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Hostile observations through social mediaDAVID BENFORD MSCMANAGING DIRECTOR, BLACKSTAGE FORENSICS LTD
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Threat Landscape is Changing…..
Criminal objectives:To gain access to a person to:
threaten
harm or/and abuse them
stalk
theft
force them to carry out specific actions
(via Blackmail/ extortion/ bribery)
engage them as an insider threatIdentity theft
Misinformation
gather intelligence
David Benford © 2015
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Global Mobile Data:
• 2012 + 70%
• 2013 + 81%
• 2014 + 69%
• 2014: 30 exabytes!
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Geographic Data:
Exif data in photos
IP Addresses
Apps & Social network geo-locational data
Locations visually shown in photographs
Things people say
Cloud
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…but I don’t use social media!
Should you be concerned?
Children’s Nanny
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OSM Data Leakage:
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