Intro Note: If you are technically knowledgable in cyber defence and offence, you can read the original research into the Antlion campaign from Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team; or listen to The CyberWire’s Research Saturday Podcast with Symantec. As these are technical sources, my goal is stay non-technical and offer the key takeaways for the general public; especially insight into […]
Russia oligarchs Yachts fleet
Ukraine war – UK Defence Intelligence daily m
Set up this page to use NXN interactive map software (still in alpha) to present UK Ministry of Defence maps in a interactive timeline so to better visualise and explore the evolution of the conflict. This page will be updated daily as new maps are published UPDATED with May 11 map (might need to clear […]
OSINTEditor Sunday Briefing: 24 October
This week in the Sunday Briefing, tools to research terrorism and radicalisation, techniques on investigating the rising, and leading, social media platform TikTok, and a discussion on the importance of ethics relating to a politically charged attempt at prosecuting a journalist. (Main image: The source code for the OSINT Editor site. Oops, I am a […]
OSINTEditor Sunday Briefing: 17 October
This week in the OSINTEditor Sunday Briefing, how to turn a game into an OSINT tool, the InVid tool to fight disinformation, PLA airbase construction, and Grifthorse, the fleeceware campaign that keeps on grifting. WeVerify: InVid Creating disinformation is relatively easy: find a dramatic video, copy and paste that video out of context and […]
OSINTEditor Sunday Briefing: Shifting Paradig...
This week takes a look at two DSNlytic tools for OSINT Network operations, covert operations for the PLA and Russian paramilitary groups, changes to the CIA, and local political context for Taiwan President Tsai’s National Day speech. Main image source: Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan) DNSlytics Google analytics is a powerful tool […]
OSINTEditor Sunday Briefing: Sensational Head...
This weekend’s focus is on Mail Cat, a one of a kind cat who loves to search for emails without letting others know about it, a follow up on Real Raw News from Bill McCarthy of PolitiFact, and commentary on the implications of the Kuomintang Chairmanship elections. The main image is sourced from the Kuomintang […]
Israel Oil Slick, accident, eco-terrorism or ...
On February 17 2021 a large oil slick reached Israeli beaches with no clear origin. The spill affected over 90% of Israel coasts and was by all means an ecological disaster which would take years to fully recover from. Investigations where immediately launched, rumours begun spreading, and wrong allegations where made. Then, three weeks after […]
OSINTEditor Sunday Briefing: How to Present O...
This weekend was a special win for autocrats in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Moscow, with Hong Kong and Russian elections predictably going in favour of the establishment parties. Additionally, a new tool to analyse and present OSINT maps on multiple frames at once is introduced, and a special project from OSINTEditor was publicly launched this […]
Tanker War 2.0
The first “Tanker War” At the height of the Iran-Iraq war in 1984, Saddam Hussein’s Iraq lead a coalition which included Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in a series of attacks against Iranian commercial vessels tied to its oil industry. These vessels were mainly tankers. Iran did not take long to reply in kind, starting […]