JACK: [MUSIC] They were upset because they were supposed to be the first contact if something happened. Its not where files are stored or even e-mails. They just had to re-enter in all that stuff from the last ten months back into the systems again. Not only that, but to have them log in as admins, which means they have full permission to change anything they want or do whatever they want in the network? Looking through the logs and data she collected, she looks at the IP address of the user, which is sort of a digital address. Lindsey Beckwith is on Facebook. JACK: Whoa, its crazy to think that this IT company had to have the Secret Service explain the dangers of why this is a problem. conINT 2021 Delayed to November 20-21, 2021, conINT Welcomes 19 Speakers from 2020s Call for Presentations. So, she grabs this thing and jumps in her car, and starts driving to the police department. Nicole. Michael is related to Ragnhild Linnea Beckwith and Katherine Linner Beckwith. You just needed the username and password to get into this thing or if you had an exploit for this version of Windows. Its also going to show what processes are running, what apps are open, the names of all the files on the systems, the registry, network connections, users logged in, and system logs. NICOLE: [MUSIC] I got, oh gosh, a whole host of different training. Program Objective Our Mission & Goals Add this episode of Darknet Diaries to your own website with the following embed code: JACK: Whenever we have a computer problem that we need to troubleshoot, we often want to know why that was a problem. The investigation has revealed the identity of the alleged suspect as being Carter Beckwith, an 18-year-old Havasu resident. I had a chance to attend a session, which were led by Nicole Beckwith, an investigator and digital forensic analyst for the Auditor of State and highly regarded expert on cybersecurity, policy, cyberterrorism, computer forensics, network investigations and network intrusion response. A few days later, the manufacturer told us they analyzed the core dumps and said the reason for the crash was spurious emissions from space. "OSINT is my jam," says her Twitter account @NicoleBeckwith. Im, again, completely floored at this point, not quite understanding what just came out of his mouth, right? JACK: Of course, the IT company did not like this idea since it meant that city council members and everyone couldnt check their e-mail remotely anymore. Lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Discover Nikole Beckwith 's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. JACK: Now, because the internet connects us all together, shed often be investigating a case and find out that the suspect is in another state, so this would often mean that the case would turn into a federal investigation, where it landed in the hands of the FBI or Department of Homeland Security, or even the Secret Service. In this episode she tells a story which involves all of these roles. So, Im making sure the police department is okay with it, getting permission from the police chief, from the city manager, the mayor, my director and my chief at the state, as well as the resident agent in charge or my boss at the Secret Service, because there is a lot of red tape that you have to work through in order to even lay hands on a system to start an investigation. So, I was trying to hurry and capture whatever I could for forensics right away, before something went down. They changed and updated all the passwords. Follow these instructions on how to enable JavaScript. So, social security numbers and birthdates, and drivers license, and sensitive information about cases as well as a whole host of other things that a police department has overseen, right? This address has been used for business registration by fourteen companies. Learn more about our Master of Arts in Nutrition Science program. Nicole now works as Manager of Threat Operations for The Kroger Co. Sign Up. NICOLE: Yeah, so, for somebody that has complete admin access as a couple of these folks did, they potentially have access to everything thats on this server. We have 11 records for Erin Beckwith ranging in age from 33 years old to 48 years old. Austin J Beckwith, Christy Ann Beckwith, and three other persons are connected to this place. Youre being really careful about what you touch cause you dont want to alter the data. But she did follow up to see what happened. [00:45:00] Theres just nothing there to help them be productive. Accepted Stealth Vigilance, LLC 4801 Glenwood Ave Ste 200 . But youre still gonna think through the theories and the thought youre gonna have these thoughts and things are gonna pop into your head. So, having that in the back of my head, of course youre wondering why is this person logged in and then, he does have motive to be upset with the police department. In that role, she curates Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIRs) with key stakeholders in the Aviation Cybersecurity & Technology Risk organization. [00:20:00] Im doing dumps of data on Volatility. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. For more information, please contact: Todd Logan PCSI Coordinator HIV/STD Prevention & Care Branch Texas Department of State Health Services 512-206-5934 Nicole.beckwith@dhhs.nc.gov Printable PDF version of PCSI Success Story The third result is Michael Erin Beckwith age 30s in El Dorado Hills, CA. NICOLE: The gateway network is how this police department gets access to new suspect information, how we run suspects, how we run for doing traffic stuff, how we run plates. Erin has been found in 13 states including Texas, Missouri, Washington, Ohio, California. [2] Early life [ edit] Beckwith grew-up in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Search Report. Theres a lot of information thats coming back from this system. She's a programmer, incident responder, but also a cop and a task force officer with the Secret Service. JACK: But theyre still upset on how this [00:30:00] incident is being handled. So, its a slow process to do all this. Im sure that theyre continuing to work on that, but they did quite a bit right away. BRADENTON Fla. - U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Brianna Beckwith, from Bradenton, Florida, and Aviation Structural Mechanic 1st Class Julian Emata, from San Francisco, perform maintenance on an E/A-18G Growler, attached to the "Zappers" of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). So, she was happy that they finally turned off public access to this computer, and left. She checks the status of her Volatility tool, and its almost done collecting what she needs. They knew they could just restore from backup and everything would be fine again, because thats a great way to mitigate the threat of ransomware. JACK: Well, thats something for her at least to look at. Its purpose is to aid journalists, conference organizers, and others in identifying and connecting with expert sources beyond those in their existing Rolodexes. NICOLE: In addition to logs, I had asked them if from the prior incident they had saved a variant or a file of malware, if they were able to find a ransom letter, if what they had, that they could potentially hand over to me in addition to that so that we could kinda see what strain of malware it was, if we could do soft attribution on it based on that, if there were any other details that we could glean from prior evidence. 1. Well, have you ever used your home computer to log into the police departments server before? Ms. Beckwith works as an Advanced Security Engineer for the Kroger Technology Automation and Tools team. But this was a process over time. Could they see the initial access point? That sounds pretty badass. [1] and Sam Rosen's 2006 release "The Look South". Ms. Beckwith works as an Advanced Security Engineer for the Kroger Technology Automation and Tools team. But from my point of view, they completely failed the police department on that first incident. She has worked with numerous local, state and federal law enforcement partners on criminal investigations including the FBIs public corruption unit and Homeland Security Investigations. We would love the assistance. Hey, I just released the ninth bonus episode of Darknet Diaries. So, youre looking at officers and officer security and their names and information, and e-mail addresses. We see theres a local IP address thats on the network at this time. My understanding is theyre thats a process because it costs so much money and obviously its a government agency budgets only allow for certain things at certain times. When Im probing them for a little bit more details like hey, do you know what happened? Nicole R Beckwith, age 32 View Full Report Address:***** County Road 7240, Lubbock, TX. You know what? NICOLE: [MUSIC] Yeah, so, in my go-bag I have a whole bunch of other of things, including food and clothes and all of that that you just mentioned, but I have what we call a toaster. They ended up choosing a new virus protection software. Can I please come help you? NICOLE: Thank you. JACK: Now, at this point, Nicole is doing more mental gymnastics to try to figure out how and why. Im also calling a secondary agent and backup for me. Lives in Topeka, Kansas. I also once that is running, I wanted to grab network traffic and so, I started Wireshark up and Im dumping network traffic to a USB also. Are there any suspicious programs running? "Brave, not perfect" became the motto of the after-school partnership between my high school academy and a local middle school to teach girls the power of Obviously, thats not enough as we all know in this field, so you have to keep learning. Theres only one access. As you can imagine though, capturing all network traffic is a lot of stuff to process. Then on top of that, for forensics, I would also include my WiebeTech Ditto machine for imaging. It did not have a heavy amount of traffic going over it either, so this wasnt an over-utilization issue. Diane Davison, Christy Ann Beckwith, Michael S Beckwith, Austin J Beckwith were identified as possible owners of the phone number (702) 636-0536 Im like okay, stop everything. A few minutes later, the router was back up and online and was working fine all on its own. She looks at her boss whos also in the room and then back to the mayor, and asks him another question. Nicole is an international speaker recognized in the field of information security, policy, and cybercrime. Marshal. What the heck is that? This system should not be accessible from the internet. Nicole Beckwith (Nickel) See Photos. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. But Nicole still had this mystery; who the hell logged into the police station from the mayors home? So, I just look at my boss and shake my head cause at that point, I dont really know what to say. So, yeah, no, Im arriving, Im grabbing all this stuff out of my the trunk of my car, meeting the lieutenant and the chief and kinda doing a data dump on hey, whats happened since I talked to you last, letting all my other bosses know I have arrived on-scene and Im going to start. TJ is the community manager for Offensive Security and is a pentester in the private sector. There was somebody in the mayors computer that ended up gaining access to the server through the mayors home computer. So, of course I jumped at the opportunity and they swore me in as a task force officer for their Financial and Electronic Crimes Division. I tried good cop, bad cop; Im not a very scary person, so that doesnt work very well unless Im the good cop. Kerrie Nicole Beckwith is a resident of MI. Doing reconnaissance on this case and looking at some of the past cases and just knowing the city and wondering who could potentially have an issue with the police department, I did run across some information that suggested that the mayor of the city may have taken an issue with the police department because he was actually previously, prior to becoming mayor, arrested by this police department. JACK: [MUSIC] [00:05:00] A task force officer for the Secret Service? So, they said thats awesome. NICOLE: Yeah, I was probably logging in to check my mail, my e-mail. I always have a go-bag in my car. Were just like alright, thank you for your time. Together Together, writer/director Nikole Beckwith's second film, fills a space you may not have realized was missing in pop culture. JACK: With their network secure and redesigned and their access to the gateway network reinstated, things returned to normal. Syracuse, New York 13244. But somehow, at some point of her career, she decided she wanted to be a cop. JACK: She shows him the date and times when someone logged into the police department. She studied and learned how to be a programmer, among other things. Nicole Beckwith (Nicky) See Photos. Is it the secretary that just logged in? Nikole Beckwith is a self-taught filmmaker with a background in theater, who made her feature film debut with Stockholm, Pennsylvania, which she directed from her own Black List recognized script. So, Im resetting that. Like, its set up for every person? Shes baffled as to why, and starts to think maybe shes just got there fast enough to actually catch this hacker mid-hack. She also conducts research on emerging products, services, protocols, and standards in support of security enhancement and development efforts. Recently Nicole developed two cybersecurity training programs, teaching more than 1600 officers how to respond to cybercrime and over 4400 government employees on information security best practices. Most of all, we want to inspire people to look outside of their OSINT-comfort zones and pursue their OSINT passions. Im talking to the agent in charge, Im talking to my bosses and just letting them know hey, this is what Im seeing. Am I gonna see multiple accounts logging in? Select this result to view Michael A Beckwith's phone number, address, and more. Obviously they connected from a public IP, and she had that, but then from there she did a geo-IP lookup to see where this IP address may be located physically in the world. But they did eventually get granted access back after they could prove that they had done all of these upgrades. Keynote: Nicole Beckwith Advanced Security Engineer, Kroger. This server does behind-the-scenes work, authorizing and authenticating connections among other stuff. Support for this show comes from Exabeam. Nicole Beckwith, a top cybersecurity expert, says it doesn't have to be this way. (702) 636-0536 (Central Tel Co) is the number currently linked to Alyssa. But depending on how big these snapshots are, each of these questions can take a while to get answers to. What system do you try to get into first? From 2011 through June 2013, 1118 at-risk clients were tested for hepatitis C at BCDH clinics and educated on how to reduce their risk of contracting the virus. As soon as that finishes, then Im immediately like alright, youre done; out. [INTRO MUSIC ENDS]. You kinda get that adrenaline pumping and you [00:25:00] see that this isnt a false positive, cause going over there Im wondering, right, like, okay, so their printers went down; is this another ransomware, potential ransomware incident? NICOLE: So, the Secret Service kept seeing my name in all these reports. . These training courses are could vary from one week to five weeks in length. NICOLE: Exactly. Nutrition & Food Studies. JACK: Yeah, okay. Exabeam lets security teams see what traditional tools cant, with automated threat detection and triage, complete visibility across the entire IT environment and advanced behavioral analytics that distinguishes real threats from perceived ones, so security teams stay ahead and businesses keep moving without fear of the unknown. Yes, they outsource some of the computer management to another company. JACK: She called them up as a courtesy to see if they needed any help. He was getting on this server and then using a browser to access e-mails on another server. For more information about Sourcelist, contact us. JACK: Whats more is that some of these people are sharing their admin log-ins with others. In this episode she tells a story which involves all of these roles. We really need to talk to you about this because its coming back to you. 2. This router crashed and rebooted, but why? I dont ever want to be the only person there. NICOLE: So, Im on the phone with him when I first get there. And use promo code DARKNET. NICOLE: Yeah, I did hear after the fact that they were able to find a phishing e-mail. Nicole has been found in 20 states including New York, California, Maryland, Kansas, Connecticut. It didnt take the entire city down, but at least the entire police department. Basically asking me to asking them to send me anything that they could in the logs that could potentially help me with this case. In this episode, Jack Rhysider interviews Nicole Beckwith, a former state police officer and US marshal, who at the time is a digital forensic examiner for The State of Ohio. By David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth. I mean, if hes savvy enough to do remote connections and hack into things, then he would know he needed to hide his tracks better, right? (315) 443-2396. nmbeckwi@syr.edu. Beckwith. But writer-director Nicole Beckwith chooses to bring her thoughtful comedy to a much more interesting place than we expect. The latest backup they had was from ten months ago. Nicole recently worked as a Staff Cyber Intelligence Analyst for GE Aviation tracking and researching APT and cybercrime groups and conducting OSINT investigations for stakeholders. The mayor went and logged into the police departments computer to check his e-mail, and the attacker saw all this, including his password he typed. Then of course gloves after a really bad scare once where I thought I had gotten into something nasty on a computer. She's a programmer, incident responder, but also a cop and a task force officer with the Secret Service. Copyright 2022 ISACA Atlantic Provinces Chapter. Nikole Beckwith is an American director, actress, screenwriter, artist, and playwright. Theres no reason for it. Her first film Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2012 Nicholl Fellowship, 2012 Black List, 2013 Sundance Screenwriters Lab), which was adapted from her stage play of the same name, premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film . Law Enforcement can leverage different aspects of OSINT to further an investigation. I log into the server. Obviously in police work, you never want to do that, right? For instance, with domain admin access, the mayor could easily read anyones e-mail, not just his. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. So, I need your cooperation. Nutrition Science & Dietetics Program. But it didnt matter; shes already invested and wants to check on it just in case. Not a huge city, but big enough that you a ransomware incident would take them down. Lookup the home address and phone and other contact details for this person. She's a programmer, incident responder, but also a cop and a task force officer with the Secret Service. One time when I was at work, a router suddenly crashed. So, my heart sinks at that point. Nobody knows, which is horrible when youre trying to account for whats going on in your network. It was not showing high CPU or out of memory. NICOLE: So, right now, as Im seeing the log-ins, I have to weigh in my head, do we leave them logged in and potentially allow them to do additional harm or do I immediately revoke them? They shouldnt be logging in from home as admin just to check their e-mail. We just check whatever e-mail we want. Cybersecurity Ms. Beckwith is a former state police officer, and federally sworn U.S. In this episode she tells a story which involves all of these roles. Shes collecting data and analyzing it, but she knows she needs more data. I said, do you what are your credentials to log in? Find your friends on Facebook. . Admins should only use their admin accounts to do admin-type things. JACK: This is kind of infuriating to me. Maybe a suspect or theres a case or they got pulled over. NICOLE: As a lot of us know, you always have to make sure that your backups are good, and they did not test their backups prior to deploying them, so they simply restored the system from backup, checked the box, and said were good. In this case, backup just for the forensics, but in some cases I am asking for backup for physical security as well. So, a toaster is a hard drive or a SATA dock that you can plug a hard drive into and do imaging or whatever. So, all-in-all, I think I did seven different trainings, roughly eighteen months worth off and on, going back and forth from home to Hoover, Alabama, and then was able to investigate all these cases. These were cases that interested her the most. Nicole B. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. They were upset with the police department. I just think vendors that require this are dumb because the consequences of having your domain controller hacked is far greater than your app going down. Now, what really was fortunate for her was that she got there early enough and set up quickly enough that no ransomware had been activated yet. Yeah, well, that might have been true even in this case. See more awards . She is an international speaker recognized in the field of information security, policy, and cybercrime. For whatever reason, someone decided that it was too much of a risk to have the webmail server exposed to the internet for people to log into, but thought it was perfectly fine to have the domain controller exposed to the internet for people to log into instead? Of those tested, 64 (5.7%) were diagnosed with HCV infection and educated on ways to reduce spread of the infection and slow disease progression. NICOLE: Right, yeah, so, of course Im just letting Wireshark run, but then Volatility yeah, theres a whole host of scripts and data points that I want dumped. NICOLE: So, I write a search warrant to that ISP asking for who this IP address comes back to. Do you have separate e-mail address, password? by Filmmaker Staff in Festivals & Events, . She also conducts research on emerging products, services, protocols, and standards in support of security enhancement and development efforts. So, you have to have all those bases covered, so, Im making a lot of phone calls. JACK: Yeah, a redesign like this does cost a lot, but they had their hand forced because the attorney general found out about these security incidents and was not happy. Support for this show comes from IT Pro TV. Ms. Beckwith is a former state police officer, and federally sworn U.S. Yeah, so, admin credentials to this server, to RDP in, and then theyre checking their e-mail. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Spurious emissions from space. Marshal. You successfully log-in. United States Cheddi Jagan International Airport, +1 more Social science. How much time passes? I can see why theyre upset but professionally, theres no time for that. JACK: So, Secret Service; thats who protects the president, right? jenny yoo used bridesmaid dresses. Usually youre called in months after the fact to figure out what happened. A few days later, the manufacturer told us they analyzed the core dumps and said the reason for the crash was spurious emissions from space. Theme music created by Breakmaster Cylinder. [MUSIC] He looked at the environmental data before the crash. So, Im already aware of this agency because its in my jurisdiction, so we had reached out when they were hit to offer any assistance. She has also performed live with a handful of bands and sings on Tiger Saw's 2005 record Sing! Your help is needed now, so lets get to work now. Nicole is an international keynote speaker recognized in the fields of information security, policy, OSINT and cybercrime. Im pulling reports, dumping that to a USB drive. Forensic . I always had bottles of water and granola bars or energy bars, change of clothes, bath wipes, deodorant, other hygiene items, all of those things, of course. There was credentials stolen. Shes a programmer, incident responder, but also a cop and a task force officer with the Secret Service. Published June 3, 2021 Updated Sept. 7, 2021. . Ideally, you should be onsite at the police department to get into this system. As a little bit of backstory and to set the stage a bit, this is a small-sized city, so approximately 28,000 residents, ten square miles. NICOLE: Yeah, no, probably not. Talk from Nicole: Whos guarding the gateway. Copyright 2020-2021 conINT.io and the National Child Protection Task Force, Inc. All Rights Reserved. JACK: Someone sent the mayor a phishing e-mail. Youre basically looking at a beach full of sand and trying to figure out that one grain of sand that shouldnt be there. While all thats going on, shes poking around in the server, looking for anything out of the ordinary, and she finds something.