Ultimate DFIR Cheats! Geolocation Forensics: Geolocating suspects

by Brett Shavers

The Ultimate Cheats! Geolocation Forensics guide was written for any investigator (criminal or civil cases) who need to affirmatively place a person at a specific place at a specific time, using electronic and traditional surveillance methods. The techniques discussed are tried and proven, used by practically every investigative organization worldwide, and given proper legal authority, can be done by you! The running theme of this guide is case development, where the end product can be effectively presented to your audience.Who is this guide written for? Anyone tasked with collecting data, imaging storage devices, or triaging media to collect electronic evidence with the goal of extracting geolocation data. Written in an easy to understand manner with the goal of a quick-read-and-to-put-into-practice.

112 pages, Paperback

Published August 5, 2019

About the author

I've had a fantastic career in law enforcement, starting in a municipal police agency (Renton WA PD) where I took on various roles. I was selected for detectives, later assigned to a state (VNET) task force, and then recruited to a federal (DHS) task force. Along the way, I was appointed as a bicycle patrol officer, SWAT officer, use-of-force instructor, undercover officer, and computer forensics examiner.

My cases spanned coast-to-coast in the USA. I even ventured outside the USA, working undercover and infiltrating international organized crime rings for various alphabet agencies in foreign countries. I’ve bought, sold, and seized tons of drugs, along with seizing hundreds of illegal firearms. I smuggled bulk currency across borders and assumed undercover roles as a drug trafficker, drug manufacturer, arms trafficker, human trafficker, and hit man. But rescuing children from trafficking after witnessing their tragedies made me cry. That changed me more than anything else I’ve ever done.

I’ve also been an adjunct instructor at the University of Washington’s Digital Forensics Program, qualified in courts as an expert witness, appointed as a Special Master, and consulted on digital forensic at every court level. I speak at lots of conferences, write blogs on digital forensics (www.brettshavers.com and www.dfir.training), am an honorary life member and former President of the Computer Technology Investigators Network (https://ctin.org/), and am a founding member of DFIR Review (https://dfrws.org/dfir-review/). I have worked on all kinds of criminal and civil cases, from harassment to national security matters. Of all my training and experiences, my most effective “teachers” have been those I wined and dined with while undercover.

And long, long ago, I served as an active-duty Corporal of Marines (I was in 2/3, for you Devil Dogs out there wondering). Now, I am but a humble member of the Marine Corps League and the Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary.
You can find me rambling away at www.brettshavers.com.