How did you tackle dodgy domains, decode Morse in images, and track ghost shipments? Here’s Part 1 of our latest OSINT CTF from the Australian OSINT Symposium: www.osintcombine.com/post/austral...

Want to improve your geolocation skills? Visit geomastr.com. Ideal for GeoGuessr practice and a powerful tool for real-world geolocation and OSINT workflows.

Part II of our July CTF walkthrough is here! From What3words to Shodan, YouTube Geofind to dark web sleuthing, see how 200+ participants solved art-themed OSINT puzzles. Read now: www.osintcombine.com/post/the-art...

Missed our July OSINT CTF or want to see how the challenges were solved? In Part I of our walkthrough, we explore the art heists, fakes, and flags in The Art of Deception. Read the blog: www.osintcombine.com/post/the-art...

Season 2 of Open Secret is wrapped! Join Jane and Kylie as they reflect on a season filled with truth-telling, tradecraft and transparent thinking in the world of OSINT. www.osintcombine.com/podcast

Find a quote, moment, or mention in a YouTube video? filmot.com searches subtitles, captions, and transcripts.

Track stolen art, expose forgeries, and test your OSINT skills in our latest CTF, The Art of Deception by Jemma Ward. Free to play until the end of July. Start here: osintcombine.ctfd.io

Your gut instinct might start an investigation—but don’t let it finish one. In our latest blog, we explore how to test assumptions in image analysis and geolocation. www.osintcombine.com/post/assumpt...

We're proud to announce Peter Greste as the keynote speaker for AOS2025. In “Principles Under Pressure,” he draws on his frontline reporting and unjust imprisonment to explore OSINT ethics when lives are at stake. More info: www.osintsymposium.com

In case you missed it, “The Art of Deception” CTF is live until July 31—starts easy and levels up with more points on offer. Share your favourite challenge with us and the community when you finish! The ‘how to’ blog will be available in early Aug. Sign up now: osintcombine.ctfd.io

What does it take to build enduring OSINT capability? It's not just tools—it's people, strategy, and community. Read more: www.osintcombine.com/post/the-rea.... Join us at the OSINT Symposium 2025 to explore further.

Introducing our latest OSINT CTF, "The Art of Deception," open through to July 31. Tackle increasingly difficult challenges to hone your investigative skills. Solutions blog to follow. Join today via the link below. Good luck!

It was a pleasure to appear on Open Secret with Micah @webbreacher.com, @osintcombine.bsky.social's Jane van Tienen & Kat to talk about #OSINT & #neurodiversity, My aim is to inspire organisations, individuals to explore the benefits of neurodiversity & inclusion www.osintcombine.com/oc-podcast-s...

Intelligence work lives and dies on credibility—no matter how advanced the tools we use. Explore OSINT Combine’s guide on building a framework to evaluate AI-generated outputs www.osintcombine.com/how-to-guides

Want OSINT insights, tools and tradecraft updates direct to your inbox? Subscribe to OSINT In Brief – our curated newsletter for professionals building enduring capability. Sign up here: www.osintcombine.com/subscribe

Need to track stolen goods, verify insurance claims, or flag counterfeit items? Deep Research (launched 2 Feb 2025) is able to crawl FB Marketplace, forums etc. A shopping upgrade (Apr 2025) adds price/image cards too.

Just updated the bookmark stack—namely the crypto folder—broken links removed, new explorers added plus a few more AI tools. The full curated list covers everything from verification to IP lookups. Link below.

What does leadership look like in an era of digital disruption and OSINT? In ep 2, Jane van Tienen and Kylie Pert chat with Terry Bullard about leading with adaptability, trust and vision. osintcombine.com/oc-podcast-season-2/executive-accounts-director-and-strategic-advisor%2C-3gimbals

Looking for something beyond the algorithmic noise in your search engine? Marginalia Search surfaces non-commercial, text-heavy sites using traditional ranking. marginalia-search.com

Major events bring big crowds and complex risks. Our latest blog explores how OSINT helps monitor public gatherings at every stage such as identifying early threats, supporting real-time decisions, and strengthening post-event reviews. www.osintcombine.com/post/osint-f...

Open Secret is back! 🎙️ Season 2 launches with an art heist special—stolen treasures, trafficking networks, and how OSINT is helping trace it all. Join Jane, Kylie & former FBI art crime investigator Tim Carpenter.

Out of the few images we tested, lenso.ai stood out—nailed some results, a bit off on others, but definitely worth bookmarking for reverse image search.

We’re bringing the OSINT Oasis to BSides Adelaide, 12–13 May 2025! Join us and Telstra for hands-on demos, tools, and case studies—no rego needed, just drop by. www.bsidesadelaide.com.au/villages

Part II of our “A Walk on the Wild Side” OSINT CTF walkthrough is here! Dive into the tradecraft behind challenges like satellite tracking, marine vessel searches, metadata decoding www.osintcombine.com/post/a-walk-...

Our April CTF A Walk on the Wild Side had some tricky flags—now it’s time to see how we solved them. Our Part I walkthrough is live, using only free OSINT tools and tradecraft www.osintcombine.com/post/walk-on...

The OSINT Redbook Course is here. We’ve built it to support a complete OSINT approach—helping you better search the Chinese Internet while building a broader understanding of China’s digital and cultural environment. Launched today. Learn more: academy.osintcombine.com

Season 2 of the Open Secret Pod is landing soon—packed with sharp insights, bold questions, and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you lead, investigate, or just love a yarn, check out the trailer: www.osintcombine.com/podcast

COMING SOON: Our new Academy course "The OSINT Redbook: Searching the Chinese Internet" launches April 10, 2025. Learn to navigate China's unique digital environment and extract key open-source information. Check out academy.osintcombine.com for more information.

Insider threats are rising—and so are their costs. In a new blog, we explore how OSINT can support insider threat detection across the employee lifecycle. Read more: www.osintcombine.com/post/insider...

🌍 A Walk on the Wild Side — an environment-focused OSINT CTF. Completely free with 20 challenges covering geolocation, environmental research & investigative skills. Walkthrough blog with full solutions coming end of April. Start by signing up here: osintcombine.ctfd.io (running 1–30 April only!)

New to Gen AI or tired of "meh" results? Try this Chrome Extension: www.promptimizeai.com. For mastering prompt craft, our course offers real-world examples and hands-on tips to take you from basic to expert. Our course is on-demand and can be found here: academy.osintcombine.com

The 2024 Independent Intelligence Review reflects a world of polycrisis — with challenges from tech acceleration to disinformation. It’s a timely read for anyone working in intelligence, national security or OSINT. Link below.

Undersea cables carry 95% of the world’s internet traffic—but they’re vulnerable to damage, sabotage, and geopolitical power plays. Our latest blog explores the risks, real-world incidents & how OSINT helps track threats. Read more: www.osintcombine.com/post/osint-r...

Ever needed to type in a language your keyboard doesn’t support? Lexilogos makes it easy. With virtual keyboards, dictionaries, and translation tools, it’s a handy resource for OSINT practitioners working across languages. Check it out here: www.lexilogos.com

Investigating email addresses is a key OSINT skill. From finding linked accounts to data breaches, each search can lead to new insights. Learn to investigate emails effectively while keeping OPSEC in mind, in our latest blog: www.osintcombine.com/post/investi... #osint #investigations #OPSEC

AI in OSINT: powerful, fast, but who gets the credit? 🤔 Our new guide explains when and how to cite AI, ensuring your output remains trusted and any risk is managed. Download here: www.osintcombine.com/how-to-guides

The team have just updated the "Dark Web Searching" blog. Originally written by our CEO Chris Poulter way back in 2020, it has been one of our most read blogs. Check it out for updated links, search engine recommendations and safe browsing options www.osintcombine.com/post/dark-we...

Deep Search with Grok 3 is quite impressive (and free with a X account). It is the latest AI lab to offer a 'deep' search function. Where Google and OpenAI's Deep Search capability seems to be slightly better, this is solid.

We just updated our Bookmark Stack full of free OSINT tools, with updates for social media and AI. Find it here: www.osintcombine.com/free-osint-t...

Grok has a unique place in the Gen AI landscape and is a tool worth considering for certain OSINT tasks. They’ve just launched custom instructions. Here is what we place in our custom instructions - we would be happy for you to share your take!

TikTok's US ban, RedNote, to DeepSeek's launch, Meta's fact-checking pivot, X's data barriers & the Stargate Project, 2025 is already throwing a few curveballs at the OSINT community. See how these changes impact intelligence gathering in our most recent blog: www.osintcombine.com/post/2025-th...

Instagram restrictions? When searching without logging in, profiles might be limited. You can still access posts via search engines, but be mindful Instagram detects most VPNs and may block access. imginn.com helps view public content too.

‘Leveraging Generative AI for OSINT’ is now available via the OSINT Combine Academy. Learn techniques and approaches for incorporating AI into your workflows while navigating the challenges. Sign up here: academy.osintcombine.com

Our CEO and Founder Chris Poulter has posted to LinkedIn his thoughts on DeepSeek vs 'Western Models'. Overall, it is a positive for the industry. Read it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-...

If you didn't catch it, we recently released a blog talking about knowing how to use AI making all the difference. We break down AI’s real role in intelligence work + how our new on-demand course "Leveraging Generative AI for OSINT" (launching 3 Feb) can help you get it right. Blog below:

Missed Chris Poulter's session on AI & OSINT at AOS2024? Catch the recording: www.osintcombine.com/webinars. Learn how AI is transforming intelligence workflows. Plus, if you want to dig deeper, be prepared to enroll in our AI for OSINT course launching 3 Feb! academy.osintcombine.com/p/gen-ai-osint

2024: a year of lessons, challenges, and probably a few “I should’ve thought of that” moments. So we asked: What’s your one thing for 2025? Spoiler: it’s not coffee. See the insights here: www.osintcombine.com/post/what-s-... #OSINT #OneThing

Awesome AI Web Search List of open source and proprietary #AI web search tools (with launch dates). github.com/felladrin/aw... Contributor twitter.com/felladrin

It’s all Greek to me. Discover our latest blog, exploring the impact of language and lexicons in OSINT. Learn how understanding slang and coded symbols can enhance your investigations. www.osintcombine.com/post/it-s-al...

Excited to be here on BlueSky! 🌐 We’re here to share tips, resources, and insights with the fantastic #OSINT community—and to learn from all of you, too #OSINT #OSINTCombine