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Tools, Risks, and Key Shifts Shaping the OSINT industry this Week

Jan 18, 2026

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This week’s edition is packed with updates that matter for day-to-day OSINT work. We cover practical tools, platform risks, and broader shifts in the field, including new ways to analyse websites, warnings about link-based exposure, faster access to academic research, and clear explanations of core intelligence concepts.

You’ll also find items on critical internet infrastructure, growing AI capabilities in cyber operations, ongoing standards debates in the OSINT community, counter-disinformation efforts, emerging risks to KYC, changes in secure messaging ownership, and continued funding in the narrative intelligence space.

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