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👋 Welcome to the 42nd issue of The OSINT Newsletter. This issue contains OSINT news, community posts, tactics, techniques, and tools to help you become a better investigator. My goal with this newsletter is to help promote the OSINT industry, develop better investigators, and raise awareness of ethical use cases for open source intelligence.


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The OSINT Newsletter - Issue #41

The OSINT Newsletter - Issue #41

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OSINT News

📰 Expanding our Decentralized Footprint

SMAT-App is now Open Measures. Open Measures is expanding its coverage of the fediverse. If you’re unfamiliar, that’s the same technology you find on Mastodon, BlueSky, etc. Check out their open-source tool or request a demo.

Read on OpenMeasures…

📰 Building the Toilet Timer

I like the idea of lightweight tools. This is why I always support a good bookmarklet. In this issue of Bullshit Hunting, Justin shows you how to create tools in Google Sheets. Just wait until Python is supported in Sheets, not just Excel!

🎩 H/T: Justin Seitz

Read on Bullshit Hunting…

📰 The OSINT mindset: obstacles & considerations

When doing an open source investigation, it’s easy to assume that all publicly accessible information is fair game; however, depending on your environment, that’s not always true. Matt explains some caveats and exceptions to consider.

🎩 H/T: Maciej Makowski

Read on OSINT Me…


OSINT Community

📺 OSINT for Crisis Management

OSINT for crisis management is how I got my start in open source intelligence in the private sector. In this talk, Dieter shows you OSINT tools, tactics, and techniques for investigating crises with case studies in Mozambique and Myanmar.

🎩 H/T: Dieter Stroobants

Watch on YouTube…

🐦 Alternatives to Google Cache pages

If you’re unaware, Google Cache pages are being phased out. This is significant because finding archived web pages is essential for OSINT investigations. Nico shows you a few alternate sources you can use instead.

🎩 H/T: Nico Dekens

Read on X…

🐦 Tools for geolocating an image

The convergence of AI and geolocation continues. Cyber Detective shows you several tools that leverage AI to do geoestimation. Keep in mind, this should get you close to the right area but you’ll need to manually verify before publishing.

🎩 H/T: Cyber Detective

Read on X…


OSINT Tools

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🔎 OSINT Bookmark Stack

OSINT Combine has a collection of bookmarks covering categories such as Area and Event Monitoring, Person of Interest Search, Corporate Profiling, Mapping, Artificial Intelligence, Intelligence Analysis, Reporting Tools, Collective Tools, Cryptocurrency, Country Specific, Verification and Fact-Checking.

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🎩 H/T: OSINT Combine

Bookmarks

🖥️ Resurrect Pages

With Google Cache pages going down, this browser extension might be useful. Not only does it check Google Cache (now legacy), but it also checks other sources for a more comprehensive check.

Browser Extension

🥸 Cover Your Tracks

Use this OPSEC tool to determine how exposed your browser is to the internet. Find out ways you can improve your OPSEC and ensure you’re as anonymous as possible when browsing online during sensitive investigations.

Web App


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