Digital Forensic Research Lab

Mon, Jan 30, 2017

Weekend of Fighting in Eastern Ukraine

Assessing the latest bloodshed near Avdiivka, inclluding recent satellite imagery

Conflict Geolocation

Sat, Jan 28, 2017

Russian Internet: Fake News Haven?

How the Russian Internet is being used to spread fake news in Germany

by Maks Czuperski, Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan

Disinformation Extremism

Tue, Jan 24, 2017

A Brief History of the Ukrainian Conflict, from the Sky: Part I

Using historical satellite imagery to understand the war in the Donbas, pre-Minsk I

Conflict Russia

Sun, Jan 22, 2017

New Missiles for Old?

Open source analysis of Russia's S-400 missile claims in Crimea

by Donara Barojan

Conflict Defense Technologies

Wed, Jan 18, 2017

Kadyrov’s Hunt for an ISIS Sleeper Cell

Detailing a special operation in Chechnya’s Kurchaloy district

by Donara Barojan

Geolocation Russia

Mon, Jan 16, 2017

Last Hospital in Aleppo

What open sources tell us about strikes on hospitals during the siege

Conflict Middle East

Mon, Jan 16, 2017

A Digital Forensics Survey of the Last Week in the Donbas

Examination of a video of firing artillery, a disruption to water supplies, and reports of civilian casualties

Conflict OSCE

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Three thousand fake tanks

How a network of conspiracy sites spread a fake story about US reinforcements in Europe

by Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Europe & Eurasia

Fri, Jan 6, 2017

Wintering in the Baltic (not the Mediterranean): Russia’s Kalibr Ships

Russia’s Kalibr-armed corvettes, officially attached to the Mediterranean squadron, are still in Kaliningrad, and look set to remain there

by Maks Czuperski, Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan, Nika Aleksejeva

Baltics Geolocation

Fri, Jan 6, 2017

Five Downed Russian Drones in Ukraine

Open source tracking of the production, deployment, and downing of five Russian Forpost UAVs in the Donbas

Conflict Drones

Tue, Jan 3, 2017

Separating Fact and Fiction in the Svitlodarsk Bulge

Verification of claims surrounding the heavy fighting in the Donbas

Conflict Geolocation

Fri, Dec 23, 2016

Human, Bot or Cyborg?

Three clues that can tell you if a Twitter user is fake.

by Ben Nimmo

Botnets Disinformation