Reverse image searches are an important part of any OSINT investigation. There are dozens of specialist search engines available, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, but checking an image against numerous separate search engines is time consuming. Frustratingly many RI tools only allow you to search across one or two search engines like Google …
With any kind of OSINT investigation it’s easy to gather huge amounts of data in a very short amount of time, but what do you do with it all? There are thousands of tools you can use to scrape information from all kinds of sources, but how do you decide to prioritise it? What information …
Using Gap Analysis To Keep OSINT Investigations On Track Read More »
Today’s Quiztime was run by Fiete Stegers once again. It posed a very different kind of OSINT challenge because it involved gathering information in live-time from very volatile sources. On one hand this meant it was possible to get a lot of data very quickly and find Fiete in a very short time, but on …
Quiztime 24th May 2019 – Live OSINT gathering for the #ClimateStrike Read More »
Lars Wienand post challenges for Quiztime on Tuesdays. I’ve only tried a couple of his quizzes in the last few weeks but they were both fun to do. In this post I’m going to post my solutions for Lars’ quizzes from both May 14th and May 21st. May 14th – A Trip To London For …
Quiztime – Following Eintracht Frankfurt with Lars Wienand Read More »
Identifying and tracing a person’s footprints across the internet usually involves researching usernames across a wide variety of different platforms. There are many tools available to do this, but I’m a big fan of Sherlock for conducting quick and accurate username searches. Compared to some of the web-based alternatives like KnowEm and Namechk it …
If you enjoy regular OSINT quizzes like Quiztime there are a couple of other good resources out there that can help to develop a wide-range of skills for internet investigations. Here are a couple of my favourites: Sourcing.Games Sourcing.Games is a great training tool for learning a wide variety of internet investigative techniques. There are …
Last week I posted about how it was possible to obtain hi-res images and other information from Instagram and Twitter accounts by amending some of the URLs that the applications present by default. In a similar way it’s possible to obtain extra information about a Kik user profile by conducting queries with the correct URL. …
One of my life rules is never to make important decisions after 9 o’clock at night. It starts to get late, a tired mind doesn’t focus as well, and anything important can be delayed until the morning when things are clearer. It should also be one of my rules not to start OSINT challenges after …
Quiztime 17th May 2019 – Where is Phillip Dudek? Read More »
Images captured from Twitter and Instagram can be an important part of any OSINT investigation, but the images presented to us in a web browser are rarely of the same quality as when they were first taken and uploaded. Not only are the images stripped of the EXIF data that would be useful to an …
Using URL Manipulation To Get Higher Resolution Instagram and Twitter Images Read More »
All too often OSINT investigation is fixated by tools that we hope will make the job easier. Good tools do make OSINT easier, but they can never be a substitute for having a good understanding of the principles that underpin effective investigation. To be accurate and effective we need to know how to avoid common …
Quiztime 10th May – A Lego Journey With Fiete Stegers Read More »