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@cybdetective.bsky.social

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Every day I write about #osint (Open Source Intelligence) tools and techniques. Also little bit about forensics and other cybersecurity related themes

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · Nov 24

Bluesky search tips

Advanced search operators + Google search tricks +Tools to get profile info in one pic

#osint #socmint

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 10h

The Ultimate Guide to Launching a Career in Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT): From Beginner to Professional by d4rk_Intel

What is OSINT and Why Does It Matter?
Strategic OSINT Job Hunting on LinkedIn
Resource Index: URLs & Organizations

and more.

preciousvincentct.medium.com/the-ultimate...

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 1d

HashCut

Free online tool for making YouTube video annotations.

Select a video clip, add text or a sticker to it, and share the link with someone (no registration required).

www.hashcut.com

#socmint #youtube

Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 1d

OSINT Kit

OSINT Aggregator Tools
Location Tracking
Marketplaces
Domain Information
Miscellaneous
Image / Video / Media Analysis
Operating Systems
PGP Key Servers
Recording & Auditing

github.com/Buddhsen-tri...

Contributor Btr1pathi

#osint #socmint

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 2d

List of #socmint tools by I-intelligence. Resources for information gathering on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Telegram, BlueSky, Mastodon, Vkontakte and other popular social media platforms.

www.osinthandbook.com/facebook

Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 4d

Image Analysis Tools

List of tools for image analysis and verification by i-intelligence.

www.osinthandbook.com/image-analysis

#osint #socmint

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 4d

WhenTaken

An online game that tests not only geolocation skills, but also chronolocation skills. You have to guess not only the place where the photo was taken, but also the year.

whentaken.com

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 5d

Perplexity Comet

New browser from Perplexity_ai:
- Quick analysis of each tab's content and automation of multiple tasks (responding to emails, code generation, etc.)
- Built-in Perplexity AI search engine
- Very fast data transfer from other browsers

www.perplexity.ai/comet

Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 5d

Ubikron Advanced Enrichments

List of 200+ data enrichments for Ubikron #OSINT tool.

It can also be used to create bookmarks or simply as a list of search tools.

github.com/ubikron/Adva...

Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 7d

OSINT MOE

An online tool that collects data about people, companies, and topics of interest using AI and visualizes this information in the form of a graph. Very fast and in-depth data processing.

Free demo osint.moe

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 7d

Company Profiling

A list of about a hundred services for gathering information about companies, both worldwide and in the US, UK, and other countries.

By i-intelligence

www.osinthandbook.com/company-prof...

#osint #corpint

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 8d

Satellite Imagery

List of 40+ tools and resources by i-intelligence

www.osinthandbook.com/satellite-im...

#osint #geoint

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 9d

A July, I tweeted about a series of posts on OSINT in different countries (dozens of tools for each) by UNISHKAResearch. But since then, the series has been actively expanded. Added:

Israel
Mongolia
Indonesia
Philippines
Nepal
El Salvador

substack.com/@unishkarese...

Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 10d

RExpository

List of 200+ regular expressions for sensitive data extraction:

- usernames
- IPs
- emails
- API Keys
- Access Tokens
- Hashes

and others.

jaimepolop.github.io/RExpository/

By Jaime Polop

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 11d

Legendary OSINT by K2OSINT

Github repo with with hundreds of #osint tools in different categories: people search, aviation, reverse image search, dark web etc

github.com/K2SOsint/Leg...

#socmint #geoint

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 12d

8 Tips to Improve Your Reverse Image Search Results

Enhance Image Quality
Crop and Focus
Remove Backgrounds
Leverage Metadata for Context
Combine Multiple Search Engines
Utilize Face Recognition Tools
Use Google Dorks
medium.com/the-first-di...

By Nina Maelainine

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 13d

Step-by-Step OSINT Roadmap for Investigating Videos

1 Downloading the Video
2 Extracting Metadata
3 Analyzing Video Content
4 Geolocating the Scene
5 Verifying Authenticity
6 Advanced Scene Analysis

Detecting Deepfakes

medium.com/the-first-di...

By Nina Maelainine

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 14d

Bing Maps Bird's Eye

I have tweeted many times about services for viewing satellite images and mentioned Bing Maps in them.

Note that aerial images (Bird's eye) are also available for some locations (primarily in the United States). New details from a different perspective.

Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 15d

"Top 5 hacks to find deleted websites, posts and secret changes"

Guide to advanced use of the Internet Archive by Benjamin Strick:

How to track changes made to websites
How to view collections of archived sites
How to search through TV News archives

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwuX...

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 15d

Secure Dark Web Evidence Capture Guide

A detailed guide to setting up a VM and Tor, as well as automating investigations on the #darknet by OSINTtechniques

www.forensicosint.com/tor

#osint

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 17d

Crypto & Blockchain Investigation Resources

👀Blockchain Explorers
🧐OSINT & Visualization Tools
😡Abuse & Scam Databases
👮Compliance, Risk & AML
👩‍💼Analytic Services
💰Exchanges & Wallets
🕵️Investigation Workflows

github.com/K2SOsint/Leg...

#osint #crypto

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 18d

MastoGizmos

List of tools for gathering information about Mastodon posts and accounts:

- search Mastodon
- find people to follow
- generate RSS feeds for Mastodon hashtags

and more.

mastogizmos.com

#osint #socmint

Contributor @researchbuzz.bsky.social

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 20d

Onion OSINT Directory

List of resources for #darknet researches:

🗂️ Onion Catalogs
💬 Onion Chats & Pastebins
📊 Onion Dashboards & Chans
🧵 Onion Forums
🎥 Onion Media
🧪 Miscellaneous Onion Resources

gitlab.com/DanaXScully/...

Contributor ScullyInt

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 21d

@craigsilverman.bsky.social look at this

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 21d

You have done an incredible amount of work!

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Cyber Detective @cybdetective.bsky.social · 21d

MegaGladys

Free online tools for in-depth analysis of people's pages on Wikipedia:

- "Gossip Machine"
- "Biography Builder"
- "Associated Persons"
- "PeopleLinx Affiliations Lookup"

and others.

megagladys.com

Tip by @researchbuzz.bsky.social

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