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John TerBush

List of Resource Links from Open-Source Intelligence Summit 2021

OSINT Community Groups, Resources, and Tools

February 15, 2021

The following is a list of links shared by those attending the 2021 Open-Source Intelligence Summit. SANS loves the positivity and contributions from the Summit attendees, and that members of the OSINT community openly shared these URL links for use by others in the OSINT community.

Notice of Non-Affiliation and Disclaimer: SANS is not affiliated with, and does not control or endorse these links in any way. The tools, websites or information provided here are to be used at your own risk. We suggest that those interested in using these resources do their due diligence and assess them carefully before use.

We truly appreciate the full participation of all the presenters and attendees of the 2021 SANS Open-Source Intelligence Summit - the OSINT community is what made it great!

Micah Hoffman & John TerBush


General 2021 SANS OSINT Summit Links:

OSINT Community Groups:

https://sec487.info/summitdiscord

https://discord.gg/WSt7yUj9

https://osintfr.com/en/home/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Boolean.Strings

https://osint.team/home

https://searchlight.community/

https://www.tracelabs.org/get-involved



Free OSINT Resource and Tool Compilations:

http://www.sans.org/free

https://start.me/p/DPYPMz/the-ultimate-osint-collection

https://www.osintdojo.com/resources/

https://github.com/sinwindie/OSINT

https://www.osintcombine.com/tools

http://osintframework.com

http://osintframework.de

https://start.me/p/OmExgb/terrorism-radicalisation-research-dashboard

http://bit.ly/bcattools

https://booleanstrings.com/tools/



Free OSINT tools:

http://privacytools.io

https://github.com/evilsocket/ditto

https://www.whatsmyname.app/

https://blog.bushidotoken.net/2021/02/using-discord-server-as-personal-cti.html

https://outline.com/

https://dfir.blog/unfurl/

https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

https://github.com/ping/instagram_private_api

http://DarkSearch.io

https://canarytokens.org/generate

https://github.com/azmatt/gamera

https://exiftool.org/

https://guardianproject.info/apps/org.witness.proofmode/

https://www.thexifer.net/

http://metricsparrow.com/toolkit/email-permutator/

https://namecombiner.com/

https://github.com/sham00n/buster

https://github.com/j3ssie/Osmedeus

https://scrapy.org/

https://www.maltego.com/ce-registration/

http://howmanyofme.com/search/

https://haveibeenpwned.com/NotifyMe

https://www.fakepersongenerator.com/



Free Translation Tools:

https://www.excite.co.jp/world/english_japanese/

https://papago.naver.com/




Free Note-Taking Tools:

https://obsidian.md/

http://draw.io


Online Databases of use for OSINT:

http://Shodan.io

https://wigle.net/

https://archive.org/web/

https://czds.icann.org/home

https://honeydb.io/

http://domainbigdata.com

https://www.whoxy.com/


OSINT Browser Plug-ins:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/instant-data-scraper/ofaokhiedipichpaobibbnahnkdoiiah

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/search-by-image/cnojnbdhbhnkbcieeekonklommdnndci


Paid OSINT Tools:

https://www.hunch.ly/

https://www.vortimo.com/

https://www.notion.so/

https://www.maltego.com/


OSINT Books:

https://inteltechniques.com/book1.html

https://www.ialeia.org/docs/Psychology_of_Intelligence_Analysis.pdf

https://www.scribd.com/book/287523777/Google-Hacking-for-Penetration-Testers

https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Hunting+Cyber+Criminals%3A+A+Hacker%27s+Guide+to+Online+Intelligence+Gathering+Tools+and+Techniques-p-9781119540991

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1703.03107.pdf


OSINT Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/c/SANSBlueTeamOps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfce4dAJtPw&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnkAYAUdeM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITq73qASWRQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_aXQYq2l6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=104WpJm_eGk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL423I_gHbWUUOs09899rex4t2l5py9YIk&v=bIAdx3CAjtM


OSINT Blogs and Articles:

https://twitter.com/OSINTtechniques/status/1360311230922113025

https://sector035.nl/articles/category:week-in-osint

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/useful-websites-your-investigation-chinese-individuals-shu-han

https://www.secjuice.com/introduction-to-open-source-intelligence-osint/

https://medium.com/secjuice/osint-as-a-mindset-7d42ad72113d

https://osintcurio.us/2020/03/02/how-to-trace-social-media-users-across-multiple-platforms/

https://osintcurio.us/2020/06/08/vicarious-trauma-and-osint-a-practical-guide/

https://osintcurio.us/2021/02/09/using-reset-for-better-osint/

https://medium.com/@benjamindbrown/finding-mcafee-a-case-study-on-geoprofiling-and-imagery-analysis-6f16bbd5c219

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/12/03/john-mcafee-location-exif/

https://pentestmag.com/product/pentest-osint-on-pentest-targets/

https://webbreacher.com/2018/07/12/osint-map/

https://www.cybrary.it/blog/0p3n/google-dorks-easy-way-of-hacking/

https://www.sans.org/blog/cyber-camp-blog-in-real-time/

https://osintcurio.us/2020/04/01/how-to-land-an-osint-job/

https://sector035.nl/articles/osint-movie-time-for-the-holidays

https://www.troyhunt.com/heres-how-i-verify-data-breaches/

https://securitytrails.com/blog/cybersecurity-red-blue-team

https://securitytrails.com/blog/what-is-osint-how-can-i-make-use-of-it

https://inteltechniques.com/podcast.html


Advanced Search Engine Usage:

https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database

https://kit.exposingtheinvisible.org/en/how/google-dorking.html

https://github.com/BullsEye0/google_dork_list

https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/

https://support.google.com/programmable-search/answer/4513882?hl=en

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/overview-google-crawlers

https://search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly

https://www.etools.ch/

https://booleanstrings.com/2020/05/01/the-full-list-of-google-operators-2020/

https://seosly.com/yandex-search-operators/


Image Search and Analysis:

https://pimeyes.com/en

https://www.si.edu/openaccess

https://www.adl.org/education-and-resources/resource-knowledge-base

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2006/look-racist-skinhead-symbols-and-tattoos

https://www.emilyboda.com/post/instagram-runs-image-recognition-software-on-every-post


Social Network OSINT:

http://map.snapchat.com/

http://pipl.com

https://namecheckup.com/

http://snapchat.com/add/username

https://botometer.osome.iu.edu/


Mobile OSINT:

https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

https://letsview.com/

https://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector

https://sundowndev.github.io/PhoneInfoga/formatting/

https://support.truecaller.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001167949-Who-viewed-my-profile-

https://sync.me/

https://www.android-x86.org/

https://www.genymotion.com/fun-zone/

https://www.osboxes.org/android-x86/


Tor & VPNs:

https://4n6lady.medium.com/tor-over-vpn-or-vice-versa-4a23eb40757d

https://protonvpn.com/blog/tor-vpn/

https://www.safetydetectives.com/best-vpns/#simple-vpn-comparison

https://www.techradar.com/news/tor-and-vpn-how-well-do-they-mix

https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/top-5-logless-vpns-privacy-seeker/


Operating Systems for Anonymity:

https://tails.boum.org/index.en.html

https://tails.boum.org/install/

https://tails.boum.org/install/index.en.html

https://www.whonix.org/


Dark Web:

https://www.cybrary.it/blog/2017/04/exploring-dark-web-dont-venture-alone/

https://www.cybrary.it/blog/dark-web-search-introduction-and-instruction/

https://www.cybrary.it/blog/how-to-safely-access-the-dark-web/

https://www.ma-no.org/en/security/onion-search-engine-how-to-browse-the-deep-web-without-tor

https://www.sans.org/webcasts/dark-web-solutions-forum-illuminating-dark-web-harvesting-osint-data-dark-web-resources-110200

https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ccips/page/file/1252341/download


Browser Bookmarklets:

https://one-plus.github.io/Bookmarks

http://com.hemiola.com/bookmarklet/

https://www.secjuice.com/osint-bookmarklet-tools/


Browser Developer Tools:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS


Coding and APIs:

https://register.automatingosint.com/python-course/

https://www.w3schools.com/

https://www.coursera.org/learn/python

https://www.codecademy.com/

https://anvil.works/blog/python-in-the-browser-talk

https://code.visualstudio.com/download

https://datatables.net/

https://fontawesome.com/

https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS

https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js

https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css

https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js

https://www.30secondsofcode.org/

https://www.javatpoint.com/javascript-tutorial

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/javascript-the-definitive/9781491952016/

http://tabulator.info/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/introduction-python-space-exploration-nasa/

https://snakify.org/en/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1elmMBnykA

http://Udemy.com

https://learning.postman.com/docs/getting-started/introduction/

https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api

https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-python-2e/

https://www.learnpython.org/

http://www.automatingosint.com/blog/2017/04/building-a-keyword-monitoring-pipeline-with-python-pastebin-and-searx/

http://realpython.com

https://rstudio.com/


Computer Science Basics:

https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2021/

https://tools.ietf.org/html/

https://twit.tv/shows/security-now

https://www.professormesser.com/

https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

2021 SANS OSINT Summit Speaker Links:

Apurv Singh Gautam

https://apurvsinghgautam.me/#talks

https://github.com/apurvsinghgautam/dark-web-osint-tools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LywwMq--VS0


Irina Shamaeva

https://booleanstrings.com

https://booleanbook.com

https://braingainrecruiting.com/sourcing/

https://sourcingcertification.com


Chris Poulter

http://osintcombine.com

https://twitter.com/osintcombine


Curtis Hanson

https://twitter.com/cybershtuff

https://www.riskint.blog/

http://www.gsxt.gov.cn/index.html

http://www.iranchamber.com/calendar/converter/iranian_calendar_converter.php


Heather Honey

https://haystackinvestigations.com/

http://smmart.us

https://twitter.com/H2Osint


Jeff Lomas

https://www.sans.org/profiles/jeffrey-lomas/

https://twitter.com/BleuBloodHound


Azat Kashparov & Andrew Kulikov

https://twitter.com/_sociallinks_


Matt Edmondson

https://github.com/azmatt

https://twitter.com/matt0177


Matthias Wilson

https://gosintcon.de/

https://keyfindings.blog/

https://twitter.com/MwOsint


Nico Dekens

https://dutchosintguy.com/

https://twitter.com/dutch_osintguy


Steven Harris

https://nixintel.info/

https://twitter.com/nixintel


Ygor Maximo

https://github.com/mxm0z


OSINT Curious Panel

https://osintcurio.us/

https://www.technisette.com/

https://twitter.com/technisette

https://twitter.com/ChristinaLekati/

https://twitter.com/nixintel

https://twitter.com/IWN_LX

https://twitter.com/Ginsberg5150


Michael James’ Headphones of Impressive Appearance:

https://www.oneodio.com/products/pro10-black-over-ear-headphones


OSINT Summit Sponsors

http://domaintools.com/

https://www.skopenow.com/

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