Wednesday Updates #22

Interesting newsletter issues from CyberDetective, Bullshit Hunting, and Gijn, new blogs and articles, awesome videos, tools and job opportunities.

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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

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This Week in OSINT

Nothing special happened this week. Read the full newsletter for details.

Content Sharing

• Cyb_detective
  published 7th version of his roundup newsletter, #7 (2024) Sensitive data dorks, WhatsApp profile info, Google logs search and Bluesky tips.

• Bullsh*t Hunting
  published A Free OSINT Lesson: Using Video Games to Find Assholes.

• GIJN
  published COP: How a Small Nonprofit Newsroom Broke the Oil Deal Pitching Scandal at COP28.

Blogs Reads

1. It’s all Greek to me: Why language and lexicons matter in OSINT

2. Crowd-sourced Mapping Tools for OSINT Investigations

3. Find out all IP addresses of a web server

4. Bellingcat Discord Members Geolocate New 1xBet Stream Site

External Reading

1. OSINT in Banking: Detecting Fraud with Modern Tools

2. The Impact of OSINT in Whistleblowing

3. Situational Awareness: OSINT Tracking for Air, Sea, & Space

4. Handling Large Volumes of OSINT in Economic Investigations

Videos Worth Watching

OSINT Podcasts

James Intelligence Podcast released a new episode, Is it time to redefine OSINT? - Part one.

Smashing Security Podcast released a new episode, 393: Who needs a laptop to hack when you have a Firestick?.

OSINT Events & Challenges

Social Links is back with another awesome webinar on the topic, SL CRIMEWALL: Harnessing Data Leaks for Everyday Investigative Work.

Tools Changelog

@Usersearch_web has done a massive upgrade. They have integrated TelementryApp which increases its capabilities to perform searches in Telegram chat. They have also added Favicon Search expanding their capability to gain deeper intelligence on websites and a few other improvements in UI/UX.

@OSINTindustries has upgraded its username search module to 500+ checkers and expanding to research 50+ countries now. Try it now.

OSINT Toolbox

ODIN - an IP search engine that allows search by IP, domain name, ASN, geolocation, BGP prefix, ASN number, WHOIS updated date, and other parameters.

WebScout - Online tool to collect domain/IP information.

Face Detection and Comparison Tool - determine if photos taken at different ages belong to the same person.

Mystery Box

UserSearch is hiring for 7 positions (6remote + 1 UK-based) for different roles in OSINT. Know More.

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