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OSINT’s Role When Geopolitics Cuts Deep
What happens under the sea affects us all. When Baltic cables were cut, OSINT tracked suspicious ships and exposed threats.
Mar 49 min read
Investigating Email Addresses with OSINT
Discover how to conduct an effective OSINT Email Investigation. Explore tools and techniques to uncover valuable information.
Feb 138 min read
OSINT in 2025: The Changing Landscape of Social Media and Technology
Explore 2025's major shifts in Gen. AI and social media, including DeepSeek's emergence, TikTok's US ban, and key implications for OSINT.
Feb 62 min read
Level up your OSINT with Fusion Skills
Discover the 5 essential fusion skills OSINT practitioners need to effectively collaborate with AI tools.
Jan 165 min read
The Real Role of AI in OSINT Workflows
Teaching OSINT practitioners how to work at the AI-OSINT edge.
Dec 17, 20249 min read
Blueprint for Bluesky: An OSINT Guide
Investigating Bluesky and exploring tradecraft and techniques for searching content and monitoring profiles.
Dec 13, 20241 min read
What’s Your One Thing?
As 2024 comes to a close, it’s only natural to reflect. Every year brings its lessons, challenges, and those sparks of insight that stay...
Nov 15, 20245 min read
It’s all Greek to me: Why language and lexicons matter in OSINT
I recently received a text from my teen that looked something like this: "Bruh, I’m about to dip, but fr lowkey SMH. Bet, I’ll catch u...
Nov 1, 20248 min read
Asking Good Questions in OSINT
A blog about asking precise, targeted questions that will improve your OSINT investigations and help you better leverage AI systems.
Oct 16, 20245 min read
Introducing Perspectives: AI and Intelligence Analysis
Are AI and the intelligence analyst destined to be friends, frenemies, or something in between?
Oct 9, 20247 min read
Building Mental Health Resilience in the OSINT Community
This blog is inspired by a recent presentation at the Australian OSINT Symposium 2024 by OSINT Combine’s Ashleigh Brady and Colm...
Oct 3, 20249 min read
A Geolocation Walkthrough
A blog about how small details in image can help to identify its location and how AI systems can support the analyst.
Aug 15, 20249 min read
Investigating Spam and Clickbait Networks on Social Media
Investigating Facebook pages to better understand how spam sites can generate revenue, influence audi and promote harmful narratives.
Aug 1, 20249 min read
Prompting AI for Open-Source Intelligence
There is so much information out there regarding AI. And fair enough, it is and will continue to infiltrate our daily lives. There is...
Jul 18, 20244 min read
OSINT for Critical Infrastructure: Using OSINT to identify misuse of cyber assets
Hands-on techniques and tools that can be used by security teams to improve the security posture of their organisation.
May 20, 20245 min read
OSINT for Critical Infrastructure: Investigating Organisational and Personnel Online Footprint
OSINT Combine’s Emerald Sage recently published a whitepaper exploring how OSINT can help manage risk for critical infrastructure. In a...
Apr 2, 20244 min read
How to spot a fake: analysing inauthentic content
Analysing and investigating inauthentic content - the inauthentic content analysis map is a resource to assist interrogating content.
Nov 28, 20237 min read
From Voices to Vulnerabilities: How OSINT Can Help
On 18 February 2022, a news website released a video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declaring an end to the ongoing conflict...
Nov 6, 20234 min read
Set Up a Safe and Secure Virtual Environment for Dark Web Access
One of our key learning objectives in our Illuminating the Dark Web course is to teach students how to conduct dark web research securely...
Oct 31, 20236 min read
Navigating Open-Source Collection
The internet is often analogised as a vast and deep ocean of information, where websites are like islands floating on the surface, and...
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