🌍 Global Virtual Conference – Actionable Open Source Intelligence 📅 5th February 2026 The Coalition of Cyber Investigators is excited to highlight an outstanding upcoming global virtual conference focused on Actionable OSINT. medium.com/@city.paul/g...

OSINT must be embedded into future cybercrime strategies. Not optional. Not “experimental.” Essential. Some days, many feel optimistic. Other days… less so. But control is possible — if we choose to build it. Read More: medium.com/@city.paul/2...

Neal Ysart, a cofounder at The Coalition of Cyber Investigators, recently joined Robert Vamosi CISSP and AJ Nash on Authentic8’s NeedleStack podcast to talk about something the OSINT world urgently needs: globally accepted standards. medium.com/@city.paul/t...

How Private Equity (PE) Firms Can Use OSINT – A Beginner's Guide This article explores how PE firms can leverage OSINT to enhance investment strategies, outlines the core OSINT benefits, and illustrates its use in screening, due diligence, and portfolio risk assessment. medium.com/@city.paul/h...

Our new #OSINT beginners guide for Private Equity firms is out! Deals often hinge on info beyond pitch decks OSINT is now essential for investors Written by @coalitionci.bsky.social cofounders @londoncity325.bsky.social @nealysart.bsky.social & Ryan Kyle of www.wearekiss.co Find out more below👇

Organised crime groups active across Europe made millions trafficking vulnerable individuals. Joint operations conducted this month, Europol supported countries in disrupting large-scale organised crime groups involved in human trafficking and more. Source: medium.com/@city.paul/t...

Cheating the Toy World: How OSINT is Powering the Fight Against Counterfeit Toys medium.com/@city.paul/c...

A Wrap on International Fraud Awareness Week, resurfaced a set of Coalition articles to provide a practical OSINT lens on fraud. medium.com/@city.paul/a...

Day 5 of International Fraud Awareness Week Investigators offer tips to avoid digital scams during the festive season. medium.com/h7w/day-5-of...

Spotting What’s Missing In ACCA’s “Combatting Fraud In A Perfect Storm” Investigators comment on the ACCA's latest anti-fraud guidance and identify key components missing from the guidance. medium.com/h7w/spotting...

Read the commentary from @coalitionci.bsky.social on the latest report from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) - Combatting Fraud in a Perfect Storm - we point out what's missing and highlight an opportunity for #OSINT standards development. #fraud #investigations #Risk

Day 4 of the International Fraud Awareness Week series looks at how fraudsters are increasingly using fake headhunters. “Protecting Yourself from Fake Headhunters with OSINT” highlights how these scams operate and the traces they leave. medium.com/the-first-di...

Day 3 of the International Fraud Week highlights the importance of fraud prevention through a dedicated week to the topic. The latest article looks at a threat that a lot of organisations still think of as “future tense”, but it's not - it's a clear and present danger. medium.com/the-first-di...

It’s day 2 of International Fraud Awareness Week, and The Coalition of Cyber Investigators is revisiting one of the most requested articles from their archives - Boiler Room Investment Frauds: Evolution, Detection, and Prevention medium.com/@city.paul/i...

LinkedIn: A Growing Battleground for Espionage, Fraud — and the Critical Role of OSINT. medium.com/the-first-di...

Every year, International Fraud Week highlights the importance of fraud prevention through a dedicated week to the topic. This important observance reminds us of the challenges posed and the need for OSINT. medium.com/@city.paul/i...

Tesari AI is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with The Coalition of Cyber Investigators, which brings deep-domain expertise in cybercrime, intelligence (OSINT & HUMINT), digital forensics, fraud, and financial crime. medium.com/@city.paul/t...

💥Our latest OSINT beginners guide - out now💥 Developed by @londoncity325.bsky.social @nealysart.bsky.social, Todd G. Shipley & Art Bowker Learn how to use #OSINT to keep your family safe. Read it below & find out more about Art & Todd's book on which the guide is based #onlinesafety #Cybercrime

When AI Chatbots Rewrite the News: Why OSINT Matters More Than Ever A recent joint study revealed something disconcerting: popular AI chatbots often mislead users in news discussions. About half of the responses that they analysed contained factual errors or distortions. medium.com/@city.paul/w...

⚠️WEEK 4: THE AMPLIFICATION FILES - WRAP UP⚠️ In Weeks 1 - 3, The Coalition of Cyber Investigators tracked the same boiler room investment fraud operation as it picked up credibility at each stop. medium.com/the-first-di...

Fraud is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the UK, but the system established to deal with it has been plagued with problems. For years, victims have been forced to endure a confusing and frustrating reporting process through Action Fraud. medium.com/@city.paul/u...

Why Britain's New Ransomware Bill Could Actually Make a Difference (If It Ever Passes) In the House of Commons, Bradley Thomas MP used a Ten-Minute Rule motion to introduce the Cyber Extortion and Ransomware (Reporting) Bill medium.com/@city.paul/w...

🕵️‍♂️ Exploring the New Frontiers of OSINT — A Fresh Collection by Brad Snyder OSINT continues to evolve at a breathtaking pace, bridging the worlds of cybersecurity, geopolitics, and digital forensics. 👉 Read it here: OSINT-Related Articles – October 2025 Collection

What does the AWS outage mean for OSINT practitioners and investigators? This latest analysis puts it into perspective. If you’re an investigator or OSINT professional and haven’t considered this question, you need to read this! medium.com/h7w/the-hidd...

Brad Snyder created an OSINT LinkTree for a number of links and RSS pages that he has collected and regularly updates. OSINT-Related Updated Articles, 20251017 medium.com/the-first-di...

OSINT-Related Updated Articles, 20251015 Source: medium.com/@snyde21 osintteam.blog/osint-relate...

Week 3 of the Amplification Files from The Coalition of Cyber Investigators looks at the role the world's biggest business news platform played in unwittingly amplifying the fraudulent messages of a fake fund manager and boiler room investment scam. medium.com/@city.paul/t...

When a fraudulent “fund manager” shows up on the world’s most‑visited finance site, people believe it. Read Week 3 of The Amplification Files to learn about the role of @yahoofinance.com in unwittingly amplifying the scammers message #OSINT #investigation #boilerroom #investment #fraud #scam

The Missing Pillar: Why the NCSC's Annual Reviews Overlook Open-Source Intelligence as a Pillar of Cybersecurity A Critical Flaw in the UK's Cyber Defence Strategy Read More: medium.com/@city.paul/t...

This is Week 2 of The Amplification Files, in which The Coalition of Cyber Investigators tells the story of how a boiler room investment scam operation credentialed itself on one of the most respected sources of financial information in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. medium.com/the-first-di...

📕 New Beginners Guide published 📕 Windows 10 support ends tomorrow. Millions of devices will shift from “managed risk” to “forever day” exposure - especially in OT/ICS. To help, The Coalition of Cyber Investigators and Graybox Security have teamed up. medium.com/@city.paul/m...

Hackers calling themselves Radiant tried to extort nursery chain Kido Schools by publishing stolen data and images of thousands of children online, but after public outrage, they removed the posts, claimed to have deleted the files, and even apologised. medium.com/the-first-di...

When the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) Regulatory News Service (RNS) - authorised by the FCA as a Primary Information Provider in the UK - carried bogus bulletins, fraudsters gained credibility they never earned. Case 1 of #TheAmplificationFiles is live. coalitioncyber.com/the-amplific...

The Coalition of Cyber Investigators' launch a real life investigation‑driven series exposing how scammers exploit trusted platforms to amplify fake legitimacy and credentialise their services, highlighting the gap between disclaimers and duty of care. coalitioncyber.com/the-amplific...

The Coalition of Cyber Investigators explores how OSINT can play a pivotal role in strengthening, testing, and safeguarding digital identity frameworks. medium.com/@city.paul/o...

Digital IDs are the talk of the town globally 🔐 but with new systems come new risks. The latest take from @coalitionci.bsky.social authored by @londoncity325.bsky.social & @nealysart.bsky.social explores how #OSINT can help secure digital ID frameworks. Read the full article below👇

Children's names, pictures, and addresses were stolen in a nursery chain hack. Hackers say they have stolen the pictures, names, and addresses of around 8,000 children from the Kido nursery chain. medium.com/@city.paul/t...

A Raw Take on OSINT's Broken State - Time for Real Change Brett Redman's article hit readers like a cold splash of reality. It's about time someone said it. He is spot-on about platform bias, but that's scratching the surface of the inconsistencies we see in OSINT. medium.com/@city.paul/a...

OSINT isn’t just flawed — it’s broken. Platform bias, abandoned tools, and zero #standards are undermining trust in open-source #intelligence. Our raw take written by @londoncity325.bsky.social & @nealysart.bsky.social : #OSINT needs transformation & standardisation - not tweaks Read more below ⤵️

To mark their 50th published article, The Coalition of Cyber Investigators look back at the evolution of deception over the last 50 years and the role that OSINT now plays in unmasking it. medium.com/@city.paul/f...

🚨 50 Articles. 50 Years of Deception 🚨 ‼️ @coalitionci.bsky.social just dropped its 50th article‼️ Authored by @londoncity325.bsky.social & @nealysart.bsky.social - it reflects on how deception has evolved in the last 50 years & the role #OSINT plays in countering it #investigations #deception

The recent launch of MI6’s “Silent Courier” dark web platform marks a major change in intelligence recruitment methods, but it also reveals serious vulnerabilities in the OSINT environment that security experts should be alert to. medium.com/@city.paul/o...

New Article: The Shadowz Brotherhood Investigation Coalition cofounders @londoncity325.bsky.social & @nealysart.bsky.social recount a landmark case that exposed a global child exploitation network, reshaped global #police cooperation & cemented #OSINT in today’s #OSEC #investigations

Why does the field of digital forensics (particularly in the UK) still rely on the ACPO Guidelines from 2012, more than a decade later? 👉 Read the full piece here: coalitioncyber.com/acpo-guideli...

Couldn't agree more with @londoncity325.bsky.social - collaboration can make all the difference in OSINT & investigations. Great also to see @coalitionci.bsky.social get a call out as one of the go-to sources for #OSINT, #investigation and #digital #forensic insights

Brilliant post from Toddington International Inc.! "The Web of Investigators" is a timely reminder that OSINT truly thrives on collaboration and shared expertise. Whether you’re a newcomer or a seasoned analyst, tapping into supportive communities opens doors. www.linkedin.com/pulse/web-in...

The article "How the News Cycle Renders OSINT Unreliable" provides a compelling real-world illustration of the critical need for standardised Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) practices. medium.com/the-first-di...

Ever wondered why Digital Forensic professionals, particularly in the UK, still rely on 13 yrs old ACPO guidance? Find out by reading the latest analysis from @coalitionci.bsky.social written by @londoncity325.bsky.social & @nealysart.bsky.social #investigations #digitalforensics #cybercrime

The Coalition of Cyber Investigators has been around for 12 months now and has released a series of Beginner Guides showing how OSINT can be used across sectors to help manage risk and inform investigations medium.com/@city.paul/o...

What is in the Epstein Files, and can OSINT reveal the answer ❓ The latest analysis explores the role that OSINT can play in establishing the contents of the Epstein Files and exposing what's missing. 👉 Full report: medium.com/@city.paul/w...