There is a whole class of apps that market themselves as "personal safety" or "anti-theft" that meet the definition of stalkerware and Cerberus Anti-Theft is one of them: hexproof.dev/datagrams/ce...

Notifications for deleted shouldn't remain in any OS notification database, and we've asked Apple to address this. In the meantime, you can prevent any preview text from your Signal messages from appearing in your notifications. Signal Settings > Notifications > Show “No Name or Content”

Shadow fleet is ready to transform identity & nationality at a moment’s notice: Suezmax tanker Grus I transits Bosphorus towards the Black Sea en route to Sheskharis. The tanker hoists a Mali flag but the hull registry is for a Cameroon port!

This month's Bellingcat challenge is close to my heart, all focused on audio analysis! challenge.bellingcat.com I even put one together myself - can you answer the call? Try the Acoustic Adventures challenges now!👂☎️

1/8 NEW: @bellingcat.com has geolocated and verified two new videos showing the deadly strikes that hit an IRGC compound — and an adjacent elementary school — in Minab, Iran on Feb. 28. Here's what we found. 🧵 www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

Meteosat imagery, also taken on March 24, shows the plume travelled even further from the terminal. Around 14:00 UTC, the plume had stretched more than 450 km from Primorsk Oil Terminal.

OK this is nuts. A vulnerability in the Companies House website that let *anyone* with an account view ***ANY COMPANY'S DASHBOARD***, see all personal info and - I think - modify company records.

You can replicate this analysis using the SLIDER tool by @cira-csu.bsky.social 🛰️ This link takes you directly to the right view 👇 tinyurl.com/ArcticMegata...

NEW: Previously unreported Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson discussing a Panama-linked tax avoidance structure for a £750k Rio apartment - with Epstein as his "chief life adviser". Exclusive Tax Policy Associates report:

Just hours after Renee Good was shot, one member of Customs and Border Patrol’s elite tactical team on an adjacent street fired a less-lethal weapon five times in less than five minutes, with four shots aimed at the faces of protestors. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

It was a pleasure to talk with @pbump.com about the work of Bellingcat and our ongoing series of challenges! If you like newsletters, you should definitely subscribe to How To Read This Chart 📊 And check out Bellingcat's Challenge Newsletter here too 🔎 bellingcat-challenges.beehiiv.com/subscribe

New from me! After we reached out to the owner of these deepfake porn sites, they were removed offline and he deleted his socials. Each time a site goes down, it's a win for me. Hopefully this guy never tries to get them up and running again. Check out our investigation!

An investigation by Bellingcat and Lloyd’s List found that Saudi Arabia joined the countries importing grain directly from a sanctioned port in occupied Crimea. Meanwhile Russia attempts to secure recognition of the Ukrainian territory via a US-led peace plan. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...

Thrilled that our @bellingcat.com investigation "Unmasking MrDeepFakes" has been shortlisted in the 2025 Fetisov Journalism Awards (Contribution to Civil Rights category). In collaboration with @tjekdet.dk, @politiken.dk & the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. fjawards.com/events/%2Fsh...

I'll be honest. There are a lot of awful things that are happening in the world. But I can sleep at night knowing that I work at a place that tries to make sure we do our part to make sure those wrongs don't go unnoticed. All I need to do is look at our homepage and know I'm in the right place.

Another Russian ship has been added to the grain smuggling fleet, captured on camera and on satellite imagery, evading sanctions to deliver grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen. Follow its covert journey here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...

Three days of penguin walk 🐧🐧🐧 -77.26, -33.53

It's go time! Every month, @merelzoet.bsky.social and I bring together five open source research challenges! 👉 challenge.bellingcat.com 👈 After several specialist themed challenges, we're back to our roots with traditional geolocations. Can you track down our holiday snaps? 📸🏝️

My latest Bellingcat tool is out! It lets you search what was said in council meetings across the UK and Ireland, and takes you directly to the right part of the video session to verify. Check it out and let me know what you think! 👇 council-search.bellingcat.com

This WW2 map was drawn by my grandpa, Doug Reich, while in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp ✍️ Here's his story 👇

The latest Bellingcat Challenge has just landed! Get ready to dive into the murky world of money, art, and relics 🪙🎨🗿 ➡️ challenge.bellingcat.com ⬅️ A huge thanks to @arca-artcrime.bsky.social for creating these amazing educational challenges! 🙌

We did it before, we’re doing it now, and we’ll do it again. Big thanks to @beaudonelly.bsky.social @conplnk.bsky.social @koltai.bsky.social @charleymaher.bsky.social @merelzoet.bsky.social @galen.reich.me.uk

We’re back — the new open source challenges launch today! This month they were created by the one and only @gralhix.bsky.social, and take a deep dive into Bellingcat’s archives. Are you ready? Find the new challenges on Challenge.bellingcat.com

I just solved Bellingcat's 'Spot the Location' challenge 🏆 Try it yourself! challenge.bellingcat.com

A breakdown of one of the latest Bellingcat Challenges, which are definitely hard-tier, but a great way to learn about multi-spectral satellite imagery and it's applications in open source investigation medium.com/@dam_coffee/...

Last week we published five open source research challenges, have you been able to solve them all? Find them here: challenge.bellingcat.com and get ready for this week's exciting live event...

What a week! Take a breather from it all with the Bellingcat challenge and get lost among multicoloured satellite images! 🧩👉 challenge.bellingcat.com If you get stuck, you can always join our Discord server for advice from our amazing community! 🆘👉 discord.gg/bellingcat

‪The Bellingcat challenge is back (and set by me this week)! 👉 challenge.bellingcat.com 👈 This week's challenge uses satellite images taken with Landsat 8 - but the colours aren't always 'normal'... 🛰️ Can you complete them? 🔍

Finding relevant high resolution SAR imagery from Umbra's Open Data Program can be tricky 🛰️ With this new @bellingcat.com project you can browse all the currently available data in Google Earth📍🌏 github.com/bellingcat/u...

If you're looking for something to occupy your brain between napping and leftovers, the Bellingcat challenge is ready for you! ✨ Twenty open source challenges await at challenge.bellingcat.com 👀 It's been a lot of fun building the site and pulling the challenges together, I hope you enjoy them!

Bellingcat Globetrotters Writeups Detailed descriptions of Bellingcat challenges (challenge.bellingcat.com) solutions from @shibasec.bsky.social: #1 — A Sticky Situation #2 — Flamin-Go Find It! #3 — Pulling Focus #4 — The Rider's View #5 — Lost in the Fog medium.com/@shibaosint/... #geoint

I’m officially on vacation but sharing this project from my colleagues @galen.reich.me.uk & @merelzoet.bsky.social as it is very cool (and addictive)! Bellingcat’s Open Source Challenge is a set of online mysteries shared by our staff… challenge.bellingcat.com

Today it’s one of my photos for the Bellingcat Open Source Challenge! Check it out and all our other @bellingcat.com challenges at challenge.bellingcat.com

My colleague @koltai.bsky.social on @60minutes.bsky.social talking about shady non-consensual AI “nudify” sites “There is a really inherent shadiness that's happening. They're not being transparent about who owns it. They're obviously trying to mask their payments." www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-nudi...

It's Friday! And the second week of Bellingcat open source research challenges are fully unlocked 🔓 Try them out now 👇 challenge.bellingcat.com

Week two of the Bellingcat Challenge is here! We just unlocked the first task of this week, do you think you have what it takes? challenge.bellingcat.com

Challenge unlocked!🔓 If you've not tried them yet, the first batch of @bellingcat.com challenges are unlocked! Try them here 👇 challenge.bellingcat.com

Ever lost track of all the satellite imagery you wanted to analyse? The Bellingcat Search Grid Generator simplifies your task, by overlaying a grid that turns your geolocation search into manageable sections. Watch @galen.reich.me.uk explain how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKNl...

Do you want to work with @bellingcat.com to develop open source research tools? ✨ Our Tech Fellowship is open now! 👇 www.bellingcat.com/bellingcat-t... (I can't promise you'll look as diligent as the model in this image, but I can promise we'll review your application 📃👀)