Regarding the Definition of OSINT in Public Law
The definition of OSINT in U.S. Code is a congressional finding, not a binding mandate. Services retain the authority to define the discipline to meet their own operational and policy needs.
The Art of Observable Anomalies: Reading Ad-Tech Location Data Like an OSINT Pro
Commercially available location data is probabilistic telemetry, not GPS gospel. Centroid bias, time-distance jumps, and replay are the three artifacts most likely to lead an analyst astray.
OSINT and the Hyphen That Shrinks a Discipline
Why "Open Source Intelligence" should never be hyphenated. The hyphen describes a kind of product. Without it, the phrase names a profession, and in bureaucracies language signals legitimacy.
Corporate Fraud & Money Laundering
Over the next 45 minutes, you will learn the high level concepts, terms, and resources related to open-source investigations of corporate fraud and money laundering. Enjoy!
Inquiry into the Seago Piraeus Mombasa Port Episode
A container flagged for radioactivity at Mombasa, and a walk-through of the open sources that identify the vessel, the container, the consignor and the intended recipient — IMO numbers, container registers, GSTIN records and AIS.
Sneaky F*ing Russians: Tracking Sanctioned Super-Yachts
When a sanctioned oligarch's yacht switches off its AIS beacon, it does not vanish. A walkthrough of MarineTraffic, yacht-watchers, geolocated social media, and the tenders that give the ship away.
Maltego Basics: Building a Network Diagram
A step-by-step guide to building a network diagram — a graph — in Maltego Community Edition, worked through on the Razzlekahn conspiracy. Entities, links, Transforms, and the machines that run them.