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


Military Traffic Movements: Exploring AIS and ADS-B

19 Aug 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

A quick look at relevant platforms and notable movements in both Sky and Sea. While carrying out our usual daily stalking, we noticed some interesting platforms on the move. So we decided to grab some screen caps and share. For those that haven’t loo...

Webscraping and OSINT: A Beginners Guide

14 Aug 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

If you’re new to OSINT or Cybersecurity, it may surprise you at how often web scraping is used.  In today’s piece on OSINT tools, we’ll be exploring web scraping. Web scraping is a powerful tool for collecting and analyzing data from websites. It can...

Web Navigation: The Epic First Browser War.

9 Aug 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

The battle between Netscape and Internet Explorer was an epic tale. The 1990’s. It was a time of dial up internet, floppy discs and the now iconic “you’ve got mail” from AOL. While we’ve navigated the dot com bubble before in our previous What the Te...

Wireshark Unleashed: Harnessing the Power of Packet Analysis

6 Aug 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

  Wireshark is an essential tool for those in the info & cyber security field. If you’re looking to analyse network traffic or conduct electronic counter surveillance then you’ll need to build a box of electronic tools that you can turn to and use to...

What The Tech?! Mobile Telephones

1 Aug 2023 8 minute read 2 comments Investigator515

The evolution from landline to mobile device dragged us into the modern age. If you’re a regular What the Tech reader, you may have noticed that our early pieces have primarily focused around communications, with satellites and fiber optics just some...

5 Computer Viruses from the Early Days of the Internet

30 Jul 2023 5 minute read 2 comments Investigator515

It took a while for bad actors to come on to the scene. While malware and other scams are all but accepted as part of the modern world, it hasn’t always been this way. In the early days of the internet, before smartphones proliferated it was a much c...

What The Tech?! Fiber Optic Cable

24 Jul 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

  Replacing copper with fiber optic cable supercharged our capabilities. In our last What the Tech?! on satellite linking, while we felt we covered the brief on linking, there was some interesting statistics in regards to just how big a leap forward...

OSINT Tools: Exploring LiveUAmap

19 Jul 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

The first in our multi part series exploring the best Open Source Tools for analysts. We’ve discussed the needs of reliable open source intelligence sources in previous articles. Today we’ll be launching our multi part series OSINT tools, which will...

Metaverse Bound: Exploring Dominica's Digital Identity Program

16 Jul 2023 3 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

  This token on Tron is certainly a unique use of the Blockchain During the June Crypto windup, we briefly spoke about how we’ve participated in the Huboi/Dominica promotion where you’re able to obtain a digital Metaverse token simply by completing K...

From Good To Bad: Exploring the impact of Reputations on Online Trust

10 Jul 2023 6 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

A reputation speaks volumes without saying anything at all. We blog because we love writing. But what we love even more than that is making complex things simpler for those new to cybersecurity and online safety. Because we feel that everyone shoul...