Facebook shuts down Graph Search; investigators scrambling for workarounds

On Thursday, June 6, as I went to one of my favourite tools for online investigation, the one hosted by Michael Bazzell, I instead found a warning saying the service is unavailable. I then jumped over to NetBootCamp, and even to StalkScan, also to be denied. Finally, I manually re-opened some old browser bookmarks on

Capturing and recording Snapchat video off iphone

Recently at a law enforcement conference, a crime analyst colleague was curious what technique would allow her to capture a Snapchat video as part of her investigations.  Snapchat is a photo / video sharing app which disappear after being viewed by the recipient.  It is very popular among the under-20 crowd that have been shying

Custom Columns enable fast, efficient compliance investigations

Custom Columns is a valuable new feature in Harmari Search, which will open up the metadata associated with Craigslist ads into a tabular format making it easy for compliance investigations.  You can go with our recommended presets, or select your own columns in our easy selection interface.  If you make a mistake, no problem; simply

LTAS Technologies signs partnership with Business Watch International

LTAS Technologies Inc. announces a partnership today with Business Watch International (“BWI”).  BWI has agreed to be the exclusive distributor of Harmari Search for Craigslist to law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada.  LTAS Technologies delivers software tools and reports to insurance fraud investigators, industry regulators, tax/revenue agencies and law enforcement to identify criminal

Upgrades to Harmari Search for Craigslist v1.3

LTAS Technologies is proud to announce the latest upgrades to Harmari™ Search for Craigslist (formerly known as Craigslist Power Search).   You now have much more power at your fingertips than ever before for browsing over 68 million live and historic Craigslist ads: Harmari Search covers all 38 “For Sale” categories of Craigslist for USA and

Using Internet Archive / Wayback Machine for investigations

Investigators have a common question: what if I could go back in time to see what a website looked like a year ago?  Or even 3 years ago?  What about a week ago?  The Internet Archive provides just such a capability.  Inspired by the fictional WABAC machine from the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, which Professor

Craigslist Power Search upgrades

Announcing the latest Craigslist Power Search with the following changes: upgraded server for improved response time and uptime added special category “Farm / Heavy Equipment” specially suited for auto theft investigators and SIUs added Make/Model/Year search specially suited for auto theft investigators and SIUs added account creation and account management for each user improved user