Using photographs for OSINT purposes is not new but almost all work of this kind mostly focuses on the visual content of images. Much less well known is the usefulness of image meta- and file data for research purposes. Beyond the visual appearance of an image there is often additional information hidden within an image […]
The Secret Life Of JPEGs Read More »
Part of the huge upheaval brought about by the Coronavirus outbreak has meant that many of us have suddenly had to work from home. The challenge of staying connected with colleagues and collaborating on work projects has led to a huge growth in users for established services like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Google Docs.
Make Your Own Cloud: Getting Started With Nextcloud Read More »
In OSINT we make use of the wealth of information that is now available to us, but so often it becomes the case that there is too much information for us to process effectively. It’s easy to drown in a sea of data and you can quickly find yourself with twenty browser tabs open having
Using Gap Analysis For Smarter OSINT – Quiztime 4th March 2020 Read More »
The last blog post I wrote about Fake Twitter profiles is by far the most widely-read post I’ve ever published since I started this blog. It’s nice when people read your work but there was a little sour note with this post after it was pointed out to me that someone had been posting it
Who Stole My Stuff? Finding Out Who Is Behind A Website Read More »
The challenge of dealing with fake accounts that spread disinformation is probably one of the greatest challenges facing the large social media companies. Most methods used to detect fake Twitter accounts (like the excellent Botometer) assume that they are working at scale and are automated, and for large bot operations this is almost always the
Signs You’re Following A Fake Twitter Account… Read More »
