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Better intelligence, better anti-money laundering compliance

FinCEN proposes new anti-money laundering compliance regulations to provide more useful information to law enforcement in BSA reports.

OSINT gathering key to keeping up with financial crime

Financial crimes investigation survey shows analysts hobbled by own firms

The 2020 Global Financial Crime Investigations Survey: 57% of analysts saw productivity stagnate or decline, introducing business and cyber…

From the experts: social media monitoring and dark web investigations

Two cybersecurity veterans discuss the importance of integrating social media and dark web monitoring into organizations’ security…

New training course on investigation enhancement through dark web use

Beyond the open, accessible internet lies the hidden world of the Dark Web. Because the Dark Web sites are not indexed or searchable by…

NSA warning on location data exposure: Your web browser is a liability

The National Security Agency recently issued a public warning that exposed location data from mobile devices can pose a security risk…

Social media account discovery with Genymotion

How can you identify social media accounts through the “suggested friends” function? A practical guide from Authentic8 for OSINT…

CISA: Secure your web browser, it’s essential

The Department of Homeland Security’s latest guidance for businesses deems a secure web browser “essential” to protecting critical…

Overlooked: "The biggest risk of all"

How is it that global spending on cybersecurity totals more than $100 billion per year, and IT has so little to show for it? Authentic8's…