MySpace is sometimes referred to as the "Forgotten Social Network." Users abandoning it in favor of other platforms does not mean that it is immune to information gathering. This article is a ...

This growth also involves a more sophisticated tradecraft in which OSINT moves from being a discipline focused on exploiting media to exploiting multiple sources and modes of collection. This ...

In order to catch up with competitors like the People’s Republic of China’s intelligence collection efforts, the U.S. intelligence community is looking to bring in new leadership and emerging ...

While OSINT helps law enforcement officers catch criminals, procedures should be observed to guarantee court admissibility of that data. Credit: Armmy Picca/Shutterstock Today, with almost infinite ...

Open-source intelligence (OSINT), as defined by the SANS Institute, refers to the process of producing intelligence through collecting, evaluating and analyzing publicly available information.This is ...

OSINT is the targeted collection and analysis of publicly available or licensable data to produce actionable insights. One of the key steps to defining OSINT is recognizing how it differs from ...

Dating sites are a place for like-minded people to connect, meet and find love. They are also a place where adversaries can hide in plain sight and collect open source intelligence (OSINT) on the ...

5 free OSINT tools for social media. A roundup of some of the handiest tools for the collection and analysis of publicly available data from Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms ...

Passive and active OSINT are both viable open source intelligence collection methods with different amounts of hands-on activity and in-depth research required.

The 66th Military Intelligence Brigade's Northern Raven Team collaborates with Finnish Army to carry out a joint open-source intelligence (OSINT) collection mission in Finland in late August 2024.