I recently received a text from my teen that looked something like this: "Bruh, I’m about to dip, but fr lowkey SMH. Bet, I’ll catch u...

A blog about asking precise, targeted questions that will improve your OSINT investigations and help you better leverage AI systems.

Are AI and the intelligence analyst destined to be friends, frenemies, or something in between?

This blog is inspired by a recent presentation at the Australian OSINT Symposium 2024 by OSINT Combine’s Ashleigh Brady and Colm...

A blog about how small details in image can help to identify its location and how AI systems can support the analyst.

Investigating Facebook pages to better understand how spam sites can generate revenue, influence audi and promote harmful narratives.

There is so much information out there regarding AI. And fair enough, it is and will continue to infiltrate our daily lives. There is...

Hands-on techniques and tools that can be used by security teams to improve the security posture of their organisation.

OSINT Combine’s Emerald Sage recently published a whitepaper exploring how OSINT can help manage risk for critical infrastructure.   In a...

Analysing and investigating inauthentic content - the inauthentic content analysis map is a resource to assist interrogating content.

On 18 February 2022, a news website released a video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declaring an end to the ongoing conflict...

One of our key learning objectives in our Illuminating the Dark Web course is to teach students how to conduct dark web research securely...

The internet is often analogised as a vast and deep ocean of information, where websites are like islands floating on the surface, and...

Country-specific OSINT can help us decipher the intricate tapestry of societies around the globe. Collection and analysis of information...

While open source information is, by definition, publicly available, aggregated open source data can still reveal sensitive details about...

Being an OSINT analyst is compelling. Delving into vast digital landscapes, scrupulously scouring online sources, and piecing together...

Meta’s new text-based application Threads has been proclaimed as a rival and even an existential threat to Twitter, especially in the...

‘Proper planning prevents poor performance’. An oft-used adage among executives, military planners, and sports elites alike. Even if we...

Generative AI is a rapidly evolving field and at its core, generative AI is about teaching machines to create something new, whether it's...

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Tools - Force Multiplier for complex challenges