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Image tools

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OSINT 2025: New and updated digital investigative tools of the year

Dec 11, 2025

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23 min read

OSINT 2025: New and updated digital investigative tools of the year

More than 45 tools to help you find, analyze, extract, and collect information

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

X

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What investigators need to know about X’s new “About this account” feature

Nov 26, 2025

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18 min read

What investigators need to know about X’s new “About this account” feature

X account location information is nuanced and tricky. Here's how to evaluate it.

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Resources

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29 OSINT  tools and tips I discovered at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference

Nov 25, 2025

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15 min read

29 OSINT tools and tips I discovered at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference

A new AI tool kinda blew my mind

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Resources

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The Indicator Guide to hunting for documents and files in open buckets, servers, and directories

Nov 12, 2025

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26 min read

The Indicator Guide to hunting for documents and files in open buckets, servers, and directories

How to find interesting and potentially confidential documents sitting on a publicly-accessible server or website

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Resources

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The Indicator Guide to investigating digital ad libraries

Oct 14, 2025

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49 min read

The Indicator Guide to investigating digital ad libraries

Ad repositories can help with backgrounding people and companies, and with investigating influence and disinformation campaigns

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Snapchat

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How to tell if a social media account is monetized

Oct 7, 2025

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2 min read

How to tell if a social media account is monetized

Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat and X are giving billions to creators. Here's how to see who's getting paid

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

LinkedIn

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The Indicator Guide to AI labels

Oct 2, 2025

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15 min read

The Indicator Guide to AI labels

We’ve collected in one place how and when major platforms label AI content

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

OSINT

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OSINT tips for investigating WordPress sites

Sep 22, 2025

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2 min read

OSINT tips for investigating WordPress sites

How to find author accounts and inspect images, files, and plugins

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

OSINT

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The Indicator Guide to tools for capturing webpages and social media content

Sep 17, 2025

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35 min read

The Indicator Guide to tools for capturing webpages and social media content

We tested 12 tools ranging from full-featured continuous capture apps to one-off screenshot extensions for grabbing long webpages

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Deepfake images

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How good are generalist AI tools at identifying public figures in videos?

Aug 28, 2025

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4 min read

How good are generalist AI tools at identifying public figures in videos?

I tested seven of them. One came out on top.

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

Website tools

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Workshop video: OSINT tools and approaches for connecting websites together

Aug 7, 2025

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2 min read

Workshop video: OSINT tools and approaches for connecting websites together

Members can access the video, slides, and transcript

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Cash App

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How bookmarklets can reveal hidden online profile info and speed up OSINT investigations

Aug 4, 2025

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2 min read

How bookmarklets can reveal hidden online profile info and speed up OSINT investigations

A guide to using the free bookmarklets offered by My OSINT Training

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

AI slop

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A tentative taxonomy of AI slop

Jul 16, 2025

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3 min read

A tentative taxonomy of AI slop

Slop is everywhere, but not all of it is the same

Alexios Mantzarlis
Alexios Mantzarlis

OSINT

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5 new (to me) OSINT tools for researching YouTube, Meta ads, and more

Jul 9, 2025

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1 min read

5 new (to me) OSINT tools for researching YouTube, Meta ads, and more

How to find out if a YouTube video is monetized, analyze election and social issues ads in new ways, and refine your Google queries

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

OSINT

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Workshop Video: Hunting fake online reviews and no-code scraping

Jul 2, 2025

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2 min read

Workshop Video: Hunting fake online reviews and no-code scraping

Here's the video, notes, slides and transcript of our first workshop

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

OSINT

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The Indicator Guide to connecting websites together using OSINT tools and methods

Jun 26, 2025

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38 min read

The Indicator Guide to connecting websites together using OSINT tools and methods

A deep dive into new and established ways to fingerprint site content and infrastructure, link sites via ad and analytics IDs/tags, favicons, and more

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Facebook

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OSINT case study: How a single Facebook Marketplace ad helped uncover a network of scam domains

Jun 9, 2025

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4 min read

OSINT case study: How a single Facebook Marketplace ad helped uncover a network of scam domains

Let's dive into domain-generating algorithms and connecting websites via shared URLs, html titles, and favicons

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Online Reviews

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The Indicator Guide to investigating online reviews

May 19, 2025

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13 min read

The Indicator Guide to investigating online reviews

How to analyze online reviews and spot suspicious accounts

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

OSINT

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A guide to tools for searching and using Bluesky

Nov 26, 2024

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2 min read

A guide to tools for searching and using Bluesky

Bluesky is surging, so here's a rundown of tools and search operators to use on the platform.

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

OSINT

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A look at the Information Laundromat website analysis tool

Sep 5, 2024

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2 min read

A look at the Information Laundromat website analysis tool

The Alliance For Securing Democracy created a free OSINT tool to examine the content and metadata of websites

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

OSINT

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A guide to investigating digital ad libraries

May 31, 2024

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10 min read

A guide to investigating digital ad libraries

How to dig into ad libraries from Google, Meta and other platforms to track spending, narratives, campaigns and more

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

OSINT

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Key tools and approaches for using AI in OSINT and investigations

Mar 6, 2024

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9 min read

Key tools and approaches for using AI in OSINT and investigations

AI and LLMs pose significant risk to information integrity. But they also offer a lot of promise for OSINT and investigations. Here's a look at some encouraging areas.

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

OSINT

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What the rollout of Google Analytics 4 means for website investigations

Jul 11, 2023

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3 min read

What the rollout of Google Analytics 4 means for website investigations

The good news is you can still connect sites together by an analytics ID. But there's bad news, too...

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Resources

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4 more essential tips for using the Wayback Machine

Mar 26, 2023

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2 min read

4 more essential tips for using the Wayback Machine

How to bulk archive pages, compare changes, and see when elements of a page were archived

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman

Resources

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Getting the most out of the Wayback Machine

Mar 5, 2023

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1 min read

Getting the most out of the Wayback Machine

Tips for the Wayback Machine browser extension, API, and more!

Craig Silverman
Craig Silverman
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