Open Source Intelligence
Intelligence collected from publicly available sources such as the web, news, public records and social media.
Investigators, journalists and analysts use OSINT to map identities, expose fraud, vet companies and monitor threats from open data.
Bellingcat used open-source flight data, social-media photos and satellite imagery to identify the Russian GRU officers behind the 2018 Skripal poisoning in Salisbury.
Resolve DNS records, WHOIS/RDAP registrar data and capture a live screenshot of any domain.
Canonical decision-tree of OSINT tools by target type.
Michael Bazzell's curated OSINT link library.
Open-source investigations, methodology and case studies.
OSINT/SOCMINT courses and the Osidata database.
Categorised OSINT tools directory.
UK-focused OSINT resource collection.
Searchable index of the community awesome-lists.
Check whether an email/phone appeared in a public breach.
Semi-automatic OSINT refers to the discipline of gathering, analysing and applying information related to semi-automatic osint, producing insight that supports decision-making.
Intelligence collected from social-media platforms: posts, profiles, networks and metadata.
Mass & Niche Media Intelligence refers to the discipline of gathering, analysing and applying information related to mass & niche media, producing insight that supports decision-making.