devices....

Historical Hacks: The RSA SecurID Breach

28 Aug 2024 4 minute read 2 comments Investigator515

That one time when two-factor authentication was targeted. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack When you’re at the incident response stage of assessing a cyber attack, it can often be a pretty dynamic situation. As...

Everything Old is New Again: Hunting Drones

24 Aug 2024 6 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substackAs the full-scale invasion continues in Ukraine, we’ve seen much in the way of evolutions from both sides. The Russians have continued to press aviation-based tactics including t...

What The Tech: Steam Engines

21 Aug 2024 6 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

  Steam engines were the first step towards independent transportation If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack When you’re looking at modern transportation it’s easy to forget how different things have become. Interna...

Twisted Tweets & Bots Unleashed: Malware & Disinformation on X

16 Aug 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

Exploring an interesting evolution in the information space. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack This article deals with malware and malicious links. All relevant tweets are screen captures rather than embedded, t...

Stray Emissions: Van Eck Phreaking

13 Aug 2024 6 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

This eavesdropping method is straight out of a spy movie. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack If you’re of the older persuasion you probably remember a time when the world was a much different place. Videos and ev...

The Raspberry Pi & Sigint: Selecting Your Sensors

10 Aug 2024 5 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

In this previous article, we looked at configuring your SD card to run Dragon OS on the Raspberry Pi. This distro, which is optimized for signals intelligence comes packed full of software packages that will help you find, record and analyse signals...

Data Privacy In The Digital Age: An OSINT Perpsective

4 Aug 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

The World Through the eyes of an OSINT Analyst If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack As we have written more about privacy and some of the changes we face in the digital age, the world hasn’t stood still around us....

What The Tech?! Barcodes

4 Aug 2024 6 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

Barcodes play a much bigger role in the world than most realise. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack When dealing with technology, we’ll typically see something that is a complex device or system. Something that v...