Hey #OSINT, today in this thread we will summarize the evolution of OSINT in the past 200 years. Follow the thread π§΅
1. The advent of print media leads to the establishment of intelligence systems allowing the systemic and systematic collection from open sources.
2. The structured intelligence networks start to influence and control the print media and the intelligence services need to categorize the information collected from the press based on criteria related to publication, author and context
Hey #OSINT, apart from OSINT did you know that there are many other types of intelligence gathering. Here's a list of intelligence gathering disciplines (including OSINT).
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1. Human intelligence (HUMINT)
NATO defines it as "a category of intelligence derived from information collected and provided by human sources." It's mostly done by people rather than any technical means, and is commonly provided by covert agents and spies.
2. Geospatial intelligence (GEOINT)
is exploitation and analysis of imagery, signals, or signatures with geospatial info. Data can be collected by electro-optical, SAR, sensor programs (active & passive), non-technical means (acquired by personnel in the field).
Today the Internet Archive has a collection of nearly 625 billion web pages, 38 million books and texts, 14 million audio recordings, 7 million videos (including 2 million Television News programs), 4 million images, 790,000 software programs and more.
With all due respect, we donβt need all the data thatβs been recorded by the Internet Archive. Usually people save pages on the Wayback Machine that are relevant to them.
So let's use 'Archive Box' @ArchiveBoxApp to make our own archive.
Hey #OSINT, did you enjoy Christmas? π€Ά Here's a list of signal intelligence agencies around the world (which send Santa the naughty list) π΅οΈ
1. UK π¬π§ - Government Communications Headquarters
Formed: 1 November 1919; 103 years ago (as Government Code and Cypher School)
commonly known as GCHQ
Headquarters: The Doughnut, Hubble Road, Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
official site: gchq.gov.uk
2. Netherlands π³π± - Inlichtingen-en Algemene Veiligheidsdienst
Formed: 30 May 2002; 20 years ago
The AIVD focuses mostly on domestic non-military threats to Dutch national security
Headquarters: Europaweg 4, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
official site: english.aivd.nl
Hey #OSINT#geolocation#verification π΅οΈββοΈπ΅οΈββοΈ, let's solve a geolocation challenge. Blast from the past. π€
Finding Luther β An OSINT Geo location Challenge. π§΅
Step 1: This time I wanted to approach this zero knowledge target differently. So the first thing that I did was to reverse search the image. I got few results on Google & Yandex. Even they pointed out the season and episode number of Luther. #OSINT#geolocation#verification
Step 2: Hereβs a tip (if you didnβt know already), IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Fandom Wiki pages could be super useful when you are investigating movies or TV shows. #OSINT#geolocation#verification π
Hey #OSINT π΅οΈββοΈ Just saw some post within the community talking about the difference between 'Open Source Information' and 'Open Source Intelligence' π€ which I believe could be flawed and subjective. Here's why? π
First question - All of a sudden, what is this #OSINF
Open Source Intelligence is utilizing publicly available data for various purposes. And what should be considered as 'Intelligence' is dependent on the organization or interests. If one's a journalist or LE or spy, everyone's definition/priorities of 'Intelligence' differs.#OSINT
Usage of JARGON
Gap analysis, Pattern analysis, Strategic analysis (& N number of analysis)
Well, all these are NOT specifically related to OSINT, because there is no standard definition of OSINT. Perhaps, some international orgs have defined it based on their interests.#OSINT