Wednesday Updates #33
Free tickets for OSINTCon, read OSINT investigation reports on dark web criminals, learn about recent AI updates, a lot of new blogs, videos and tools.
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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
A security researcher foud a vulnerabilty in google that was leaking the email of any Youtube user. The vulnerabilty has been patched now but you can read the methodology of the researcher on his blog. Read it here.
@nattyfried did an investigation on Doxbin founders. Read the investigation report.
@fs0c131y also did an investigation report on admins of Cracked and Nulled. Part1 Part2
Content Sharing
- published an awesome post on Search Google Maps with the help of AI.
- published one more post, The AI Research Battle: Who’s Smart, Who’s Just Guessing?.
- published an awesome post in , A Free OSINT Lesson: To The Last Syllable of Recorded Time(line).
Blogs Reads
External Reading
Automating Investigations: Smarter Workflows for Security Professionals
Guide to Investigating Fossil Fuels: Private and State-Owned Companies
Guide to Investigating Fossil Fuels: Broader Industry Ecosystem
Videos Worth Watching
OSINT Podcasts
Nothing new got released this week.
OSINT Events & Challenges
Global Investigative Journalism Network(GIJN) is hosting a webinar on the topic, Investigating Fossil Fuels on Feb 20, 2025, 09:00 AM EDT. Confirm your slot.
Tools Changelog
@OSINTindustries now allows searching by name. See the demo here. Now, It also support Crypto lookup.
OSINT Toolbox
Distributed Denial of Secrets - Search by full name/nickname in leaked archives.
Caracal - Handwritten Text Recognition with Named Entity Recognition (person, organization, location, date, event) free tool.
(RealmOsintEx - an OSINT tool built with Elixir for querying Microsoft's GetUserRealm endpoint.) It’s risky to use, the creator of the tool have shown malicious behaviour, so try at your own risk. Not tested, nor verified by us.
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Mystery Box
The Plonk It Guide to GeoGuessr - A very detailed guide to identifying images from Google Maps for 133 countries (+ cities and regions in each). Car license plates, power lines, soils, road surface and many other details.
Missed Last week
Nothing special got missed last week.
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