What’s the most boring part of Open Source Intelligence? Most OSINT practitioners (including me) usually enjoy the research phase of an assignment the most. Collecting data and finding new lines of enquiry is fun, but writing it all up at the end is usually dull. Well-written reports are a vital part of the OSINT process, […]
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If you’ve been interested in geolocation for any length of time, you’ll already be familiar with some of the most common tools that researchers make use of: Google Maps & Street View, Google Earth, reverse image search tools, Suncalc, and so on. There are many lesser-known tools that are also useful and can help to
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Being able to discover subdomains is an essential part of researching an organisation. Behind a company’s main domain there are many other subdomains that can provide useful information about an organisation’s structure, technology, and business practices. Subdomain discovery is a foundational skill for security researchers, but it is a very useful tool to add to
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One of the biggest challenges of internet investigation is preserving data once you’ve found it. We have access to more information than ever before, but so much of it can be easily lost if we don’t take steps to archive it. If you’ve ever bookmarked an important resource only to come back later and see
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There’s a huge difference between countries when it comes to using publicly available records for OSINT. If you’re researching a subject in the USA there’s a wealth of available information. In the EU it’s almost the opposite and it can be very difficult to find any public data at all. The UK is much more
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