In a discussion about disinformation on LinkedIn I was asked to assess a particular account: Maria Angela P. Business administrator Columbia Followers 22,031 The follower count is suspicious, to begin with. Let’s start with her self description. Business Administrator from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Marketing Management Specialist from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University; person, … Continue reading Are You Connected With a Russian Disinformation Account on LinkedIn?→
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) in an old interview with Wired explained the basic economics of Russian information systems warfare: If you add up all Russia spent in the Brexit vote, the French presidential elections, and the 2016 American elections, it’s less than the cost of one new F-35 airplane. Less cost, more damage should be … Continue reading Why Russia Favors Attacking American Information Systems→
In 2018 a very important and very large dry dock facility in Roslyakovo was in the news for a horrible tragedy. There were about 60 people on the dock when it started to sink. Five of them did not manage to get in safety. One is reported dead and four injured, one with a serious … Continue reading Who Caused 2018 Power Outages in Russia?→
Link analysis can be very useful for security investigations as I explained last June with regard to the NYC Incident. Mentionmap is a tool that allows you to graphically display conversations (e.g. replies and hashes) — link analysis for Twitter. I started by looking at @Number10gov, the official UK government Twitter account (http://apps.asterisq.com/mentionmap/#user-umber10gov). It was … Continue reading Twitter Visualization and the Kremlin→