Things have been busy lately but I finally managed to catch up with a few recent Quiztime challenges. This post will explain how I managed to solve Tilman Wagner’s challenge from 30th October but I have to say it was…
Tag: Techniques
Using PGP Keys For OSINT
I was originally going to write this guide as part of my post on OSINT for e-mail addresses, but really this is better as separate subject. PGP keys are used for a variety of purposes, but one of the main…
Carbon-14: Verifying The Age of A Website
Carbon14 is a really useful Python tool for website investigations and verification. It allows investigators to work out when a webpage was created, and if it has potentially been altered since it was first published. Carbon14 checks the data attached…
Gap Analysis: Chrono and Geolocation In Berlin (Quiztime 7th October 2019)
I’ve written a few blogs about gap analysis before, but it’s an important skill for investigation and intelligence analysis work so I decided to write about it again. Daily Quiztime challenges are a good platform to demonstrate how this kind…
Digital Shadows: Seeking Sector035 – Quiztime 26th September 2019
How could you use open source information to trace a fugitive or a missing person? For this post I thought it would be an interesting exercise to see what information it would be possible to gather from Sector035’s recent Quiztime…
Search Tip: Finding Historic WhoIs Data
The WhoIs system used to be a goldmine for OSINT investigators. It was usually possible to find out the address, phone number, and e-mail address of the person who owned or at least registered the website. However the increasing use…
Getting Started With Spiderfoot – A Beginner’s Guide
Spiderfoot is one of my favourite OSINT gathering tools. It automates a huge number of queries that would take a long time to do manually. It comes with a wide range of modules that will conduct automated searches for e-mail…
The Attrition of Information in OSINT: Why Acting Quickly Matters, And How To Recover When You Don’t.
Speed is a critical factor in investigations of any kind. The longer information is left or ignored, the more likely it is to become obscured, contaminated, or disappear altogether. This is true of any kind of information, whether it be…
12 OSINT Resources For E-mail Addresses
Most OSINT investigations involve an e-mail address at some point. Some start with an e-mail and nothing else. E-mail addresses can sometimes be a bit of a challenge but they can also provide a wealth of information about a subject.…
Quiztime 25th August 2019 – Military Vehicles & Geolocation
This Sunday we were treated to an extra Quiztime image location challenge which involved an unidentified military vehicle. Doxsor posted this image and asked where this military vehicle was headed to, and which barracks was closest to the location: …