OSIntOps News

07 Jul 2025 20:26

bitchat
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- Decentralized Mesh Network: Automatic peer discovery and multi-hop message relay over Bluetooth LE
- End-to-End Encryption: X25519 key exchange + AES-256-GCM for private messages
- Room-Based Chats: Topic-based group messaging with optional password protection
- Store & Forward: Messages cached for offline peers and delivered when they reconnect
- Privacy First: No accounts, no phone numbers, no persistent identifiers
- IRC-Style Commands: Familiar /join, /msg, /who style interface
- Message Retention: Optional room-wide message saving controlled by room owners
- Universal App: Native support for iOS and macOS
- Cover Traffic: Timing obfuscation and dummy messages for enhanced privacy
- Emergency Wipe: Triple-tap to instantly clear all data
- Performance Optimizations: LZ4 message compression, adaptive battery modes, and optimized networking

OSIntOps News

01 Jun 2025 21:46

Docling

https://github.com/docling-project/docling

Docling simplifies document processing, parsing diverse formats — including advanced PDF understanding — and providing seamless integrations with the gen AI ecosystem.

OSIntOps News

24 May 2025 13:12

TryHackMe: Searchlight - IMINT Walkthrough - Jasper Alblas
https://www.jalblas.com/blog/tryhackme-searchlight-imint-walkthrough/
A walkthrough for a TryHackMe room focused on Image Intelligence (IMINT) and Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), suitable for beginners in OSINT.

OSIntOps News

22 May 2025 13:12

OSINT expert reveal with proof: India's 'Operation Sindoor' crippled key Pakistani military bases
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News report detailing how an OSINT expert revealed satellite evidence of damage to Pakistani military installations, showcasing OSINT's role in geopolitical conflict analysis.

OSIntOps News

21 May 2025 11:10

Top OSINT Tools: A Fresh Take on Open-Source Intel

HackRead Article

An updated list of the best free and paid OSINT tools for 2025. It covers tools ranging from network analysis to social media insights, aiding professionals in enhancing their intelligence gathering capabilities.

OSIntOps News

19 May 2025 10:09

NewsGuard AI Quarterly: The Global AI Disinformation War

NewsGuard AI Monitor

NewsGuard's latest report highlights how AI models and products have become battlegrounds for global disinformation warfare. The analysis focuses on adversaries like Russia and China using AI to spread false claims and propaganda, emphasizing the need for vigilance in OSINT practices.

OSIntOps News

17 May 2025 17:16

Institutionalization: A Way Forward to Prove the Role of Open-Source Intelligence to the Courts - Opinio Juris
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Short description: (Published April 28, 2025) This article discusses the growing use of OSINT in legal and criminal contexts, particularly international investigations, and the efforts to codify and standardize its use to enhance its evidentiary value in court.

OSIntOps News

16 May 2025 09:57

Mental Health in OSINT: Essential Reading
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Working in OSINT often means facing the darkest sides of humanity. As we observe Mental Health Awareness Week, here are key resources to understand and manage vicarious trauma in our field:

📕 What’s it like when your job involves wading through others' suffering?
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20240509-what-its-like-when-your-job-involves-wading-through-others-suffering

📘 How to Maintain Mental Hygiene as an Open Source Researcher
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/articles/2022/10/10/how-to-maintain-mental-hygiene-as-an-open-source-researcher/

📗 Vicarious Trauma & OSINT: A Practical Guide
https://nixintel.info/osint/vicarious-trauma-and-osint-a-practical-guide/

📒 Let’s Talk About Mental Health
https://ra-winny.medium.com/lets-talk-about-mental-health-4b52b808e58c

📑 CIR Policy on Handling Traumatic Content
https://www.info-res.org/post/handling-traumatic-content-a-policy-template-for-newsrooms-and-researchers

💡 Being trauma-informed isn’t optional. It’s critical for sustainable, ethical OSINT.

OSIntOps News

07 May 2025 20:45

After months of relentless work, dedication, and passion, we are finally launching what is officially the world’s first Web Forensics Course and C.W.F.E (Certified Web Forensic Expert) Certification .

This certification marks a new era for digital evidence collection—built by investigators, for investigators. It’s product-neutral, field-proven, and laser-focused on how to preserve, acquire, and document online content in a forensically sound manner.

A heartfelt thank you to Alessandro Rella and Andreia Lungulescu for their tireless efforts in shaping the course and making this vision a reality. Your contribution has been fundamental—this achievement simply couldn’t have happened without you.

Forensic professionals and law enforcement experts:
This is an advanced certification for you. And for a limited time, it’s completely free.

If you believe in the importance of proper web evidence handling, we’d be truly grateful if you could reshare this post and help spread the word.

https://academy.ricta.io/course/advanced-web-forensics-course

OSIntOps News

20 Apr 2025 20:20

ChatGPT now performs well at GeoGuesser
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Uhm, a new ChatGPT version just dropped and GeoGuesser is now a solved problem.

PSA: When posting any outdoors photos, update your threat model from "someone skilled and dedicated could theoretically locate this" to "any stalker can do this for 20€/mo"
example

OSIntOps News

19 Apr 2025 19:27

JudyRecords
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For U.S. legal investigations, JudyRecords offers:
- 740+ million court cases (10× PACER, 100× Google Scholar)
- Full-text search with logical operators (AND, OR, NOT), proximity ("phrase"~3), exclusions (-term)
- Name matching: john m doe,, (lenient) or john michael doe,,, (strict)
- Up to 500,000 results per query
- 📦 Also includes 8.1+ million U.S. patents (1976–2022)

🤖 REST API for Automation
JudyRecords provides a RESTful API delivering structured JSON data, ideal for:
- OSINT tool integration
- Automated analysis
- ETL workflows

Comprehensive documentation

OSIntOps News

10 Apr 2025 19:04

The OSINT playbook: essential tools and tutorials for every analyst
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Over the years, I’ve published numerous tutorials and resource lists dedicated to OSINT (Open Source Intelligence). Many of you have found these resources valuable for your research and investigations. Today, I wanted to compile a fresh, comprehensive, and updated article that brings together the best search engine-based OSINT tools and tutorials available for free online.

Whether you’re a cybersecurity professional, investigative journalist, researcher, or simply curious about OSINT techniques, this guide aims to be your one-stop resource for elevating your open-source intelligence gathering capabilities. I’ve organized everything into logical categories to help you quickly find what you need based on your specific investigation requirements.

OSIntOps News

27 Feb 2025 18:51

Introducing DeepSearcher: A Local Open Source Deep Research
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OSIntOps News

26 Feb 2025 18:41

I Built a Deep Research with Open Source—and So Can You!
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OSIntOps News

06 Feb 2025 10:37

🗺️ Step-by-Step OSINT Investigation of an International Criminal: The Case of Timur Kamilevich Shakhmametov 🌐

In this article, we explore the OSINT investigation 🕵️‍♂️ into the notorious cybercriminal 🦹‍♂️, whose operations span illegal carding platforms 💳❌, money laundering 💰🔄, and mobile game scams 🎮🎯.

OSIntOps News

21 Jun 2025 09:53

Blockchain OSINT resources

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A collection of tools and resources useful for OSINT investigations in the cryptocurrency. This is a dynamic list.
most resources here are from investigations I've done.

- Blockchain Explorers
- Crypto OSINT Analysis & Learning
- APIs & Data Sources
- Compliance, Risk, & AML Resources
- Learning Resources
- Investigation Workflows

from cybdetective

OSIntOps News

26 May 2025 13:59

Welcome to GEOG 571 - Intelligence Analysis, Cultural Geography, and Homeland Security
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This course examines and illuminates the relationships between cultural geography, civil security, and the stability of the existing world order. It rests firmly upon the application of the tools of spatial analysis that are at the heart of the discipline of geography, and is designed to help students develop the analytical processes that will lead to enlightened syntheses (intelligence products) about the connections associated with cultural differences and current internal and external threats to the security of the American homeland. It also is designed to encourage students to examine the impacts of cultural differences on the stability of the existing world order. The overarching objective of this course is to help successful students develop the knowledge, comprehension, and skills needed to effectively analyze current geospatial realities and, through the prism of cultural geography, create a rational predictive synthesis (intelligence summary) about potential human threats to the security of the nation. The course consists of projects, associated readings, written assignments, and discussions.

OSIntOps News

23 May 2025 13:12

Cyber Warfare and Nation-State Attack - Investigating Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) - Figshare
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Short description: (Published May 14, 2025) A preprint manuscript providing a comprehensive analysis of TTPs employed by nation-state actors in cyberspace, including the role of OSINT in reconnaissance and the broader implications for geopolitical conflict and defense.

OSIntOps News

21 May 2025 14:58

ScrapeGraphAI: You Only Scrape Once
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ScrapeGraphAI is a web scraping python library that uses LLM and direct graph logic to create scraping pipelines for websites and local documents (XML, HTML, JSON, Markdown, etc.).

OSIntOps News

20 May 2025 13:12

OSINT Basics: Going Beyond Google with Bing and Yahoo Dorking
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An article discussing the use of search engine "dorking" techniques on Bing and Yahoo as alternatives to Google for OSINT investigations, highlighting how to find sensitive or hidden information.

OSIntOps News

18 May 2025 18:17

OSINT Techniques: Complete List for Investigators (2025) - ShadowDragon.io
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A comprehensive guide detailing a wide array of OSINT techniques including cross-platform correlation, port scanning, vital record searches, FOIA requests, reverse image search, and dark web forum monitoring.

OSIntOps News

17 May 2025 10:09

Demystifying AI in OSINT Investigations

Authentic8 NeedleStack Podcast

This podcast episode explores how artificial intelligence is transforming OSINT workflows. It delves into the benefits of AI, such as accelerating data collection and report generation, while also addressing challenges like potential misuse and ethical considerations.

OSIntOps News

16 May 2025 08:41

Do the Real Thing
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Success largely boils down to a simple distinction. It’s glaringly obvious once you see it, but also easy to find ingenious ways of ignoring it: do the real thing and stop doing fake alternatives.

Consider one person who wrote to me saying she turned down a job working in French. She didn’t feel her French was good enough yet. So instead, she planned to listen to podcasts at home every day until she was ready.

You know what would have helped her get good at French? Working at the job in French.

Working at a job in the language she wanted to speak was the real thing for her. Listening to podcasts at home to prepare was the fake alternative she chose instead.

Or consider another person I spoke with who wanted to get better at writing music. He had come up with a complex analysis project. He was going to do a deep dive into past hits, figuring out what made them great. In all this complexity he ignored the obvious, real thing he should be doing: writing more songs. When I asked how many he had written so far, he said it was just three.

Business owners who spend more time printing business cards than finding clients. Students who create elaborate multicolored folders for their classes instead of sitting down and studying. People trying to get in shape who buy fancy workout gear instead of exercising. Pretend activity instead of the real thing.

OSIntOps News

21 Apr 2025 20:12

50+ Free OSINT Tools That I Use For My Investigations & Intelligence Gathering
By William Wolfe, OSC

🔗 View full post and links on LinkedIn

A highly practical LinkedIn post featuring over 50 free OSINT tools used daily in real-world investigations.

The resource includes tools and sites for:

- Username search
- Reverse image search
- People, phone, and email lookups
- Breach and password checks
- Doxxing, chat leaks, and paste sites
- IP and domain lookups
- Property and business ownership
- Court and inmate records
- Public maps and cameras
- Mass shooter and crime databases
- OSINT training resources
- Volunteer OSINT opportunities
- Global intelligence and crime data
- Personal vulnerability protection
- Supplementary paid tools
- Social media search and tracking

Created by a seasoned military and law enforcement professional, this is a must-bookmark for any OSINT investigator.

OSIntOps News

19 Apr 2025 19:30

Other US legal databases
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Caselaw Access Project – Free. 1.7 million+ federal cases. 4.9 million+ state cases.CAP includes all official, book-published United States case law — every volume designated as an official report of decisions by a court within the United States. Cases years range from 1658 to 2018.

CourtListener – Free. 4 million+ federal and state court opinions. 70K+ oral arguments. 38K+ hours of oral argument audio.Primarily focused on federal courts, state courts of last resort, and state appellate courts. CourtListener features advanced search capability, alerts for new opinions matching any search criteria, and ranking of search results that takes into account the authority of opinions based on citation and precedence factors. Individual opinion pages are richly cross-referenced to related case law. PACER notwithstanding, CourtListener is the most powerful case law research tool available online — and in many ways is much more powerful.

Fastcase Docket Alarm – Several free searches granted. Premium access upsell. 26 million+ federal cases. 91 million+ state cases. 19 million+ specialized agency cases (patent, trademark, tax, international trade, etc.). In addition to case tracking/alerts, Fastcase's Docket Alarm includes advanced analytics and calendaring capabilities.

Google Scholar Case Law – Free. Google doesn't provide the exact number of court cases. Being focused on federal courts, state courts of last resort, and state appellate courts, Google's case law database is highly likely to be roughly the same size of CourtListener's case law database of 4-5 million cases. Google's Case Law search is extremely fast to search and navigate, has a very clean user interface, supports Google's standard query operators, and allows the creation of alerts for new results that match a given search.

PACER – Fee-based, unless usage is less than $30 within a quarter or you are an exempted group or individual. 56 million+ federal court cases, including bankruptcy, criminal, civil, and appellate.PACER is the official case management system of the United States federal judiciary, run by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC). Fees are charged for almost every kind of request for case info, including each search result page viewed, and even when a search returns no results.

UniCourt – Several free searches granted. Premium access upsell. 9 million+ federal cases. 114 million+ state cases.UniCourt offers premium API-based access to legal data and case tracking/alerts for the cases in its database and any case available in PACER. A large selling point of UniCourt's solutions is that they use powerful data normalization processes and algorithms to add value to their legal data, which includes normalization of case classification and entity names (e.g., people, companies, attorneys, law firms, judges).

OSIntOps News

18 Apr 2025 21:44

Looking for OSINT tools by country?

GitHub link

Check out this excellent GitHub repository curated by the community, with regularly updated links to national OSINT resources, tools, and websites—structured for fact-checkers, investigators, and digital profilers.

OSIntOps News

28 Feb 2025 11:00

CHRONOS

GO tool to download and analyze archive org snapshots:

- search regex matches
- extract endpoints from JS fils
- calculate old favicon hashes
- extract html tags with XPath

https://github.com/mhmdiaa/chronos

from cybdetective

OSIntOps News

27 Feb 2025 18:44

What are the risks from Artificial Intelligence?
A comprehensive living database of over 1000 AI risks categorized by their cause and risk domain
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What is the AI Risk Repository?
The AI Risk Repository has three parts:

1) The AI Risk Database captures 1000+ risks extracted from 56 existing frameworks and classifications of AI risks
2) The Causal Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies how, when, and why these risks occur
3) The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies these risks into 7 domains (e.g., “Misinformation”) and 23 subdomains (e.g., “False or misleading information”)

OSIntOps News

19 Feb 2025 08:32

SANS Institute Launches AI Cybersecurity Hackathon
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As AI adoption accelerates, organizations lack the tools to secure these rapidly evolving technologies. While AI's potential in cybersecurity is vast, there is currently a significant gap between innovation and implementation. Many existing security solutions are either proprietary, insufficient, or simply inaccessible.

SANS Institute, the global leader in cybersecurity training and research, is launching the AI Cybersecurity Hackathon, a month-long event designed to address the urgent need for the development of these tools. The hackathon aims to inspire participants to develop expertise in AI security, identify and support cybersecurity talent, and drive progress in AI security research through open-source contributions. Running from February 15 to March 15, 2025, this hackathon provides an opportunity for cybersecurity professionals, ethical hackers, developers, and students to cultivate the critical skills and develop the open-source tools needed to address emerging AI security challenges.

OSIntOps News

02 Feb 2025 16:22

https://github.com/JackJuly/linkook