This Blog started out as a Top Tip post but then I realised there was more content than I had first imagined. I wanted to share with you how I organise my search engines for conducting my OSINT investigations. Any OSINT practitioner knows that you should search across as many search engines as you can … Read More “OSINT Search Engine Management” »
Thank you for returning to read the final part of the Telegram OSINT VM trilogy. This Blog is more my methodology of how I think when it comes to organising my work environment and some safeguards I take. I have my own methods that suit me as a person and how I work. As always … Read More “Telegram OSINT VM Part 3” »
Element came to my attention a few years ago. I had heard people in the privacy community talking about it. I wanted to see from both an OSINT and Privacy perspective what I could find out, what was freely available to be discovered. Since 2016, Element has been known in other guises such as, Riot … Read More “Element – The New(ish) Kid On The Block” »
Telegram OSINT VM Part 1 For my next blog I have decided to share my Telegram OSINT Virtual Machine. When I have a Telegram deployment I always use a dedicated virtual machine. I will never undertake research on Telegram using my perosnal device(s), accounts or personal identifiable information, either using the Telegram Web or Telegram … Read More “Telegram OSINT VM Part 1” »
It is 2 years since I did my first blog relating to messenger apps and what from an OSINT perspective we could find from them. In OSINT you will hear a lot said about false, positives, well what about false negatives. I have decided to do a short follow up blog on Telegram and how … Read More “Telegram Fundamentals” »
I first became interested in the potential of Wigle (Wireless Geographic Logging Engine) and Wardriving for the purpose of OSINT just short of 3 years ago after reading Micah’s (@WebBreacher) excellent blog on it, which you can read here, https://osintcurio.us/2019/01/15/tracking-all-the-wifi-things/. Since then it has become one of my go to tools for OSINT. I would … Read More “The World of Wigle” »
I have been posting about WhatsApp recently so I thought I would make them all into a small blog. I was surprised (Or maybe I wasn’t) that It was recently revealed that the Prime Minister was using WhatsApp to communicate with his cabinet. The Digital Exposure vulnerabilities to the PM, would immediately be apparent to … Read More “What’s Up, with WhatsApp” »
It has been established for some time now, that to protect our privacy the use of a VPN is almost mandatory. For an OSINT practitioner their use is far more than that, yes there certainly is the OPSEC perspective, but can we manipulate then for the benefit of our OSINT work? VPNs come in many … Read More “Effective Use of a VPN in OSINT” »
My journey into the world of OSINT is now just over one year old. OSINT is not the main area of my work, I don’t get to learn or practice anywhere near as much as I would like but it is certainly the work I enjoy the most. Following on from my previous Blogs in … Read More “My Journey Into The World of OSINT” »
