Monthly OSINT Round-Up (January 2025)
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January 2025 Highlights
Tradecraft Tips
Oceans Investigations Guide
The Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) has published a comprehensive guide to help with OSINT investigations focused on the oceans.
Extract email & other info from Github account
Jason Nickola shared a tool called gitSome, designed for OSINT investigations on GitHub.
Tools for Investigating TikTok Misinformation
A recent Documented article details their methodology to analysing hundreds of TikTok videos in different languages.
Investigate Phishing Attacks
The OSINT Guide published a walkthrough detailing how to analyse suspicious files.
Profiling with AI using Qwant
Qwant, the privacy-focused browser, has introduced an AI-powered profiling feature, which is only available on the French domain as of writing this post.
New Tools for Favicon Investigations
OSINTme published an article summing up the usefulness of Favicons.
Using Deepseek AI to analyze ransomware chats
Matt Edmonson made a video where he demonstrates how Deepseek AI can be used locally to investigate ransomware incidents.
Get free satellite imagery for your investigations
In a previous issue, we told you about the GIJN's webinar on techniques to access free satellite imagery. For those who missed it, the full replay is available on Youtube.
Industry News
The transparency trap: risk of deception in OSINT
Source: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/january/transparency-trap-risks-deception-age-osint
Generative AI is Redefining OSINT
Source: https://indagotech.com/blog/osint30-embracing-gai-revolution
How do threat actors use GenAI?
https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/adversarial-misuse-generative-ai.pdf
UK Government Guide for Intelligence Analysts
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intelligence-analysis-professional-development-framework
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