In 2024, every single day, users share 6.9 billion images on WhatsApp, 3.8 billion on Snapchat, 2.1 billion on Facebook, and 1.3 billion on Instagram. (Source: Photutorial) I remember a long time ago, when internet chat groups were first ‘invented’. Images were not posted (bandwidth) and chat was important. I’ve put ‘invented’ into inverted commas…
Category: OSINT
Dark web criminal marketplaces are moving to Telegram
Setting up a criminal marketplace on the dark web isn’t as easy as you would think. The site needs to be hosted in a secure manner, with none of the hosting details being accessible to law enforcement if requested or if a warrant was raised. The typical ways of doing this would be to set…
The dangers of making assumptions with Open Source Intelligence.
Recently I have come across a great many individuals and companies talking about OSINT (Open Source Intelligence), SOCMINT (Social Media Intelligence), IMINT (Imagery Intelligence) and any other of the “INT’s”. I have also gained a great deal of really intelligent and aware contacts in this field, and I particularly enjoy some of the insights that…
Social media algorithms. Is it your own opinion, or have we been brainwashed?
In today’s age of social media, everyone in the world has access to some sort of social data feed. Some abstain by choice, but 97% of people in the world have access to and regularly access customised social media feeds. These feeds are what help us form our opinions. We are treating them like a…
Learn OSINT in 4.5 hours courtesy of The Cyber Mentor
Watch the video courtesy of The Cyber Mentor and learn OSINT in just 4.5 hours.