Quick blog post here to share some of the resources I showed in my 2022 DEFCON Recon Village Keynote. Details about the talk are below.
Unfortunately, this talk was not recorded and the slides are not available (but it was amazing!)
Title
The Future of Collecting Data from the Past: OSINT Now and Beyond
Abstract
The OSINT field is evolving at an incredible rate! Each day investigators and hobbyists access the latest images from military conflicts around the world. OSINT analysts use automated processes to generate false personas and to collect data from an ever-increasing number of social media platforms. Private digital records are released to the public internet and we use this data to help solve the questions posed to us, the OSINT researchers of today.
This is now. A time when OSINT communities are connecting and supporting their members. A time when we have thousands and thousands of hours of podcasts and online videos, blog posts and start.me pages that teach us skills and point us to resources.
So, what does the future look like for the OSINT field? What are the new areas of “hotness”? How do we help to move the field forward? Come join Micah Hoffman as he discusses where the OSINT field is and what the future of OSINT could look like.
Resources
- New Zealand Opening Example – https://tearaway.co.nz/school-strike-4-climate-what-you-need-to-know/
- Robert Clarke’s Book on Intelligence Collection – https://www.amazon.com/Intelligence-Collection-Robert-M-Clark/dp/1452271852
- OSINT Curious Blog Post on “Old Skool OSINT” – https://osintcurio.us/2022/08/04/old-skool-osint/
- Hatless1der’s Start.me – https://start.me/p/DPYPMz/the-ultimate-osint-collection
- Bruno Mortier’s OSINT Framework Start.me – http://osintframework.de
- OSINT Tactical’s OSINT Inception Start.me – https://start.me/p/Pwy0X4/osint-inception?locale=en
- Vancouver Street Cameras – https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/traffic-cameras.aspx
- Earth Cam , Online Cameras – https://www.earthcam.com/
- Shodan – https://shodan.io
- Untappd Social Media Analysis Tool – https://untappd.osint.ninja
- Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Aleph Tool – https://aleph.occrp.org/
- OSINT Curious Blog Post on Breach Data – https://osintcurio.us/2019/05/21/basics-of-breach-data/
- Human Faces Created by Computers – https://generated.photos
- Moving Human Faces Created by the Unreal Engine- https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/metahuman
- Nico Dekens’ Tweet – https://twitter.com/dutch_osintguy/status/1557287830161965056