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19 Feb 2024 18:18

Week in OSINT #2024-06 - FUNINT
There are some rather affordable courses out there, like Aware Online and My OSINT Training, just to name two, and they actually give you a lot of bang for your buck! But a lot of you probably have seen those $50 courses, with 100 hours of material, on some shady website... Well, this meme is about THOSE courses!

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19 Feb 2024 10:34

Week in OSINT #2024-07 - Browser Privacy
Thread on X
Manuel Bot has created a thread over on X about browsers, and their privacy 'rating'. He created a list of browsers, and rated them himself. Looking at things like 'Fingerprint resistance test', or 'tracking query parameters', Firefox is doing a lot worse than Brave, Mulvad or the Tor browser, so in my opinion it should not be on top. But I do have to say that Firefox is also my personal preference. Looking at Brave though, in the past there has been some issues with injecting their affiliate links in the past, and more recently they allegedly sold copyrighted data to train AI. Talking about selling data for AI training, Reddit might have done that too!

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12 Feb 2024 18:52

11 Top OSINT Tools Changing the Game in 2024
https://www.forensicosint.com/top-osint-tools

In an era defined by the rapid acceleration of digital transformation, the realm of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) has emerged as a cornerstone for professionals across a multitude of sectors, including cybersecurity, law enforcement, journalism, and market research.

As we navigate through 2024, the evolution of OSINT tools has been nothing short of groundbreaking, propelling our ability to conduct comprehensive investigations, verify intricate details, and uncover the digital footprints of individuals and entities with unprecedented accuracy and efficiency.

The landscape of OSINT tools has expanded to offer solutions that not only enhance data collection and analysis but also significantly improve the identification of people, places, and essential details, thereby enriching the investigative process.

Today, I am thrilled to present a meticulously curated list of the top 11 OSINT tools for 2024.

This selection, inclusive of Forensic OSINT, a tool I co-founded, stands out for its innovation, unparalleled functionality, and distinctive capabilities that empower professionals to gather intelligence, authenticate information, and forge connections crucial for investigative success.

Each tool has been carefully chosen for its contribution to advancing the field of OSINT, ensuring that professionals are equipped with the most sophisticated and effective resources to navigate the complexities of today’s digital landscape.

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05 Feb 2024 15:31

Telegram similar channels (CLI and Maltego tool)
https://github.com/soxoj/telegram-similar-channels

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03 Feb 2024 19:19

Ars Technica: Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/google-search-kills-off-cached-webpages/
Google will no longer be keeping a backup of the entire Internet. Google Search's "cached" links have long been an alternative way to load a website that was down or had changed, but now the company is killing them off. Google "Search Liaison" Danny Sullivan confirmed the feature removal in an X post, saying the feature "was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn't depend on a page loading. These days, things have greatly improved. So, it was decided to retire it."

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02 Feb 2024 10:23

Pulling Threads: An OSINT Guide
https://www.osintcombine.com/post/pulling-threads-an-osint-guide
Meta’s new text-based application Threads has been proclaimed as a rival and even an existential threat to Twitter, especially in the wake of controversial anti-scraping measures introduced to Twitter. We’ve seen been plenty of reporting on the launch and uptake of the platform, but this blog will explore the implications of Threads for OSINT practitioners.

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29 Jan 2024 18:20

TeleTracker
https://github.com/tsale/TeleTracker

TeleTracker is a simple set of Python scripts designed for anyone investigating Telegram channels. It helps you send messages quickly and gather useful channel information easily.
This repository contains Python scripts, TeleTexter.py, TeleGatherer.py and TeleViewer.py, designed to assist analysts in tracking and disrupting active malware campaigns that use Telegram for command and control (C2) communications.

Do not use important tg accounts to obtain API keys (risk of blocking)

Tip by cybdetective

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24 Jan 2024 12:22

TGParse - Open Source Telegram chat parser.
https://github.com/memb3r/TGParse
TGParse - is a program on Python, that parse Telegram chat users and make a csv file with them. TGParse is working like a userbot, it enters your Telegram account and after that you need to choose a chat or a channel that you want to parse.

You can parse any chats in which you are a member. You can also parse channels, but only those in which you are an administrator and also must have less than 200 subscribers.

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23 Jan 2024 08:08

OSINT GPT
https://github.com/estebanpdl/osintgpt
osintgpt is a Python package for leveraging OpenAI's GPT models to analyze text data and perform tasks such as calculating text embeddings, searching for similar documents, and more. It is designed for use in open-source intelligence (OSINT) applications and research.

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21 Jan 2024 08:08

Phunter
https://github.com/N0rz3/Phunter
Phunter is a tool a very useful tool for finding information about a phone number
The hunting cat is able to find :

- operator
- possible(s) location(s)
- line type
- reputation
- various scraped information
- spammer or not
- connect to amazon or not
- owner

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20 Jan 2024 08:08

https://twitter.com/BenDoBrown/status/1743218872906346618

The account @BellaMorne, which claims to be from Washington, DC, is using images of model Celine Farach, and an AI-generated profile picture, as a disguise, while they make revenue by making tweets about Palestine and promoting Donald Trump. CC @XSecurity

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19 Jan 2024 08:08

Using the Wayback Machine and Google Analytics to Uncover Disinformation Networks - bellingcat
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2024/01/09/using-the-wayback-machine-and-google-analytics-to-uncover-disinformation-networks/

Tools https://github.com/bellingcat/wayback-google-analytics

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18 Jan 2024 13:13

Week in OSINT #2023-50 - Mozilla Mobile
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/new-extensions-youll-love-now-available-on-firefox-for-android/
On December 14, the news was published that more than 450 new extensions were released for the Android version of Firefox. Now they include some well-known extensions like uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, but I also see some interesting ones like Chameleon, that acts like a user-agent changer. And what about an extension to view archived web pages? And even the search-by-image extension? You can browse the extensions here, or find them via your mobile browser. Just don't forget to check the security ratings over at CRXcavator!

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17 Jan 2024 17:17

Week in OSINT #2023-49 - Sitemaps

https://publication.osintambition.org/how-to-use-python-sitemap-generator-for-osint-77bc69fa165d

Cyb_detective has been busy lately, downloading my site content. The reason for that is, to write a tutorial about how to create sitemaps, and download every single link from a website. In the tutorial a small Python script is shown that will generate a list of links. Besides that, other tools are mentioned too, to scrape websites for further analysis.

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17 Jan 2024 08:08

Week in OSINT #2023-50 - OSINT Quiz 2023
https://github.com/seintpl/osintquiz/tree/main/2023
One of the things I really wanted to do in 2023, was creating a new OSINT Quiz for my website, but I didn't even manage to add the older existing ones to my site! But thankfully, there is one other person that has been busy creating a wonderful quiz: The SEINT has again made an awesome OSINT quiz this year! So in case you have some time to spare during the holidays, and really want to give your brain a nice workout, go and check it out!

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19 Feb 2024 13:13

Week in OSINT #2024-06 - Top OSINT Tools

Blog
YouTube

Ritu Gill has collected a bunch of OSINT tools that can help you with your investigations. With each tool she explains why she likes the tool, and what you can do with it. It features sites that are well known in the community, like Epieos, the Internet Archive and Whatsmyname. But these lists are always great to share for people that are new to the scene. Of course, at number 1, is her own 'Forensic OSINT' tool, that helps you capture evidence from within your browser.

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14 Feb 2024 19:16

Elicitation
Applying the Art and Science of Humint to Business

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07 Feb 2024 18:18

Tor Link List 2024
https://github.com/darknet-book/tor-guide

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04 Feb 2024 08:08

SOWEL: SOcmint Weaknesses Enumeration List
https://sowel.soxoj.com/about
Welcome to SOCMINT weaknesses enumeration project!

What is "weakness" in SOCMINT context? We call things weaknesses if they are dictated by technical, business reasons, or even behavioural human habits; and allow to harvest more information and get insights during investigations and researches.

There are three main terms:

- Weaknesses (SOWEL) - abstract principles, processes and conditions allowing you to get more info
- Functionality (SOFL) - typical patterns of functionality implemented in social media platforms affected by weaknesses
- Techniques (SOTL) - specific actions, recommendations what to do to get more info

OSIntOps News

03 Feb 2024 08:08

There’s So Much Data Even Spies Are Struggling to Find Secrets

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-29/flood-of-personal-data-makes-life-tough-for-nsa-cia

Scouring open-source intelligence may not have the same cachet as undercover work, but it’s become a new priority for the US intelligence agencies.

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31 Jan 2024 18:18

A Year of OSINT Exercises Insights: Unveiling Patterns & Trends
https://gralhix.com/2024/01/27/a-year-of-osint-exercises-insights-unveiling-patterns-trends/
On 27 January 2023 I published my first OSINT Exercise page, aiming to offer free educational content in the form of well structured OSINT challenges. My objective was two-fold: teaching beginners the fundamentals of finding data, verifying data, and analysing data, whilst also presenting seasoned experts with tasks that may test their skills.

Now, one year later, I not only celebrate my own achievement, but also those who have used these challenges to improve their skills. What better way to mark this occasion than by showing how you can do an OSINT report on literally anything?

With this objective in mind, I embarked on a strange inception-like investigation, targeting my own OSINT exercises and social media presence to see what sort of intelligence I could gather from it. Essentially, an OSINT investigation into OSINT Exercises, created by an OSINT analyst (me).

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29 Jan 2024 10:32

OSINT Resources by Country
https://github.com/wddadk/OSINT-for-countries
Welcome to the OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) Resources repository, organized by country. Here you'll find a collection of links to various OSINT tools, websites, and projects that are specific to different countries.

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23 Jan 2024 19:10

TorBot
https://cyberliza.medium.com/tuesdaytool-9-torbot-for-open-source-intelligence-3dee033f71a7
TorBot is a powerful tool for conducting open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to derive value from TorBot effectively

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22 Jan 2024 10:16

Telegram Keyword Trends
https://github.com/thomasjjj/tg-keyword-trends
An analysis tool to explore the emergence of hatespeech, disinformation, and narratives of interest on the Telegram chat platform. Please use this tool with caution as it does not have content moderation or filtering. You are responsible for the content that may be exported.

In short, this tool allows you to search all the channels you follow with a list of keywords/phrases and returns all matching results in various formats with graph visualisations. It also optionally downloads the media and thus can be used as a media search engine (currently some bugs with this feature - do not use as exhaustive media search tool).

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20 Jan 2024 13:13

TraxOsint

https://github.com/N0rz3/TraxOsint

TraxOsint is an open source tool based on the search for information on an ip address. TraxOsint uses several services, API to have more results and to be able to compare them afterwards to have a more precise result.
TraxOsint will never use your user agent to make requests 😎.

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19 Jan 2024 13:13

Taiwan Learned You Can’t Fight Fake News by Making It Illegal
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/16/taiwan-election-china-disinformation-lai/
Taipei has switched strategies in its fight against Chinese disinformation.

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18 Jan 2024 18:18

Week in OSINT #2023-49

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18 Jan 2024 08:08

Week in OSINT #2023-50 - OSINT Origins

Link: https://pod.link/1601130885
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkCTxPPRMzdjhaKkn_4PiQ

This podcast was mostly recorded in 2022, but I only discovered it recently. In it, Sylvain Hajri, one of the founders of OSINT-FR, interviews different people, and talk about their past, what their passion is, and what they do. Some early recorded episodes are in French, but if you don't master the French language, most of the episodes are in English, and else you can view them on their YouTube channel and use the closed captions.

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17 Jan 2024 13:13

Week in OSINT #2023-49 - PeakVisor

YouTube: Part 1
YouTube: Part 2

Sophie Tedling, tech fellow at Bellingcat, created a two-part series on PeakVisor, one of the best mountaineering tools out there. The online tool enables you to view what hills and mountains look like, from any point on earth. In this series, she explains exactly how it works, how to use it, and how it compares to Google Earth's 3D view.

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16 Jan 2024 18:18

Week in OSINT #2023-49 - Craig Silverman

Podcast
YouTube

Craig Silverman was invited by the NeedleStack crew to talk about investigative journalism, disinformation on social media, open source intelligence and more! And if you haven't subscribed to this podcast yet, I do suggest you do so right away