CheckFirst https://checkfirst.network/ CheckFirst Wed, 06 May 2026 13:40:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 CheckFirst and Filigran connect the Pravda network to OpenCTI https://checkfirst.network/checkfirst-and-filigran-connect-the-pravda-network-to-opencti/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:55:51 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3456 Meet CheckFirst’s Import Connector, which brings in real-time data directly from the Pravda network.

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]]> Watch the replay: Decoding Russian intelligence: what medals and insignia reveal https://checkfirst.network/watch-the-replay-decoding-russian-intelligence-what-medals-and-insignia-reveal/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:55:40 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3370 On April 23rd, Hervé Letoqueux presented findings from two recent investigations merging OSINT and phaleristics.

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]]> Check First and Samsa immerse French journalists in a virtual foreign interference campaign https://checkfirst.network/check-first-and-samsa-immerse-french-journalists-in-a-virtual-foreign-interference-campaign/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:10:50 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3333 We constructed a one-day training with the French training organisation Samsa to help French journalists to learn how to identify and analyze information manipulation, disinformation campaigns, and coordinated inauthentic behavior in electoral context.

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]]> Unveiling GRU’s Information Operations Troops with OSINT and Medals  https://checkfirst.network/unveiling-grus-information-operations-troops-with-osint-and-medals/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:41:23 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3293 We tracked the infrastructure of one of the most secretive units of Russian intelligence by using phaleristics (i.e. the academic study of medals and military decorations) and traditional OSINT techniques.

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]]> A collective approach to documenting the supply chain of disinformation https://checkfirst.network/a-collective-approach-to-documenting-the-supply-chain-of-disinformation/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:59:42 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3267 Together with EU DisinfoLab, Viginum, Cassini, the Auswärtiges Amt, the EEAS and the DFRLab, we decided that it was time to organise our shared knowledge for the benefit of the community, using the Viginum-developed Information Manipulation Set (IMS) framework.

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]]> Check First and IWF join forces to tackle illegal content https://checkfirst.network/check-first-and-iwf-join-forces-to-tackle-illegal-content/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:24:25 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3254 We believe that this partnership will only strengthen our shared commitment towards a safer internet, given IWF’s technology-led mission to combat online child sexual abuse material.

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]]> Check First helps Armenian CSOs and journalists to protect election integrity https://checkfirst.network/check-first-helps-armenian-csos-and-journalists-to-protect-election-integrity/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:20:38 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3225 In partnership with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), the Swedish agency for peace, security and development, we spent a week in Yerevan, Armenia, helping Armenian civil society organisations and journalists strengthen their defences against foreign manipulation.

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]]> #Disinfo2025: our key takeaways from the EU DisinfoLab’s annual conference https://checkfirst.network/disinfo2025-our-key-takeaways-from-the-eu-disinfolabs-annual-conference/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:05:35 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3191 While threats against the community fighting against disinformation are on the rise, solidarity prevails. Civil society organisations, policymakers, platforms representatives and regulators gathered in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on October 15 and 16 for two days of discussions centered around many aspects of disinformation.

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]]> RADAR 1.8: Identify, assess and address potential DSA infringements https://checkfirst.network/radar-1-8-identify-assess-and-address-potential-dsa-infringements/ Fri, 05 Sep 2025 07:22:28 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3106 CheckFirst is excited to announce the release of the latest version of RADAR (Regulatory Assessment for Digital Services Act), a practical framework designed to help stakeholders simplify and standardise the Digital Services Act (DSA). 

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]]> Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia’s Hidden SIGINT Network https://checkfirst.network/decoding-secrets-through-symbols-how-military-insignia-revealed-russias-hidden-sigint-network/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000 https://checkfirst.network/?p=3017 Sometimes the best intelligence comes from the most unexpected sources. Our latest investigation proves this by using Russian online military insignia stores to map one of the FSB's most secretive units.

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