By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction The August Bellingcat Challenges were all related to the identification of explosive ordinance. Key amongst the resources to consider were the article previously published on a beginners guide to the topic - https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2024/07/31/a-beginners-guide-to-identifying-explosive-ordnance-in-social-media-imagery/. The challenges were all put together by Andro Matthewson (author of the above article, currently at the … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – August 2025(Hidden Hazards)
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Bellingcat Challenge – July 2025 (The Forgotten Files)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction The July Bellingcat Challenges were titled "The Forgotten Files" and were set by researcher Peter Barth, whose investigation into the murder of a Texas oil baron is helpful in one of the challenges below (you can watch a video covering the investigation here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZcWblhJc_k). Peters challenges are really about … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – July 2025 (The Forgotten Files)
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 4 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. The “Natural Wonders” series finished on Friday. If you haven’t already been playing along (and why not?!) you can join in at challenge.bellingcat.com (Spoiler warning- the rest … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – Week 4 Writeup
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 2 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. Last week, the “Bellingcat Globetrotter” series focused on geolocation challenges, this week the “Maritime Mysteries” series is focused on sea, ships, and similar. Knowing that Rae Baker … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – Week 2 Writeup
COPA v Wright – The Trial with an Explosive End
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction It has unfortunately taken me far too long to write this post, and it is not quite the post I was hoping to put together. I have pages and pages of notes that I wanted to include, but much will have to wait for another article. With Judge Mellor’s judgment … Continue reading COPA v Wright – The Trial with an Explosive End
Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part Four – Exploring the Blockchain and “The End”
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson The CSI Linux CTF - Shake the Cobwebs As anyone following my updates will have seen, I took part in the CSI Linux CTF over Christmas. The CTF required writing up a report of findings, and I thought that it might be helpful to share the content of my report. Part … Continue reading Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part Four – Exploring the Blockchain and “The End”
Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part Three – Death Dates, Geolocation and an Article of Interest…
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson The CSI Linux CTF - Shake the Cobwebs As discussed in Part One, I took part in the CSI Linux CTF event over Christmas. The CTF required writing up a report of findings, and I thought that it might be helpful to share the content of my report. Part One covered … Continue reading Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part Three – Death Dates, Geolocation and an Article of Interest…
Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part One – Audio Analysis
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson The CSI Linux CTF - Shake the Cobwebs As many of you may have seen, I took part in a Capture The Flag competition run by CSI Linux over the Christmas period (titled "Shake the cobwebs"), and was really pleased to finish first!! This was the first CTF that I have taken … Continue reading Shaking the Cobwebs CTF Part One – Audio Analysis
The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Two (Missing Data Sources)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In part one of this series of articles, I spoke about the importance of data that is not present, and the use of timelines in investigating where missing data may exist. In this article, I discuss data that may be missing (or may appear to be missing). Those working in … Continue reading The Importance of Data that Doesn’t Exist – Part Two (Missing Data Sources)
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