The Second International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) Summit held recently at the White House turned the spotlight on the need to counter cybercriminal and other threat actors’ efforts to use …
Open-Source Intelligence Resources: UN-SPIDER, Carbon Mapper, and MapAction
United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) https://youtu.be/P4xDN5j5QOM Effective use of space-based information in all phases …
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Open-Source Intelligence Resources: Bellingcat and the Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map
Source: Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map Bellingcat (an innovative open-source investigative journalism network and business model) has been in our research arsenal for a while - ripe for a post to …
Capture the Flag Competition Aims to Trace Missing Persons
Next month, SANS Institute and Trace Labs will host an Open-Source Intelligence (OISINT) Missing Persons Capture the Flag in Washington, D.C., in which professionals will compete to find leads in real …
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Bellingcat OSINT Investigation: An Analysis of Nicaragua’s “Volunteer Police” Paramilitary Arsenal
Open-Source Intelligence Forum Bellingcat has published a report on Nicaragua’s use of paramilitary organizations to quell the country’s protests in 2018, prompting renewed criticism against the uses …
New BBC investigation examines Sudan’s secret hit squads targeting politial dissidents
Did you see the groundbreaking BBC OSINT investigation this past summer on an earlier atrocity in Cameroon? The same research group has just released a new investigation on Sudan’s secret hit squads …
Blurry satellite photos of military bases reveal more than they hide
"Open-source researchers often use satellite images, especially across multiple providers, to uncover information that is otherwise difficult to obtain. In November 2017, the World Bank released an …
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Second Skripal Poisoning Suspect Identified as Dr. Alexander Mishkin
OSINT organization and forum Bellingcat has released its report on the identity of the second Skripals poisoning suspect. "In the preceding report from the current investigation into the two suspects …
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