Quiztime! Look at the image & complete the following tasks: 1. Which unit is stationed here? 2. How did the compound change over the past 3 years? Was anything new built? 3. Find images from after 2000 that show the main ops building (both in/outsidee). 4. Name the commander in the year 2000.

A recent OSINT CTF claimed that tracking post edits & deletions is SIGINT. It also tossed HUMINT into the mix. Let’s stop dressing up #OSINT with classified-sounding buzzwords. With more people getting into OSINT, I think we should stick to the basics as they are defined by decades of intel work

Tip: Recently I was investigating an old cold case and an old newspaper gave me the breakthrough that helped solved the case. Use newspaperarchive.com (paid) or news.google.com/newspapers (free) for local newspaper #OSINT. Perfect for verifying people, crimes, or old business data.

One last time. Posting some content, despite the fact that no one interacts here. I take you back nearly two decades - into the world of early jihadist propaganda, closed forums, and primitive translation tools to show how #OSINT revealed insights into global #terrorism

SPIEGEL and „Danwatch“ analyzed two million docs on procurement data (filtered for biggest military contractors), detailing specific needs, e.g. type of steel, insulation thickness. Shows how systematically Russia is ramping up nuclear weapons architecture www.spiegel.de/ausland/russ...

This is an official communication from the US State Department. It‘s shocking. I‘m left speechless on the utter nonsense stated here & it’s truly alarming. Glorifying hard right/extremist parties in Europe, accusing European governments of censorship. Wow, just wow - a whole new level of shitfuckery

"X is racist. The only thing up for debate is whether this is a feature or a bug for those in charge," writes Charlie Warzel.

A little #Python with the help of #ChatGPT & 30min later a Bluesky account scraper is up & running, including a search/filter function on the data. Next up, I'll add media preview & have the JSON routed to a local #AI #RAG for a quick summary & analysis of the account. #OSINT #SOCMINT

How do you judge the reliability of a source in #OSINT investigations? And what about the credibility of the information you find? My newest article dives into the Admiralty Code and why this principle could be useful in your daily OSINT work. tinyurl.com/2rx7hmfj

Time for a #geolocation quiz. Which famous movie was shot at this location? Add your solution to the replies after the spoiler break and please describe how you got there. #OSINT

Zur AfD-Hochstufung durch den VS: Es gibt viel Unsinn und Strohmänner in der Debatte. Mal die üblichen Punkte: 👇

Never liked coding my own #OSINT tools. Now #AI does this. Wanted a GUI version as a Windows exe for a file downloader I wrote. 5min chatting with a #GPT & it's done. While AIs can only replicate roughly 75% of what I find manually in my research, they can do 100% of the #Python coding from now on.

Bei IS-Rückkehrern war die Aufregung groß. Wenn Russlanddeutsche zum Kämpfen mit russischer Ideologie im Donbass waren, sieht das oft anders aus. Gefahr können sie auch sein.

Dance with Death, by Hieronymus Hess, 1841, 📸 via Vatican Media Pool

I looked into the recent #russia leaks. Turns out simple #OSINT could've revealed most of it as well. Once more, I utilized #AI to help me out with this. For a quick overview, I used #ChatGPT to summarize and analyze documents, but I'm currently indexing everything into a local database. 🧵

Just watched #Idiocracy again. At the current speed of shitfuckery we won’t even have to wait until 2505 for this movie to become true.

Despite being historic, this example shows that #OSINT is not just researching the internet. Listening to foreign radio or TV stations is also a source in the realm of OSINT. Great read! And a great account to follow for espionage activities in Germany!

I revisited an old blog post of mine and gave it an update. How do you choose what #OSINT tools to use? Do you look into the companies behind the tools and do your due diligence on them? Turns out, a lot of people don't and in this case might end up doing business with a sanctioned Russian entity.

New blog: The Slow Collapse of Critical Thinking in OSINT due to AI "OSINT used to be a thinking game. Now it’s becoming a trusting game and that should terrify you." #OSINT #OSINT4good #AI Read the blog here: www.dutchosintguy.com/post/the-slo...

Trump rebrands #intelligence as “Trump Thoughts” Goodbye #OSINT, #SIGINT and #HUMINT - say hello to OSTT, SITT, HUMTT

Missed this story when it came out (discovered through the Journal's podcast). Superb reporting on Russian "illegals", including a gallerist who walked into a forest to place handwritten messages under a designated rock in the forest. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

How we use the internet is largely shaped by a handful of US-based tech giants. US gov't surveillance laws allow them to demand access to your private data without your knowledge or a warrant. Read the thread below for the list of European alternatives that put your privacy first. 1/16

Just some thoughts on the current state of #OSINT, when unjustly used by authoritarian states. Definitely something I would not consider #OSINT4Good.

TS/SCI means the information must be transmitted over Text or Signal with Some Civilians Invited

This will continue to be equally relevant for the next 4+ years

Doomscrolling isn’t healthy. Here’s a reminder that you can define what to see on BSky via the content moderation. Don’t wanna see posts about the orange asshole in the White House or his Nazi sidekick? You can mute keywords temporarily or even permanently without unfollowing accounts. #mentalhealth

Ever use #OSINT to find #IMINT about #SIGINT and then verify the information with #GEOINT? The only thing missing is #HUMINT, but I don't assume we'll get any of that from North Korea?

Looking into small pieces of information can provide great leads in #investigations. Check out how I found hints on who's behind a #disinformation website targeting Germany. Spoiler alert! It's #Russia + some old friends of mine also have a guest appearance ( 🎼 Hello Lampyre, my old friend 🎵 )

URLs to social media posts often contain timestamps that give you the exact date & time the post was published. These can be found by analyzing the URL with dfir.blog/unfurl/ Take this recent LinkedIn post of mine. According to LinkedIn it was published 2 days ago. When exactly? No idea #OSINT 🧵

#Hacking #China #Philippines #Espionage #Cybersecurity I put something together on LinkedIn that involves all of these topics. Have fun reading, and please do read until the end 😉

Following up on playing around with #AI, I have another thread for you. As previously stated, modern #AI tools excel at helping decipher foreign language content. To test this again, I looked into the X account of a possible Iranian hacker. I downloaded his tweets using the Instant Data Scraper 🧵

#AI tools such as #ChatGPT are replacing more and more of the common #OSINT tools I’ve been using the past years. Inspired by a great @osintcombine.bsky.social blog on email research I asked ChatGPT to give me possible email permutations of certain name. 🧵

I love researching military through public tenders. You might have seen my post on Russian military units, this time we'll have a look at #Pakistan. Get ready for some #OSINT action! Tenders in PAK are published by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) on www.ppra.org.pk 🧵

I must admit: I was very sceptical when all these #AI tools came out. I didn't see any real use cases within #OSINT investigations. Oh boy, was I wrong! Let me give you another example: Assume we're tracking information in a Telegram channel, e.g. a Russian channel tracking events in #Kursk 🧵

Congratulations to @flashes.blue for their official launch on the App Store 🎉🎉🎉 It’s an instagram alternative built on the AT protocol 🙌 all the visual scrolling with none of the Meta algorithm

Can you figure out what is written here & where this picture was taken? If not, why not ask an AI tool? I asked #ChatGPT & it came back with some pretty impressive results. I uploaded a video of the query below this post. AI is becoming more & more useful in #OSINT - but remember to always verify!

Tip: Did you now you can search archived #telegram information in the #waybackmachine ? #OSINT Try it here: web.archive.org/collection-s...

Bei einer befreundeten afghanischen Familie zum Essen gewesen. Die Kinder machen sich Sorgen. Dürfen sie noch bleiben, wenn die neue Regierung kommt? Und dann werden die Semesterzeugnisse hergezeigt. Die 2er in Mathe und Deutsch - als Argument fürs Bleibendürfen und es bricht mir das Herz.

👇👇👇 I‘ve done this with my personal Outlook email and one UK-based platform regularly invokes sign action in the Microsoft Authenticator linked to the account. I‘ll leave it up to you guys to figure out which “genius” platform does this… #OSINT

Two years, 31 OSINT exercises, and over 300 walkthroughs later, I’m humbled by the knowledge, creativity, of the OSINT community ❤️ To celebrate I made it easier to share your walkthroughs, highlighted the best ones, and shared my top favourite. Read it all below: gralhix.com/2025/01/27/t...

Das Original ist zurück! 🦉 Der Ticketverkauf für die #GOSINTCon 2025 hat begonnen! Am 25. November 2025 trifft sich die #OSINT Community in Wetzlar zur German OSINT Conference 🎟️ Tickets sind stark limitiert – sichere dir deinen Platz und werde Teil der OSINT-Community: 2025.gosintcon.de

In this thread, I’m explaining the key issue to understand about Georgia and what the focus should be when dealing with its illegitimate government. Spoiler: it’s the Russian intelligence activity. 1/10

We're excited to also launch @quiztime.bsky.social on Bluesky! Quiztime is a series of quizzes aimed at strengthening your digital verification and geolocation skills, whether on your own or as a team.

An article from @florianflade.bsky.social got me digging into Russian military again. This time Unit 95006 of the Main Directorate of Special Programs of the President of the Russian Federation (GUSP). You can read about them on Wikipedia. I once more looked into tenders to find interesting stuff. 🧵

Since Die Hard is a Christmas film, a brief thread on my own head canon of how the Gruber brothers disparate bios are tied up in postwar German history.

***Breaking News***Breaking News*** Shots fired at Nakatomi Plaza, L.A. Possible hostage situation.

The 2024 #OSINT quiz is ready for you to explore! But this year, I had a special guest, @sector035.bsky.social, who also made some of the tasks. So, the adventure got more spicy! 😀 The quiz is here: github.com/seintpl/osin... Have fun!

Aus aktuellem Anlass: 9 Tipps für kritischen Medienkonsum bei Breaking News von #UseTheNews. Download als PDF https://learn.hoou.de/mod/page/view.php?id=3367 #magdeburg