Intel

If you follow this blog, (hi mom!) you might think I’m somehow picking the most obscure platforms and coming up with some even more obscure OSINT tips for them (and you might be right), but if you follow this blog you probably also know that most of these tips are $$$. This tip on Pinterest…

Threads, you say? The Dane Cook of social media??? (Shout out to the Archer fans out there who got that obscure joke) If you’ve been on Instagram over the past year, you’ve no doubt seen some profiles sporting that strange, extra squiggly looking @ symbol and perhaps you’ve even accidentally waded into Meta’s head-scratching approach…

If you do a lot of web-based OSINT research like I do, you’ve most likely conducted username searches using a powerful tool like https://whatsmyname.app that scurry out onto hundreds of websites in search of profiles bearing the username you’re interested in. In doing so, you may have come across CashApp user pages that usually bear…

Based on how often Twitter, oh sorry… I mean X, is changing these days, there’s a pretty good chance this blog will be obsolete by the time you read it but here goes anyway… Have you recently found yourself trying to visit a Twitter profile (when not logged in), and while it may initially load…

In this Quick Tips blog post (yep, that’s a thing now), I’ll be showing you a couple additional (and quite useful) functions of my favorite WHOIS Lookup site, and hopefully adding a little something new to your ever-growing OSINT methodology. Much like my desire to stay in college, this blog is going to be over…

In the dynamic landscape of open-source intelligence, investigators are continually searching for reliable methods that deliver actionable results. Among these, reverse image search has emerged as a cornerstone OSINT technique, employed by intelligence professionals, law enforcement agencies, investigative journalists, and security researchers worldwide.  Social Links have led the way in reverse image search product integration,…

At the turn of the century, intelligence systems were shut away behind professional barriers—you needed a license, a security pass, and a load of costly resources just to start digging around a subject. In today’s digitized and interconnected world, techniques that were once the exclusive purview of intelligence and law enforcement agencies have become accessible…

The landscape of criminal investigations has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past 15 years. As criminal enterprises increasingly operate across both physical and cyber-domains, law enforcement agencies must adapt their methodologies to effectively counter these evolving threats and challenges. In this climate, open-source Intelligence (OSINT) has emerged as a critical discipline for conducting modern…

While there are a number of great learning resources online, when it comes to structured and comprehensive ways to deepen your knowledge in a given area, it’s difficult to beat a good old book—especially in the vast and at times bewildering discipline of OSINT. But when there are a wealth of publications out there, how…

In the current era of hyperconnectivity, the digital footprints left by individuals and organizations are a critical intelligence source for security professionals. As publicly available data has swelled and evolved, social media intelligence (SOCMINT) has emerged as a go-to discipline for transforming vast amounts of raw data into actionable intelligene. So in today’s Centre of…