Wednesday Updates #5
Highlights: 8 blogs, 6 external reading, 3 videos, 2 podcast episodes, 2 new events and one challenge, 3 tool updates, 3 awesome tools, a free course and many more.
Hello, our dear reader, welcome to our weekly newsletter, “Wednesday Updates", a hub for all your new tools, tactics and techniques, and emerging trends in the OSINT world.
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Today’s Newsletter includes -
This Week in OSINT
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
Read this awesome thread by @epieos on steps to make your Google Maps reviews, photos, and other content private.
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TraceLabs has announced its upcoming virtual Global Search Party on 3rd August.
OSINT Uk has announced their guest speakers for their upcoming webinar on 26th July. Click here to know more.
Blogs Reads
External Reading
Embracing Failure: The Importance of Learning from Your Mistakes in Open Source Reporting
OSINT group reveals Russian pilots, related to July 8 missile strike on Okhmatdyt hospital
Russian Missile Identified in Kyiv Children’s Hospital Attack
The Unsung Heroes: How Open Source Intelligence Shaped World War II
Videos Worth Watching
OSINT Podcasts
Listen to this awesome episode, Arab Spring revisited - prospects for a part two from The World of Intelligence by Janes where the team explores how OSINT can provide valuable early warning signs of potential escalations in tensions
Listen to this awesome episode, Private nights, evil twins, and crypto home invasions from Smashing Security where they discuss about how apps are used for spying, how a gang of cryptocurrency thieves turns to kidnap and assault and many more.
OSINT Events & Challenges
Join Nathaniel Fried for a webinar on Boost Intelligence Operations: Save Thousands of Hours with OSINT Industries by Maltego and OSINT Industries at 17:00 CET on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
Join Georgy Sharonov and Ivan Kravtsov for upcoming webinar on ENHANCING OSINT INVESTIGATIONS WITH AI by Social Links at JULY 25, 1 PM UTC.
Sofia Santos has released OSINT Exercise #028 which is beginners friendly. Check it out.
Tools Changelog
OSINTtracker has improved its automatic position calculation which is generally used for large volumes of entities.
knewkarma has been updated and is now also available as PyPI.
LolArchiver has added a new tool on his website, Twitter Tools which allows you to view username, display name and bio history of any Twitter user.
OSINT Toolbox
DiPense - An OSINT tool for IT ninjas, for reconnoitring phone number, ip address, DNS, and others.
EnsembleData - Social Media data scraping through simple APIs.
Vehicle History Reports - Vehicle History Reports Inspect Before You Buy! (An alternative for this is Free VIN Check)
Mystery Box
Checkout this free awesome course on Navigationg Digital Information by Crash Course on YouTube.
Missed Last week
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