Monthly OSINT Roundup (September 2025)
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September 2025 Highlights
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Tradecraft Tips
Donât underestimate Bing Maps
In a recent post, Benjamin S. talks about Bing mapsâ âbird eyeâ feature which offers incredibly detailed views of sensitive locations.
NEW JSON Viewer
In a recent post, Mario Santella shared a new tool, jsoncrack.com, which turns json data into a visual tree graph.
NEW OSINT Training Platform
Oppi.tech is a new training platform built for both trainers and trainees for teaching and learning techniques against information manipulation.
Wayback Machine for OSINT
Benjamin S. published a video where he shows creative ways to leverage the Wayback Machine for OSINT purposes.
Learn prompt reverse-engineering
Hack A Prompt 2.0 is an international AI red teaming competition, where you can learn about AI security and try to defeat AI models by getting them to give you unwanted information.
How to write a good BLUF
A BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) is a method used by intelligence analysts to present their findings. In a recent post, Angie Gad presents her tutorial on how to write a well-crafted BLUF.
Donât 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 Applegateâs 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.
New tool for video verification
Youstitchit is a new tool which allows users to create panoramas from videos or photos.
Understanding Russian Disinformation
The center for countering disinformation, along with the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), published a guide to understanding Russian disinformation tactics.
Application Tip: Understand Your Skills & Experience
If youâre looking for a job but donât know how to frame your experiences or skills into something valuable for your future employer, you can check out Google Career Dreamer (read about it from Googleâs Chief strategist).
Data brokers database
Privacyrights.org has published a data brokers database, allowing users to browse through data brokers registered in the US.
How to detect AI-generated content
Henk van Ess, in partnership with the GIJN, just released a reporterâs guide to detecting artificially generated content.
How to Monitor Conflict Amidst a Sea of Misinformation
This is the title of the latest article published by Makepeace Sitlhou on the Bellingcat.
Likelihoods in Intelligence Writing
In a recent post, Rachael Spanton talks about algorithmically anticipating likelihood in an intelligence context.
How to Anticipate a Coup
This blog post by Rachael Spanton explains that while no one can predict the exact timing of a coup, tracking long-term drivers, short-term indicators, and sudden catalysts can reveal where risks are mounting.
Industry News
Inauthentic operations to influence Moldovan elections
Opinion: OSINT needs standards and professionalisation
Malta hosts conference on building democratic resilience to disinformation
U.S. bill would include major OSINT reforms
Opinion: U.S. Intelligence Must Embrace OSINT
Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/9/us-intelligence-sitting-idly/
Github restricts OSINT and Dark web resources
Source: https://indicator.media/p/github-restricting-accounts-with-osint-and-dark-web-resources
Germany and France launch new media alliance to counter disinformation
Anthropic warns of rising AI misuse in Cybercrime
Source: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/b2a76c6f6992465c09a6f2fce282f6c0cea8c200.pdf
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"The center for countering disinformation, along with the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), published a guide to understanding Russian disinformation tactics."
Did they publish one on understanding US CIA and NATO disinformation tactics?
Thought not...
This makes your "OSINT" a travesty because it shows your complete bias on the conflict. What else are you biased about? Since when is "intelligence" about bias and assuming one side of a conflict is the only correct side?