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For a period of time between 2008 and roughly 2012 there was a rash of reporting on virtual world crime. The incidents ranged from property crime (theft of virtual items), to money laundering to [...]

Unfortunately a crisis, such as an earthquake or tsunami can attract fraudsters attempting to bilk money from sympathetic donors. There are some ways in which donors can check up on a charity to [...]

In case you have not caught the latest information from Bing, it has now introduced a reverse image search engine. It is available through the “image match” feature on the right side of the image [...]

During our open source investigations training we are often asked about how we stay current. It is a challenge because technology changes rapidly as do users habits. One of the things we do is [...]

A great article was written in Esquire Magazine about the work of Toronto Police Detective Jeff Bangild and the team on which he works. It discusses the need for police services to be aware of [...]

Data.gc.ca is a useful source of information for open source research on government statistics, uses of funds and geo-spatial information housed by the Government of Canada. It is similar to [...]

A great post about resources for deleting online accounts was provided on the Computer Crime Info blog, written by Michael Bazzell. He suggests using Just Delete Me and AccountKiller to identify [...]

We have written before on how the Internet has been used by human traffickers in furtherance of their criminal activity. Earlier this summer it was made public that US state level attorneys [...]

If you’re in need of a solution for a problem and think that a free app might help, check out the inventory on Herouxapps, run by Steph Heroux. There are lots of interesting applications [...]

For readers interested in learning more about influence in social media conversations, particularly around social movements I recommend “Raising and Rising Voices in Social Media – A [...]