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Every day I write about #osint (Open Source Intelligence) tools and techniques. Also little bit about forensics and cybersecurity in general. Work in https://t.me/netlas
British🇬🇧 Newspaper Archive
85,470,487 newspaper's pages from the 1700s.
England🏴, Scotland🏴, Ireland🇮🇪 and Wales🏴.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
#osint #archives
ZEROX OCR
A quality open source text recognition tool that works very well with complex infographics.
Free online demo (30 pages limit): https://getomni.ai/ocr-demo
Github repo with #npm package: https://github.com/getomni-ai/zerox
Creator twitter.com/getomni_ai Tip by twitter.com/geekbb
Ovis1.6-Gemma2-9B
A language model that is good at image identification (handwriting translation, photo geolocation, multiple symbol recognition, etc.)
It is open source and can be implemented in different tools.
Demo https://huggingface.co/spaces/AIDC-AI/Ovis1.6-Gemma2-9B
Code https://github.com/AIDC-AI/Ovis
OSINT Instagram Guide by twitter.com/DarknessGate
Instagram Structure
Inspecting Instagram user profile
Inspect Instagram handle
Instagram display name
Profile picture
Account bio
Followers and following
Account options
Analyzing Instagram posts
Searching Instagram
https://www.authentic8.com/blog/osint-instagram-guide
Python for X(Twitter) #OSINT: Automate X(Twitter) Threat Intel Monitoring by twitter.com/ervin_zubic
Get witter Bearer Token
Set Up Environment and Python Script
Authentication with Twitter API
Define the Username for Lookup
Fetch and store user Data
https://publication.osintambition.org/python-for-x-twitter-osint-automate-x-twitter-threat-intel-monitoring-2a9cb40e80df
#socmint
The Ultimate List of Websites for U.S. Intelligence Enthusiasts: 33 Must-Visit Sources by twitter.com/Robert4787
https://osintdaily.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-ultimate-list-of-websites-for-us.html
#osint 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
OSINT AUTOMATION WITH PYTHON
Uncover threats across Telegram, Dark Web and Discord
by twitter.com/ervin_zubick
ervin.zubic/list/osint-automation-with-python-165aa4239237" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@ervin.zubic/list/osint-automation-with-python-165aa4239237
#python #osint #socmint #darkweb
Predicta Graph
Online tool for visualizing investigations:
278 types of nodes
Import from JSON
Export to JSON/PNG
Timelines
Investigation logs (!)
Partly free.
predictagraph.com
Tip by twitter.com/Granchacrafree
Creator twitter.com/PredictaLabOff
BACK ME UP
#bash script that collects URLs of the target domin using different tools:
- Waymore
- Katana
- Hakrawler
- Anew
- Crawley
- Gau/gauplus
- Cariddi
and more.
https://github.com/Dheerajmadhukar/back-me-up
Creator twitter.com/Dheerajmadhukar
AskNews
Online tool for search and analyze last news from 50,000+ sources ( 14 languages).
Sources filters, keywords stats, relationship graphs, statistics, visualizations, AI chat and more.
Partly free.
asknews.app
Creator twitter.com/AskNewsApp
Find and remove personal contact info in Google Search results
Detailed official instruction.
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/12719076
#privacy #google
GEOINT Tools for Colombia 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴
- national regestries
- cadastre maps
- transport maps
and more.
https://github.com/Bugs-B0unt3r/geoint-colombia
Creator twitter.com/bugs_b0unt3r
#geoint #osint
twitter.com/Faheem_uh is one of the most informative X accounts for PhD students and anyone involved in scientific research. Examples of posts:
8 tools to help you in your literature review
8 courses on how to do a solid literature review
Top 10 tools for writing research papers
How to use GEWEL (#Geoint Weaknesses Enumeration List) to find the date and time a photo was created, provided the location of the photo is known
https://publish.obsidian.md/dukera-gewel/Use+of+GEWEL/UoG-2.+Getting+Date+and+Time+of+Creation
by /channel/dukera_ch
15 min city platform
A global map of how cities fit the 15-minute city concept (walking distance to vital facilities such as grocery stores, schools, hospitals, places for walking etc). Useful for:
- hotel search
- apartment search
- all kinds of research
https://whatif.sonycsl.it/15mincity/
What should to do if IP history search services (such as whoxy.com, who.is/domain-history/, viewdns.info/iphistory/) do not provide results or do not provide enough results?
Request a WhoWas Report to ARIN https://www.arin.net/reference/research/whowas/
Slowly but maximally informative
OSINT Funnel Methodology by twitter.com/0SINTr
STAGE 1: Search Engines
STAGE 2: Specialized Tools
STAGE 3: Social Avenues
STAGE 4: Data Breaches
STAGE 5: Dark Web
Github repo with tips and tools for each stage:
https://github.com/0SINTr/ofm
#osint #socmint
Using Reddit in #OSINT by twitter.com/DarknessGate
Reddit architecture
Inspecting Reddit communities (subreddits)
Inspecting subreddits images
Reddit search
Inspecting Reddit user profiles
Reddit users profile third-party analysis tools
https://www.authentic8.com/blog/osint-gathering-reddit
#osint #socmint
Bellingcat Filename Finder
Extension that shows the filenames of Google Maps photos. Sometimes they allow to find out the exact date of the photo, and sometimes other details like the user's name or phone model.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bellingcat-filename-finde/fdhodjpkigpaachejkipcghppfnnfdmp
By twitter.com/Galen_Reich
Github repo by /channel/soxoj_insides with example of using Social Links API (free trial) to find accounts by face on social media.
https://github.com/SocialLinks-IO/sociallinks-api
#osint #socmint
FAKE NEWS DEBUNKER
Extension for information verification:
- video frames/thumbnails extraction
- webpage/local file AI analysis
- metadata extraction
- Fact Check semantic search
and more.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/fake-news-debunker-by-inv/mhccpoafgdgbhnjfhkcmgknndkeenfhe?hl=en
Creator twitter.com/veraai_eu twitter/com/InVID_EU twitter.com/WeVerify
INaturalist
An online map that provides a huge database of observations about animals and plants around the world.
214M+ observations
3M+ observes
inaturalist.org
Creator twitter.com/inaturalist
#osint #geoint
Google Earth Web Historical View
Google has updated the web version of Google Earth and now there you can look at satellite images of a particular place in different years.
Data from 1985.
earth.google.com/web/
Tip by twitter.com/tom_bullock_
#geoint
PyCookieCheat
Borrow cookies from Google Chrome authenticated session for use in #Python scripts
Helpful for scraping
https://github.com/n8henrie/pycookiecheat
Creator twitter.com/n8henrie Tip by twitter.com/lorenzoromani
Search Result Previews
Have you ever had an article you're looking for that you can't remember the title or the name of the site it was published on, but remember the keyword and color scheme of that site?
Add-on for such situations.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/search-result-previews/cedcejfiniojnlhlfhcppenochinijfo
Creator twitter.com/FastAddons
Python for Discord OSINT: Automate Discord Threat Intel Monitoring
Step-by-step guide by twitter.com/ervin_zubic
#osint #socmint #python
Python for Telegram OSINT: Automate Telegram Threat Intel Monitoring
Detailed guide by twitter.com/ervin_zubic
https://publication.osintambition.org/python-for-telegram-osint-automate-telegram-threat-intel-monitoring-bdc21195575c
#osint #socmint #telegram
How to use GEWEL (#Geoint Weaknesses Enumeration List) to find a place where a photo is created in a suburban area
https://publish.obsidian.md/dukera-gewel/Use+of+GEWEL/UoG-1.+Geolocating+in+a+Suburban+Area
by /channel/dukera_ch
Neshan Maps
🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷 Iran online maps with satellite view, street view, user reviews and lot of photos.
neshan.org/maps/
Tip by twitter.com/SchiphorstSkip
Global "Internet health" map.
"Tracking Internet outages across ISPs, top application providers, public clouds, and edge service networks".
Live 24 hours data.
thousandeyes.com/outages/
Tip by twitter.com/akaclandestine Creator twitter.com/thousandeyes