Building Mental Health Resilience in the OSINT Community
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This blog is inspired by a recent presentation at the Australian OSINT Symposium 2024 by OSINT Combine’s Ashleigh Brady and Colm...
Oct 39 min
A Geolocation Walkthrough
A blog about how small details in image can help to identify its location and how AI systems can support the analyst.
Aug 159 min
Investigating Spam and Clickbait Networks on Social Media
Investigating Facebook pages to better understand how spam sites can generate revenue, influence audi and promote harmful narratives.
Aug 19 min
Prompting AI for Open-Source Intelligence
There is so much information out there regarding AI. And fair enough, it is and will continue to infiltrate our daily lives. There is...
Jul 184 min
OSINT for Critical Infrastructure: Using OSINT to identify misuse of cyber assets
Hands-on techniques and tools that can be used by security teams to improve the security posture of their organisation.
May 205 min
OSINT for Critical Infrastructure: Investigating Organisational and Personnel Online Footprint
OSINT Combine’s Emerald Sage recently published a whitepaper exploring how OSINT can help manage risk for critical infrastructure. In a...
Apr 24 min
How to spot a fake: analysing inauthentic content
Analysing and investigating inauthentic content - the inauthentic content analysis map is a resource to assist interrogating content.
Nov 28, 20237 min
From Voices to Vulnerabilities: How OSINT Can Help
On 18 February 2022, a news website released a video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declaring an end to the ongoing conflict...
Nov 6, 20234 min
Set Up a Safe and Secure Virtual Environment for Dark Web Access
One of our key learning objectives in our Illuminating the Dark Web course is to teach students how to conduct dark web research securely...
Oct 31, 20236 min
Navigating Open-Source Collection
The internet is often analogised as a vast and deep ocean of information, where websites are like islands floating on the surface, and...
Sep 5, 20237 min
Country Specific OSINT: The Chinese Internet
Country-specific OSINT can help us decipher the intricate tapestry of societies around the globe. Collection and analysis of information...
Aug 8, 20234 min
PrivateGPT: Use Cases in OSINT
While open source information is, by definition, publicly available, aggregated open source data can still reveal sensitive details about...
Aug 1, 20236 min
The OSINT Analyst's Dilemma
Being an OSINT analyst is compelling. Delving into vast digital landscapes, scrupulously scouring online sources, and piecing together...
Jul 12, 20236 min
Pulling Threads: An OSINT Guide
Meta’s new text-based application Threads has been proclaimed as a rival and even an existential threat to Twitter, especially in the...
Jun 1, 20237 min
How to avoid ChaosINT
‘Proper planning prevents poor performance’. An oft-used adage among executives, military planners, and sports elites alike. Even if we...
May 9, 20236 min
OSINT Workflow with ChatGPT: Tips, Risks, and Benefits
Generative AI is a rapidly evolving field and at its core, generative AI is about teaching machines to create something new, whether it's...