Privacy, OPSEC, Obfuscation, Infosec, Digital Profiling and The-OSINT-Toolbox.
It was interesting recently when I read Sector035 WiO newsletter and saw two blogs, by Aaron Roberts (@AaronCTI) and Micah Hoffman (@webbreacher) respectively, both talking about methodology. My first thought was, our great minds think alike or maybe it was the other rather unflattering one, whichever it was, they had both beat me to the … Read More “OSINT Methodology” »
It has been sometime since I have had time to update my website with new material as my GitHub OSINT tools & resources take up quite a bit of my time. I thought it was time to have a change and write a new blog over the Christmas holidays. The inspiration for this blog came … Read More “Happy New Year & Happy OSINT Hunting” »
Telegram OSINT VM Part 2 Thank you for returning to read part two of my Telegram OSINT VM, in this second blog I am going walk through the resources I use to research Telegram. If you didn’t catch Part 1, you can find it here: – https://www.cqcore.uk/telegram-osint-vm-part-1/ I will start by listing what I use … Read More “Telegram OSINT VM Part 2” »
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” »
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?” »
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” »
(First Published On Medium January 2020) Throughout 2019 one thing that is obvious about the OSINT community is how much work people do in their own time and how willing they are to share their work. So I decided that over the Christmas Holidays I would look at the many messenger apps that are available … Read More “OSINT & Messenger Apps” »
(First Published January 2020) Now, I am not a fan of Facebook purely from a privacy perspective. I can see the appeal of social networking platforms like Facebook. I have an acquaintance who recently decided to set up a Facebook account as a friend he knows was moving to country where Facebook was the only … Read More “Facebook Lockdown” »
