Here's what you shouldn't miss this month in OSINT news: discover how to use Bellingcat’s tool for gathering aircraft tracking informations and how AI is used for propaganda in India.

News

StravaLeaks
Take a look at how french troops are exposed through StravaLeaks. Watch more...

AI boosting hate speech in India
Find out how India's ruling party is using AI to spread hate speech against Bangladesh. Read more...

Methods & Write up

How to use Turnstone
Learn how to use Bellingcat’s new tool for collecting and storing ADS-B aircraft tracking data. Read more...

AI may not replace analysts
This fascinating article by Nico Dekens explores the risks posed

to critical thinking by AI. Read more...

Tools

Sightline
An infrastructure search tool based on OpenStreetMap data. Queries can be entered using natural language or operators. Try now...

Link Overseer
Links Overseer is a new tool for extracting data from a website - be it images, links or documents. Try now...

Events

 Here's what you shouldn't miss this month in OSINT news: discover how to investigate crypto laundering in the age of LLM, a real-time global intelligence dashboard and the workings of Wagner Group's influence arm in Africa.

News

Africa Politology
Discover the insides of the company responsible for the most extensive covert campaign advancing Moscow’s interests in the Global South. Read more...

The U.S. tech enabling Russia's drone war
Hunterbrook takes a deep dive into how Ubiquiti now serves a critical communication need for the Russian military. Read more...

Methods & Write up

Confidence without certainty
EU DisinfoLab presents a new tool to facilitate working in the counter-disinformation field: the Information Manipulation Sets framework. Read more...

How to investigate a Global Crypto Laundromat?
Step inside Russia’s crypto laundering machine and see how open-source tools helped bring it to light. Read more...

Tools

Steam Osint
Try out this open-source tool designed to enhance OSINT capabilities within the Steam ecosystem Try now...

World Monitor
Discover this real-time intelligence dashboard compiling data from Youtube, Webcams, global news, and more. Try now...

Events

Webinar: Terrorist financing in the Age of LLM
March 20th, join experts from the RUSI to examine how LLM and generative AI are reshaping terrorist financing tactics. Book now...

 Here is our selection of what not to miss in January: Discover ICE's surveillance technologies, the concept of Information Manipulation Sets, and a curated selection of tools by Mario Santella.

News

The Strike
Bellingcat publishes an investigation into a US missile strike that hit a Venezuelan apartment complex during the military raid. Read more...

Inside ICE's Tool
404 Media published an investigation into Tangles and Webloc, a software that allows ICE to track phones in real time. Read more...

Methods & Write up

The next frontier of Intelligence?
The first article shared by the OSINT Foundation is an optimistic but pragmatic piece on the future of AI in OSINT. Read more...

Building a common operational picture of FIMI
This EU DisinfoLab report details how the concept of Information Manipulation Sets can shed light on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference. Read more...

Tools

Zero Neurone
Created by Yann Pilpré, this new open-source tool for analysts and investigators combines graph visualization, mapping and timeline features. Try now...

The OSINT Rack
Discover this selection of tools, organised and curated by Mario Santella.Try now...

Events

OpenFacto's Initial Training
There are still places available for the initial training course provided by OpenFacto on March 30 and 31, 2026 ! Register now...

What's up in OSINT in 2026 ?

The entire Predicta Lab team wishes you a happy new year 2026! May it be filled with successful investigations, enlighting OSINT methods and exciting new tools. Here's our selection from the end of last year.

News

AI is undermining OSINT's core assumptions
WITNESS explores how AI challenges core assumptions of authenticity, replicability and transparency. They also suggest how we should adapt as analysts. Read more...

Une lettre de Degun
French-speaking OSINT analysts now have a new newsletter to draw knowledge and inspiration from. Read more...

Methods & Write up

SIGINT in North Korea
From an old CIA report about a North Korean antenna targeting satellite, Matthias Wilson hypothesizes on its activity status and purpose. Read more...

They Droned Back
Follow the investigation that led seven journalism students to connect Russian-linked vessels to drone swarms targeting Germany. Read more...

Tools

Zeeschuimer
(Re)discover the browser extension that allows you to scrape TikTok, Instagram, X and more, with detailed instructions. Try now...

TGSpyder
This CLI tool is designed to automate data extraction and exploration from both public and private Telegram groups and channels. Try now...

Events

MOOC by OSINT-FR
The French collective OSINT-FR just presented its first online course on OSINT, try it now for free! Learn now...

This month discover the reconstruction of occupied Mariupol, Bianca Garibaldi's talk on the influence of geopolitical realities in OSINT  and the GEOINT tool RhinoMap.

News

Building on Ruins: The Russification of Mariupol
Bellingcat documents the reconstruction of occupied Mariupol. Read more...

European Democraty Shield
The EU lays the foundations for a European Center for Democratic Resilience, taking Viginum as an example. Read more...

Methods & Write up

OSINTCON rebroadcast
Bianca Garibaldi explores how open-source intelligence is directly influenced by geopolitical realities. View more...

Effective planning
Pulsa published a new methodological article on OSINT work scheduling. Read more...

Tools

RhinoMap
Among many mapping features, this french-made GEOINT tool turns images into coordinates and complex OSM queries. Try now...

WebRecon
This automated tool gathers intelligence from target websites through comprehensive crawling, data extraction, and analysis. Try now...

Events

This month discover a new SigInt tracking tool, a guide to investigating Chinese companies and the Russia's grain smuggling fleet.

News

Russia's Grain Smuggling Fleet Continues Undeterred
Bellingcat has identified yet another Russian-flagged vessel exporting grain from occupied Crimea to Houthi-controlled Yemen. Read more...

Fake Profiles Stirring Social Tensions in France
ProjetFox explores a network of fake Twitter profiles exploiting divisive topics and misinformation to inflame social tensions in France. Read more...

Methods & Write up

Guide to Investigating Chinese Companies
You’ll find valuable information sources for China investigations and practical methods for accessing and utilizing these materials. Read here...

Unishka's OSINT World Series
A curated toolkit of databases, registries and platforms to conduct research about 29 countries so far and aiming to cover all 195. Read more...

Tools

Aprs.fi
This SigInt tool shows in real time localisation information picked up by the APRS internet system, making it possible to track vehicles like boats or trucks. Try now...

Bookmarklets
Try OSINTTraining’s updated list of OSINT bookmarklets on Instagram, Facebook, CashApp, Bluesky and BandLab. Try now...

Events

This month discover a network of EU companies supplying chemicals to Russian arms dealers, tips and tricks for to investigate on Internet Archive and how war crimes can be detected from space.

News

The Catrosa Network

Take a deep-dive into the network of EU companies supplying chemicals to Russian arms dealers, investigation by AEOW. Read now...

Political History Erasure

Google just removed all information on political campaigns in the EU from its advertising library. Read more…

Methods & Write up

Top 5 Hacks to Find Deleted Websites, Posts, Changes

Benjamin Strick shares useful advice to uncover more content from Internet Archive. Watch now…

Detecting War Crimes from Space

Read how CIR and BDR joined forces to build a tool detecting war crimes by crossing information about burnt events. Read more…

Tools

OSINT in Mexico
Unishka offers a new list of tools for open source intelligence about Mexico. Try now...

I-Intelligence Handbook

Discover the new version of I-Intelligence’s OSINT Tools & Resources Handbook. Try now…

Events

This month discover how generative AI shapes the evolution of 
ransomware tactics, follow the investigation of a bot network shaping public opinion and try out a Tesla mapping tool.

News

Generative AI Fuels a New Wave of Ransomware Evolution
As cybercrime escalates globally, generative AI tools are transforming ransomware tactics and lowering the technical threshold needed to use them. Read more...

Stop calling it OSINT
Nico Dekens' take is clear most people doing OSINT aren't doing OSINT. His latest blog post goes into bad habits observed amont OSINT practitioners Read more...

Methods & Write up

'10 septembre' : 50 shades of anti-establishment anger
Thierry Herrant canducts an analysis of the online mobilisation behind the '10 septembre' movement and explores the hypothesis of astroturfing. Read more...

How we found the people behind a bot network
In this walkthough, Benjamin Strick and his team discovered how a Jakarta-based marketing firm ran an influence operation about the conflict in West Papua. Watch now...

Stealth Web Scraping Techniques for OSINT
This video explores stealth web scraping techniques that mimic human behavior to by-pass anti-bot technologies. Watch now...

Tools

TeslaMap
This map shows the recent location of Tesla cars exposed by the faulty deployment of the TeslaMate software. Try now...

Events

This month discover how a Russian jamming base was located using SIGNINT, patterns in the LA immigration raids and the breach affecting Tea, the women dating safety app.

News

Private messages on Tea were exposed in a recent data breach
Following a breach in Tea, the women dating safety app, users' IDs and private messages were leaked. Read more...

Masked, armed, forceful: finding patterns in California immigration raids
Discover the open source examination of patterns in the Los Angeles immigration raids conducted by Evident with Bellingcat. Watch more...

Methods & Write up

The ChatGPT confession files
THenk van Ess explores how ChatGPT's share funcion leads to the self-incrimination of users in career-ending conversations. Read more...

How to investigate Russia's electronic warfare operations against NATO ?
This SIGNINT case study revealed a Russian jamming site operating on Kaliningrad's central coast. Read more...

Tools

Blackbird
This OSINT tool searches for accounts by username and email in social networks. Try now...

Webcapture
This scraping tool detects and extracts sensitive data from web pages such as emails phones, subdomains, whois, etc. Try now...

Events

This month, discover the limitations set by French authorities for legal web scraping using AI, how Wagner operates secret prisons in Mali and tools to monitor corporate misconduct and sanctions.

News

Inside Wagner's Secret Prisons in Mali
Forbidden stories reveals Wagner operates at least six secret prisons on former UN bases and military camps in Mali. Read more...

The CNIL allows web scraping, under certain circumstances
French authorities have specified the conditions for legal web scraping using AI. Read more...

Methods & Write up

How Russian data on sanctioned companies is disappearing
Open Sanctions explores the phenomenon of registry amnesia and how to counter it. Read here...

How to analyze the aftermath of a airstrike
Ben H. shares how to analyse airstrike blasts on satellite imagery with OSINT techniques. Read more...

Tools

PoliDashboard
An open-source web app designed to monitor and visualize ads about elections, political issues and social issues on Facebook and Instagram. Try now...

Violation Tracker Database 
VT Global launched a portal offering a free, searchable database of corporate misconduct from 57 countries. Try now...

Events

Trace Labs Search Party CTF Webinar - July 20 
Learn how to effectively prepare for and compete in Trace Labs' OSINT CTF events focused on locating missing persons. Get tickets...

This month discover how to integrate AI to your methodology, the OFAC's latest accomplishments with Endgame and tools for Discord and Google Adsense ID.

News

How to use AI for OSINT
Find how to best integrate AI to your OSINT processes. Read more…

India-Pakistan Conflict: How a Deepfake Video Made it Mainstream
Bellingcat shows how deepfake videos of government officials can permeate the mainstream media in a conflict. Read more…

Endgame Operation
Endgame, the international anti-cybercrime operation reveals its latest accomplishments. Read more…

Methods & Write up

Search CTF Writeups
Discover @sarperavci’s database of CTF writeups to never get stuck on a challenge again. Read more…

From website to Amazon Partner Program
Need more info on a website? Use this method to go from an Amazon Partner Program and access new information. Read more…

Tools

Doxcord
Try out Doxcord to identify Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook profiles linked to Discord users and servers. Read more…

Unavatar
Gather avatars from Instagram, SoundCloud, Telegram, Twitter, YouTube and more with Unavartar. Read more…

ReverseGoogleAdsense
Find domains with the same Google Adsense ID with this reverse tool. Try now...

Events

This month discover what the latest breach reveals about 4chan's internal power structure, what location data is tracked by your in-app ads and the scraping tool TelegramOSINTPolo.

News

Inside the Chaos: Unmasking 4chan's Hidden Power Structure After the 2025 Breach
OSINord takes a deep-dive into 4chan's internal structure using data from its last breach. Read more...

DPRK IT Workers Leveraging Open Source & Freelance Plateformes
Discover how North Koreans agents legitimize their online personas. Read more...

Methods & Write up

The importance of cultural understanding for OSINT
Satgin Hamrah discusses the importance of taking cultural and historical nuances into account in OSINT investigations. Listen here...

Everyone knows your location
Follow part 1 and part 2 of Tim.sh's quest to find all his previous locations shared by in-app ads. Read more...

Tools

DeepWiki
An AI-powered site made to help you understand the structure and components of GitHub repos. Try now...

TelegramOSINTPolo
A tool to download posts from Telegram feeds and save them to text files for later OSINT AI use. Try now...

Events

First and foremost we hope to see you at the Forum Incyber starting tomorrow in Lille ! We'll be happy to discuss the latest cyber news and OSINT tools.

News

Russian propaganda has infected Western AI tools
The 10 leading generative AI tools have been found to advance Moscow's disinformation goals by sharing claims from the Pravda network. Read more...

Private data of U.S. security officials found online
Der Spiegel found freely accessible contact data for some of Trump's most important security advisers officials. Read more...

Methods & Challenges

Ads as Intel
In this masterclass sponsored by the SANS Institute, Sasha Zyuzin explores the possibility to pinpoint personal locations through ADINT. See more...

Bellingcat Open Source Challenge is back
Find Bellingcat's newest set of online challenge and test your OSINT skills. Read more...

Orkla: Dragon Con Detective
Kase scenarios offers a free OSINT training scenario, beginner-friendly with hints and Walkthroughs. Read more...

Tools

Reddit username to OSINT profile
Vapor allows you to uncover the interests and activity pattern of a Reddit user online or via their API. See more...

HOT: Hippie OSINT Toolkit
Discover this toolkit of popular OSINT tools packaged in a nice resposive UI. See more...

Meet us during FIC 2025 !

Comme and join us at stand C7-10 on April 1-3 to discover how OSINT can strengthen your company’s security!

Meet the Predicta Lab team, explore our latest solutions in threat intelligence, and discuss your security needs with our experts.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your business’s protection!

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Retrouvez-nous au FIC 2025 !

L'an dernier vous avez assisté à nos interventions au FIC 2024, nous espérons vous croiser à l'occasion du FIC 2025. Votre engagement enrichit nos échanges et inspire l’innovation de l’OSINT français !

Redécouvrez nos produits :

Découvrez ce mois-ci les coulisses du groupe de ransomware Balck Basta, une enquête sur le traffic d'animaux, le nouveau CTF d'Oscar Zulu et plus !

Actualité

Suite à la fuite des échanges du gang de ransomware Black Basta, Patrick Garrity a réalisé un impressionnant travail de synthèse des nouvelles CVE découvertes. Lire la suite...

Bellingcat publie une enquête détaillée sur le trafic d'espèces protégées en Malaisie. Lire la suite...

Méthodes & Write up

Pavel Bannikov poursuit son travail de catalogage des outils et méthodes d'Osint dédiés à chaque pays avec l'ajout de l'Inde. Lire la suite...

Osint-challenge est un nouveau CTF créé par la gendarmerie de St Etienne. Découvrez une enquête sur fond de trafic de drogue et de financement du terrorisme. Voir la suite...

Outils

Linkook est un outil de recherche de nom d'utilisateur enrichie de fonctionnalités d’interconnexion et des données d'Hudson Rocks. Lire la suite...

RhinoUserChecker est un outil en développement pour la recherche de nom d'utilisateur et permettant la génération automatique de rapports ! Lire la suite...

Évènements

Découvrez ce mois-ci le standard établi par le renseignement américain pour la pratique de l'OSINT, l'enquête de Deepcode sur le hacker Intelbroker, un nouveau challenge proposé par Gralhix et plus encore !

Actualité

Opération talent
Les forums de hacking Cracked, Nulled, Starkrdp, Mysellix et Sellix ont été saisis suite a une opération internationale. Lire la suite...

Nouveau standard d'OSINT

Découvrez le standard de professionnalisme établi par la communauté du renseignement américain pour les métiers de l’OSINT. Lire la suite...

The life of a Cybercriminal: Intelbroker
Deepcode explore l'empreinte numérique du hacker Intelbroker: entre visibilité et anonymité. Lire la suite...

Méthodes & Write up

Formation OSINT gratuite
Le Basel Governance Institute propose une formation en e-learning gratuite, développée par l'ICAR et le Green Corruption programme. Lire la suite...

OSINT Exercise #031
Testez vos compétences d'OSINT avec l'adorable challenge proposé par Gralhix. Lire la suite...

Outils

Leveraging Generative AI for OSINT
OSINT Combine revient avec un nouveau cursus qui emploiel' IA au service de l'OSINT. Lire la suite...

Évènements

Cycle 2025 de conférences sur le renseignement
Planifiez dès maintenant votre agenda autour des conférences mensuelles de l'IRSEM. Lire la suite...

Influence & guerre de l'information
Rendez-vous le 8 février pour une conférence de Samuel Henry organisée par le Ministère des Armées. Lire la suite...

Festival OSINT #2
Vous avez raté le second festival d'Open Facto ? N'ayez crainte, les enregistrements de toutes les conférences sont disponibles ici : écouter la suite...

2024 a été une année marquante pour Predicta Lab. Le lancement de Predicta Graph a représenté une étape clé, tandis que Predicta Search continue de servir des milliers d’utilisateurs chaque mois. DorkGPT a également connu un succès impressionnant, avec plus de 200 000 visiteurs en un mois, affirmant son utilité dans la communauté OSINT.
Nous avons également eu le plaisir d’accompagner de nombreux professionnels des secteurs public et privé à travers des formations complètes sur les différentes facettes de l’OSINT, renforçant leurs capacités d’enquête. En 2025, nous serons à vos côtés avec de nouveaux projets et, dès janvier, notre atelier GEOINT pour bien commencer l’année.

Merci pour votre confiance et à très bientôt !
 

Baptiste Robert
@fs0c131y

Actualité

Coup d’État à Kinshasa
Le journaliste Charles Villa enquête sur l'homme à l'origine de la tentative de coup d’État survenue le 19 mai 2024 en RDC.  Voir la suite...

Sur les traces de Chinafans
Naz Dane Mauri enquête grâce à des sources ouvertes sur le leader du groupe de hackers ChinaFans, basé au Brésil. Lire la suite...

Méthodes & Write up

Dans les coulisses des enquêtes du Monde
La cellule d'enquêtes visuelles du Monde nous ouvre ses portes pour dévoiler les coulisses de son travail d'investigation. Voir la suite...

Securité des marketplace du DarkWeb
Evan Boehs fait une plongée dans les modèles de sécurité protégeant les marketplace hébergées sur le darknet Lire la suite...

Outils

Investiguer sur Bluesky
Ce répertoire contient une liste d'outils précieux afin d'utiliser et d'investiguer sur la plate-forme Bluesky. Lire la suite...

Aller plus loin avec Shadow Finder
Nous vous avions évoqué dans la newsletter #8 Shadow Finder. Gabòr Friesen, qui a participé au développement de celui-ci revient sur cet outil.  Lire la suite...

Évènements

OSINT et conformité au RGPD
Le 28 janvier 2025, la CNPD organise à l'occasion du Data Protection Day une conférence sur les tensions entre OSINT et RGPD. Lire la suite...

Call for presenterers
Layer 8 ouvrira ce jeudi 1er janvier son appel à présentateurs dans le cadre de son rassemblent 2025 Lire la suite...

Predicta Lab's News

La newsletter de Predicta Lab revient sous un nouveau nom, bienvenue sur OSINT Recap' !
Finissez l'année en beauté avec votre dose mensuelle d'OSINT : sabotage en mer Baltique, Bellingfest, tracking par données publicitaires, calendrier de l'Avent OSINT, tout est là !

Les inscriptions sont ouvertes pour notre tout premier atelier en ligne le 30 janvier prochain !

Actualité

Sabotage en mer Baltique
Retracez l'affaire du sabotage de plusieurs câbles sous-marins dans ce fil BlueSky clair et didactique. La suite ici...

Le design et l'OSINT
Ce documentaire d'étudiants en Media Design mets en lumière le rôle central du design au service des nouvelles pratiques d'enquête. Voir la suite...

Méthodes & Write up

Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers
Wired a réussi à suivre les déplacements de nombreux militaires américains basés en Allemagne en exploitant leurs données publicitaires. Lire la suite...

Welcome to Bellingfest
Retrouvez les deux journées de conférences et de workshops 100% OSINT organisées par Bellingcat en rediffusion sur YouTube. Voir la suite...

Outils

Favicorn
Sharsil et Soxoj nous partagent un outil permettant l'automatisation de l'analyse des favicons sur 10 plateformes simultanément. Voir la suite...

Starterpack OSINT Bluesky
Nouveau sur Bluesky et désireux de suivre les comptes dédiés à l'OSINT ? Ce starter pack créé par Baptiste Robert est fait pour vous ! Voir la suite...

Évènements

Calendrier de l'Avent
La seconde édition du calendrier de l'avent OSINT4Fun est arrivée ! Mettez vos compétences à l'épreuve avec des challenges spécialement créés par des passionnés de l'OSINT. Voir la suite...

🌍 Join our Online Workshop on GEOINT 🌍

Baptiste Robert will be hosting Predicta Lab's first training session on the

30th January 2025, 2pm CET

Join us for 4 hours of in-depth covering of GEOINT practices including advanced techniques and tools such as Google Erath, Overpass Turbo, Suncalc and more.

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The first 5 people to sign up before friday night get 10% off! Don't miss out!

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