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OSINT
10 articles
eBookThe Facebook OSINT Investigation Guide
For OSINT and SOCMINT investigators, Facebook is a powerful resource for gathering intelligence on individuals, organizations, groups, businesses, and events. Download this comprehensive guide to learn how to effectively leverage Facebook for your investigations.
Pagefreezer · Oct 16, 2026
Hub ArticleTips, Tools and Techniques for Using Open Sources in Threat Intelligence
Open-source intelligence doesn’t just refer to the accessibility of information. OSINT is the practice of collecting information from publicly available sources that is widely used by analysts in nearly every type of organization — from government and law enforcement to financial crime analysts, fraud and brand misuse investigations, and particularly cybersecurity.
Jeff Phillips · Dec 12, 2022
Hub ArticleThe Rise of LokiNet
Over the past few years, we’ve witnessed the advent of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology become the technological paragon and consequently, an investment zeitgeist. While you will find many polarizing views on cryptocurrency, you will find few (if any) naysayers or neophobic attitudes towards blockchain technology.
Keven Hendricks · Dec 10, 2022
Hub ArticleHow Managed Attribution Empowers Online Researchers
Chances are, anyone involved in online research – cybersecurity specialists, fraud and brand misuse analysts, law enforcement investigators – has heard of the concept of managing attribution in order to stay safe and anonymous online.
Jeff Phillips · Dec 7, 2022
Hub ArticleWhy and How You Should Include the Dark Web in Your Research
The dark web is an area of the internet that’s not accessible using regular commercial browsers. It is most notoriously known for the illegal activity it facilitates. However, for online investigators, the dark web can be a tremendous resource for gathering information, researching their adversaries and following up on threat indicators.
Jeff Phillips · Nov 8, 2022
Hub ArticleTop Online Tools for Law Enforcement Investigations
Federal and local law enforcement agencies have dedicated divisions for fighting cybercrime, and naturally, most of their time is spent browsing the internet — gathering intelligence on cyber terrorists, investigating computer-based crimes, and following up on reports of fraud, hacks and stolen data.
Jeff Phillips · Nov 2, 2022
Hub ArticleWeb3 – The Old Colossus?
Why do I say that the advent of “Web3” is the Old Colossus? Simply because, nobody knows for certain what “Web3” is going to truly be at this juncture. You will not find somebody alive today who has seen the Colossus of Rhodes, and you will certainly not find somebody today who can tell you how (and when) “Web3” will become commonplace for the world wide web as we know it.
Keven Hendricks · Aug 19, 2022
Hub ArticleCryptocurrency – The Final OSINT Frontier?
Unless you have been living under a proverbial rock for the past few years, you have undoubtedly heard about cryptocurrencies. Whether its Bitcoin, blockchain, NFTs…it is safe to say that cryptocurrency isn’t going anywhere, and will likely continue to assimilate into our daily lives
Keven Hendricks · Jun 16, 2022
Hub ArticleDark Web Investigations and I2P
Before we had the popularity of Meta’s Facebook messenger and end-to-end encryption apps like Telegram, there was AOL Instant Messenger (AIM for short). AIM was brilliant, and from my high school to college years, it was the preferred method of staying in touch with my friends. With the success of AIM, there were competitors: Yahoo Messenger and MS Messenger, and while not comparative in the popularity of AIM (here in the United States at least), both services had their own features which set them apart.
Keven Hendricks · Mar 24, 2022
Hub ArticleUsing Traditional Forensic Tools in an OSINT Environment
What do you do when you want to perform an investigation, but don’t have any media? At times I have wanted to connect the dots, disprove theories, or just view things from different angles. Stuff that’s easy to do when you have media like phones or hard drives and an analytical tool like Truxton. But, if all you have are sites on the web, what is a resourceful OSINT investigator to do?
Oct 19, 2021