Wednesday Updates #19

SANS OSINT Summit announcement, new integrations in UserSearch, free scenario by Kase Scenario, many new tools, blogs, articles and YouTube videos to learn from.

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Wednesday Updates #18

Today’s Newsletter includes -

• This Week in OSINT

• Content Sharing

• Blogs Reads

• External Reading

• Videos Worth Watching

• OSINT Podcasts

• OSINT Events & Challenges

• Tools Changelog

• OSINT Toolbox

• Mystery Box

• Missed Last week

This Week in OSINT

Nothing special here. Read the full version this time.

Content Sharing

Sector035 wrote an awesome article on his website, About Black Box (CL)OSINT Tools.

Blogs Reads

1. Configuring the Tracelabs OSINT VM

2. Analyzing Email Headers and Content Using OSINT Tools

3. Tracking president : The hidden OSINT Power of Strava heatmap’s

4. Recap of findings regarding suspicious Lazarus activity on Github

5. How OSINT Can Help Identify Employment Fraud

6. The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

7. Stream Teams: Battery Farming Sport For Bets

External Reading

1. Method for Precise Phone Number Verification: How It Works

2. Leveraging Social Media for Early Threat Detection

3. Navigating the Maze of False Information during OSINT Investigations

4. Introducing Perspectives: AI and Intelligence Analysis

5. NASA’s Worldview Site Expands Data and Environmental Reporter’s Toolbox

6. Geolocating Site Where Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar Was Killed

Videos Worth Watching

OSINT Podcasts

• Spycast Podcast released a new episode featuring Eliot Higgins(founder of BellingCat), Bellingcat: An Intelligence Agency for the People with Eliot Higgins.

• IntelFocus Podcast released a new episode, OSINT in counter terrorism.

• Layer8 Podcast released a new episode featuring @nattyfried, OSINT only with an email.

Tips by Heart

• @osintupdates247 shared a collection of articles on Crypto and money laundering investigation by @DeepWebOsint. Read the series.

• @cyb_detective shared an awesome tip on doing investigations when target is a doctor. Know More.

• @evapro30 shared an awesome update about Google search. Know More.

OSINT Events & Challenges

SANS OSINT Summit is going to happen on Feb24-25. Book your spot.

Kase Scenerios launched a free Scenerio, Orkla: Dragon Con Detective. Check it out now.

Tools Changelog

@Usersearch_web has integrated @onchainind in its platform. Try it now at usersearch.ai. Try out all popular OSINT vendors directly in one interface.

OSINT Toolbox

• Radar - Radar is designed to provide Premium+ users with instant access to up-to-the-second updates on trending topics, breaking news, and live events.

• Glimpse - a tool that shows Google, LinkedIn and Meta ads that point to a specific domain. Tip by @nononsenseintel

• Email Address Breach Summary and Analysis - This platform checks if an email address appears in data breaches, providing a summary of compromised information, alerts for critical identity exposure, and a relative risk rating. Tip by @techniquesOsint

• Files-Explorer - This extension allows you to make viewing files in open directories more convenient. For example, it displays images as thumbnails without downloading them. Tip by

  Cyb_detective

• Orhyginal Maps - Select location on map and open info about it in 400+ maps/geodata tools and services.

Mystery Box

Checkout OSINT Funnel Methodology by for creating a coherent, structured, tool-based workflow in passive, non-intrusive investigations

Missed Last week

We missed this awesome writeup by @hatless1der, Threads.net Is Hiding Some OSINT Secrets You Definitely Need To Know.

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