Wednesday Updates #27

New blogs and articles, new tools and resources and a new earning opportunity.

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Wednesday Updates #26

Today’s Newsletter includes -

• This Week in OSINT

• Content Sharing

• Blogs Reads

• External Reading

• Videos Worth Watching

• OSINT Podcasts

• OSINT Events & Challenges

• Tools Changelog

• OSINT Toolbox

• Mystery Box

• Missed Last week

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This Week in OSINT

• @cqcore shared tips for business OSINT. Linko(.)page, vCard(.)link, lnk(.)bio, & Link(.)me are services that allow companies or individuals to host their vCard's (Business Cards) or other social media details. Try Google dorking, with site: and username or keyword.

• @nattyfried did an OSINT investigation. Read the step by step approach.

• @OSINT_Community shared OSINT tips on investigating usernames. Know More.

Content Sharing

• Craig Silverman
  published the final edition of Digital Investigations for 2024. Read the full post titled, Tools and tips round-up: A new way to use OpenStreetMap and tools for Wikipedia, Telegram, and more.

• The OSINT Guide
  published a post on Reddit investigation. Read the full post title, Web Scrape Reddit to Find New Threats.

• Bullsh*t Hunting
  published about Hunchly(an awesome OSINT tool). Read the full post titled, Hunchly: A Year Later, and so Much Better.

• Conspirador Norteño
  published about ongoing images spam on Facebook. Read the full post title, This landscape does not exist.

Blogs Reads

• Privacy, A Reality Check

• Unpacking the Ice Cream Truck Mystery: OSINT Challenge Walkthrough

• Advent of CTF 2024 — Day 13: Disoriented Santa

• Advent of CTF 2024 — Day 20: Lost Santa

• 0xL4ughCTF OSINT Writeups

External Reading

• Enhancing Tactical Interception with Data Enrichment: Techniques, Benefits, and Use Cases

• Geopolitics and conspiracy: converging factors

• The Intersection of AI and OSINT: Advanced Threats On The Horizon

Videos Worth Watching

OSINT Podcasts

James Intelligence Podcast released a new episode, Language and Linguistics in OSINT.

OSINT Events & Challenges

Nothing in this section for this week. Enjoy your holiday.

Tools Changelog

@lol_archiver added a new feature for the Twitter history tool, allowing you to search all users who ever owned a specific username.

OSINT Toolbox

Web Archive Explorer - It enables easy access to web archives across multiple archiving services.

ArchiveGrid - Worldwide map of 1400+ archives (libraries, universities, museums etc) with contact info.

Linkedin Profile Viewer - It shows the profile picture and description and some other information about experience and education

Some resources for Sea Floor OSINT -
maps.lof.org/lof - World Reef Map (with video)
ncei.noaa.gov/maps/iho_dcdb/ - Bathymetric Data Viewer (worldwide map)
portal.gplates.org/cesium/?view=seabed - Seabed Lithology Map
livingatlas.arcgis.com/emu/ - Ecological Marine Unit Explorer

Thanks to

Cyb_detective

for this section.

Mystery Box

Snoop Ghost published a blog with a list of resources useful for doing OSINT in Austria. Read the full blog titled, OSINT Austria.

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