Getting familiar with various tracking tools. Here are several platforms that provide live tracking for railways, vessels, and aircraft. Most offer basic access at no cost, with premium features requiring a subscription. While you may not need these services right now, familiarizing yourself with what's available and how they work

I’m heading into the new year with a clear focus on networking and skill-building. My goal is to attend several high-impact conferences, and I’m already laying the groundwork to ensure I’m there. These are the specific events I’m targeting. * Zero Trust World in Orlando March 2026

This a collection of resources I have gathered this year. I have not used all of these, but discovered them from podcasts and blogs and gathered them as a resource for myself and others to share. 🗂️ General Frameworks & Tool Collections Aggregators that link to hundreds of other tools. * IntelTechniques: The

The OSINT Analyst's Compass: Hunting for Hidden Information. We often picture dusty maps, X's, and a chest of gold. But for me, the true prize isn't the gold itself—it's the human story buried beneath the earth. This post isn't about finding wealth; it's about the historical and investigative process

Mine Them for Free OSINT Tools If you have been in OSINT for a while, you likely have your favorite resources and tools for searching usernames, addresses, and phone numbers. I recently discovered a new pool of OSINT resources while conducting a scan of my own personal information using the

I confess, I have been a lukewarm Christian. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in December of 2001. The fire I had for the Lord at that time was amazing. I read my bible each day with an intense desire to learn more and lock away the

Red Team, Blue Team and OSINT Analysts I recently developed a bookmarklet that enables users to quickly identify usernames on a WordPress site they’re visiting. The concept was inspired by Mishaal Khan, who demonstrated how the WordPress REST API can be used to enumerate usernames through the /wp-json/wp/

Let me start my saying that I love Obsidian! When I first discovered it, I was a bit overwhelmed, but fortunately, my friend Micah Hoffman has a great video to help you get started here. I use Obsidian for both personal notes, as well as some more private notes that

How do you use Google Dorking? We all know Google is a powerful and versatile tool. Did you know it can be used in conjunction with advanced search operators to hone in on results that may have otherwise taken you hours to sift through? This is often referred to as

My curiosity stretches far beyond all of the things I love about technology. Essentially, if I encounter something and don't have a clear understanding of how it works, I will delve deeper until I gain some knowledge that I can file away in my mind for later reference. This applies

I know that a lot of OSINT investigators use VM's to conduct their investigations and that's a great process. What about those times when you don't have access to your primary OSINT machine, what is your workaround? I have a great solution that I think you will like. Lets say

I have always been interested in "Unsolved Mysteries" and "Cold Case" files, but haven't watched any in a long time. Recently, while reading the book "Deep Dive" by Rae Baker, my curiosity for true crime and cold cases was peaked, so I decided to start watching some. I was interested

I first heard about Obsidian a few years ago. At first glance, it seemed like a powerful tool, but a little overwhelming. I decided to set it aside for a while, until I had more time to devote to learning it. I recently began a course from My OSINT Training

I had never really used bookmarklets, or even thought much about them. Recently, I have begun using some great bookmarklets from the team at My OSINT Training. I attended a 2-day in-person training event in Boston with Micah Hoffman and Griffin Glynn from My OSINT Training. During that time, they

I've heard it often said that "Learning OSINT is like drinking from a firehose" and it's true! Over the past several months, I have immersed myself in OSINT training. It is amazing how well OSINT fits my desire to learn new things, figure out how things work, and use what

This week we covered various types of analysis. * CARA Analysis (Characterstics, Associations, Reputation and Affiliations) * SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats) * Value Chain Analysis * Supply Chain Analysis Much of this week I learned about the vast amount of public records that can be researched to uncover vital information in

Did you know that you can unzip a file by changing the file extension? I recently learned that you can extract additional information from files with the .pptx, .docx and .xlsx These are the steps: 1. Download the desired file in one of the mentioned formats. 2. Rename the file,

Week 5 has been amazing! This week we covered "Technical Research" learning about processes and tools that allow you to dig deep into the following areas. I learned advanced research skills with: * Emails * Documents * Images * Videos * Domains * IP Addresses I discovered a number of fascinating processes and tools that I

A friend recently asked me about the status of my 2024 goals. He asked if I had ever written about the successes I had in achieving them. I hadn't realized it until then, but I never wrote and end of 2024 post updating my goals. Here are the goals that

This week, I focused on learning the proper construction of URLs for various social media platforms. Gaining the ability to manually build these URLs allows for more advanced navigation and access within the platforms—going beyond the limitations of their default search features. We focused on the following platforms: * Facebook

This week was like drinking from a fire hose! Reading through the book "OSINT Techniques" by Michael Bazzell was amazing! The amount of search techniques covered was incredible! At first, I thought about using a note-taking app to capture some of the great resources I was learning, but I quickly