Privacy, OPSEC, Obfuscation, Infosec, Digital Profiling and The-OSINT-Toolbox.
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” »
So for my latest blog I decided too see if free Wi-Fi is indeed free or whether it comes with a hidden cost. Now I don’t use public Wi-Fi not because it is inherently vulnerable, as I can use a VPN to negate some of the risk, however for those who don’t use a VPN … Read More “Free Wi-fi, is it free?” »
Authors Ritu Gill & Ginger T After conducting some LinkedIn research recently, I noticed several differences between how Google and Bing returned results and the information contained within them. I posted some tips on Twitter and Ritu Gill @OSINTtechniques, also posted some in her reply. So we decided to get together to write this article … Read More “Are You Linked In?” »
I suppose there is a certain paradox in relation to having content about OSINT, OPSEC & Privacy on the same website. Why would someone who is involved in OSINT care about a person’s Privacy or why would someone who is keen on their Privacy care about OSINT or OPSEC. I hope from the explanation below … Read More “Understanding The Links” »
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” »
It has been a while now since my last blog post, so I thought it was time I got the keyboard out. I hadn’t realised how long it had actually been until I started migrating my Medium content to my own website. I want to write a small blog on how we can use an … Read More “Email to Username” »
In my previous posts you may have gathered I have an interest in leveraging mobile phones for the purpose of OSINT however OPSEC is never far from my thoughts and I have @dutch_osintguy to thank for that, as he is passionate about the subject and gave me a few pointers for this blog too. Check … Read More “Deep Dive into Operational Security” »
Now, for those of you who follow me on Twitter, you may have gathered that I am not the most technical skilled OSINTer. Maybe the result of a misspent youth (and some more years after too). The truth is though, do I have to be? probably not. There is an abundance of non-technical ways we … Read More “Investigative Mindset” »
Further to my recent blog post on how we can leverage messenger apps for OSINT. I mentioned two apps that needed further examination, WeChat & IMO, the below is above and beyond entering a subject mobile number which you want to research but will give you a taster of what you can find. Within the … Read More “WeChat, IMO and OSINT” »
