This is the third part in a series of posts that show how you can make your own custom Linux OSINT virtual machine similar to Buscador. The first post showed to create a virtual machine with Virtualbox and Ubuntu Linux, while the second post showed how to install some useful apps directly from the Ubuntu …
In my last post I showed how it was possibly to create your own custom OSINT virtual machine based on Ubuntu Linux. The first post covered the basics of how to set up and install Ubuntu 19.04 with Virtual Box and install VLC Media Player from the software centre. Like the previous post, this one …
Over the last few years I’ve moved from working entirely in a Windows environment, to trying Linux in a virtual machine (Kali and Buscador), before dual booting my PC (Windows 10 / Linux Mint) before finally ditching Windows completely and settling on an OSINT build that runs entirely in Linux Mint. Mint is derived from …
Build Your Own Custom OSINT Machine – DIY Buscador (Part 1) Read More »
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 …
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 »
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 …
Treeverse by Paul Butler has been around for a while now but it’s still one of the best ways to visualise and keep track of busy multi-threaded Twitter conversations. Originally only available in Chrome, a Firefox extension became available at the end of last year. Getting Treeverse The Treeverse source code is available at …
For a while I’ve wanted to write about the demise of WHOIS and the challenges faced by investigators trying to identify who owns or operates illegal websites that are hidden behind layers of obfuscation and obscurity. There’s no perfect solution, but there are a number of methods that can help shed light on the ownership …