Child Sexual Abuse Material & How to Investigate CSAM

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the investigative unit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced it initiated 4,224 child exploitation cases during the 2019 fiscal year, which began in October 2018 and concluded at the end of September. Those cases led to a total of 3,771 criminal arrests, and the identification or rescue of 1,066 victims. In this episode, The Pivot hosts and Maltego Subject Matter Experts Joe Ryan and Mario Rojas dive into the alarming topic: Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and how investigators and organizations can support the fight against it. They touch upon the following topics: 1. What technologies are involved in the production, identification, and detection of CSAM 2. Recent headlines that have to do with CSAM 3. How CSAM is investigated 4. What other types of CSAM are out there and where we can find information or reports about CSAM 5. How to prevent the spread of CSAM or get involved in the fight against CSAM 0:00 Welcome! 0:27 Tell us about yourself! 1:20 How CSAM is a subject close to us 4:43 What is CSAM and other related terminologies 9:35 What is the prevalence of CSAM? 14:37 What are the technologies involved in the production of CSAM? 21:46 Can you explain the Apple case on SCAM reporting? 27:41 Big companies efforts: PhotoDNA Microsoft, Apple 30:49 What is a hash collision? 35:51 Could you walk us through the investigation of SCAM? 47:45 How to investigate CSAM as a non-law-enforcement person? 55:55 Are there any other types of CSAM? 1:07:00 Any places to find more information or report CSAM? 1:08:32 How can online platforms like Facebook help report CSAM? 1:11:06 What can non-technical individuals do to help? 1:14:47 Reach out to us if any questions! ■ About The Pivot Brought to you by Maltego, The Pivot deep dives into topics pivoting from information security to the criminal underground. Each episode features interviews with experts from the industry and research fields and explores how they connect the dots. ■ About Maltego Used by investigators worldwide, Maltego is a graphical link analysis tool that allows users to mine, merge, and map data from OSINT and third-party data integrations for all sorts of investigations—cybersecurity, person of interest, fraud, and more. The podcast streams free on Spotify. You can also watch it all go down on YouTube. Don't forget to subscribe to our Twitter and LinkedIn to stay on top of our latest updates, tutorials, webinars, and deep dives. For more information about Maltego, visit our website.