When I was a child I spent a lot of time living around various military establishments in Germany. In the 1980s the north German plain was packed with NATO soldiers ready to fight the Russians in case they ever rolled over the East German border (remember when that was a thing?). Nowadays the Russians prefer […]
Quiztime 28th June 2019 – Planespotting On The Heide Read More »
In the short time that I have been blogging, many of the OSINT tools I’ve referred to have already become obsolete or no longer exist. Facebook removed Graph Search, Twitter removed geotagged Tweets, IntelTechniques lost its tools, and Pipl went behind a paywall. Although these setbacks can be frustrating, it’s important to remember that the
How do you identify the people or group who run a website? Knowing who really owns or controls a domain is an important part of many online investigations, but it can be very hard to do in cases where people do not want to be identified. The quickest and easiest way to find out who
Website Attribution Without WhoIs – Reverse IP Lookup Read More »
With the loss of a lot of well-used OSINT tools recently, it’s time to be reminded about what really makes for an effective OSINT investigation and that although tools come and go, the principles of good investigation don’t change. Good OSINT investigations start with a decision about method and parameters first – what do I
True, False, Or Cannot Say? Asking The Right Questions In OSINT Investigations Read More »
The first four parts of this series of posts looked at how to build your own custom Buscador-style OSINT virtual machine. Part One showed how to install Ubuntu, Part Two looked at installing programs from the Ubuntu software, Part Three was about how to install tools from the web with .deb packages, while Part Four
Build Your Own Custom OSINT Machine – Part 5 Read More »
