Monthly OSINT Roundup (August 2025)
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Tradecraft Tips
How OSINT is used to protect celebrities
In a recent podcast episode, the Authentic8 team talked with Chad Brockway from Edgeworth security about how OSINT is used to protect high-profile and high net-worth individuals.
Don’t forget Apple Maps (and other alternatives)
We often rely on Google Maps (& Earth) when it comes to accessing free satellite imagery, but as Tom Jarvis pointed out, there are free alternatives and Google Maps/Earth does not necessarily provide the most up to date imagery.
The Global Environmental Crime Tracker
Bellingcat’s Johanna Wild shared the Global Environmental Crime Tracker, which gathers information of international crimes linked to the environment.
Stealth web scraping techniques for OSINT
In a recent post, Ben shared a video from Soukaina Cherrabi and François Granier on stealth web scraping techniques for OSINT.
How to investigate disinformation networks
Benjamin (@bendobrown) published a new tutorial on YouTube, showing how they managed to trace a Jakarta-based marketing agency responsible for a disinformation campaign launched in 2019.
Tools for crypto investigations
The On-Chain-Investigations-Tools-List on GitHub (by OffcierCIA) collates various tools for investigating crypto transactions.
Don’t forget about the comments!
In this LinkedIn post, Jonathan Hatzbani talks about the importance of checking comments during social media investigations.
Military aircraft tracking using Flightradar API
Evan Applegate’s latest post talks about how a Dutch programmer, Nils, built a military aircraft tracking map using the flightradar24 API.
Instagram Map
In a recent post, Amy E. talks about how Instagram is launching a map tool similar to Snap Map.
Industry News
Upcoming OSINT regulation in France?
If you shared a ChatGPT conversation, chances are it’s already indexed by Google
Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/91376687/google-indexing-chatgpt-conversations
Measuring the impact of silence in Influence Operations
Source: https://medium.com/@Cybart/the-sound-of-silence-6fe6ff8da63d
With no access on the ground, journalists turn to Open Source methods to report on Gaza (Reuters x Oxford)
Deepseek’s hype was fueled by fake accounts (EvAI)
Strava still exposes NATO military personnel
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benheubl_strava-nato-germany-activity-7365083532014112768-vl_C/
Stop calling it OSINT
Source: https://www.dutchosintguy.com/post/stop-calling-it-osint
Browser-based missile defence simulator
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Good stuff. Thank you. OSINT folks can also learn how to analyze these networks (disinfo) by reading my blog.