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Operation FanTrap: Inside the FIFA 2026 Fraud Ecosystem

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Operation FanTrap: Inside the FIFA 2026 Fraud Ecosystem 2026-06-18 at 17:05 By Ashish Khaitan Executive Summary  The FIFA World Cup 2026 has become more than a global sporting event. It has evolved into a large-scale cybercrime opportunity exploited by threat actors through a coordinated ecosystem of fraudulent domains, social media channels, messaging platforms, pirated streaming […]

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Rising Tides: When Cybersecurity Becomes Personal – Inside the Work of an OSINT Investigator

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Rising Tides: When Cybersecurity Becomes Personal – Inside the Work of an OSINT Investigator 2025-12-22 at 17:52 By Jennifer Leggio Shannon Miller shares her approach to creating domestic safety and a call to the cyber community to help reduce harm. The post Rising Tides: When Cybersecurity Becomes Personal – Inside the Work of an OSINT

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Five ways OSINT helps financial institutions to fight money laundering

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Five ways OSINT helps financial institutions to fight money laundering 2025-08-22 at 09:31 By Help Net Security Here are five key ways OSINT tools can help financial firms develop advanced strategies to fight money laundering criminals. 1. Reveal complex networks and ownership structures Money launderers often use layered networks of offshore entities and shell companies

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How OSINT supports financial crime investigations

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How OSINT supports financial crime investigations 2025-05-05 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Stuart Clarke, CEO at Blackdot Solutions, discusses the strategic use of open-source intelligence (OSINT) in tackling financial crime. He outlines its application in areas such as fraud, sanctions evasion, and money laundering, and addresses the legal, ethical,

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GoSearch: Open-source OSINT tool for uncovering digital footprints

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GoSearch: Open-source OSINT tool for uncovering digital footprints 2025-04-28 at 08:01 By Help Net Security GoSearch is an open-source OSINT tool built to uncover digital footprints linked to specific usernames. Designed for speed and accuracy, it lets users quickly track someone’s online presence across multiple platforms. GoSearch incorporates data from Hudson Rock’s Cybercrime Database, offering

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Unlocking OSINT: Top books to learn from

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Unlocking OSINT: Top books to learn from 2025-02-17 at 18:05 By Help Net Security Discover the top Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) books in this curated list. From investigative techniques to digital footprint analysis, these titles offer insights for security professionals, journalists, and researchers looking to master the art of gathering and analyzing publicly available data. Hunting

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Tosint: Open-source Telegram OSINT tool

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Tosint: Open-source Telegram OSINT tool 2024-09-27 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz Tosint is an open-source Telegram OSINT tool that extracts useful information from Telegram bots and channels. It’s suited for security researchers, investigators, and others who want to gather insights from Telegram sources. Several law enforcement agencies utilize Tosint to gather intelligence and monitor cybercriminal

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Web Check: Open-source intelligence for any website

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Web Check: Open-source intelligence for any website 2024-02-26 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz Web Check offers thorough open-source intelligence and enables users to understand a website’s infrastructure and security posture, equipping them with the knowledge to understand, optimize, and secure their online presence. Unlike similar services, Web Check is free. There’s no signup, tracking, logging,

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How to take control of personal data

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How to take control of personal data 2024-02-14 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals increasingly use open-source intelligence (OSINT) to craft convincing backstories, often by mining social media profiles for details on a target’s profession, interests, and routines. Armed with these personal insights, these malicious actors leverage chatbots to compose highly persuasive messages. Additionally,

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Skytrack: Open-source aircraft reconnaissance tool

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Skytrack: Open-source aircraft reconnaissance tool 2024-01-18 at 07:31 By Mirko Zorz Skytrack is an open-source command-line tool for plane spotting and aircraft OSINT reconnaissance. The tool utilizes multiple data sources to collect information on aircraft, can produce a PDF report for a specific aircraft, and offers conversion between ICAO and Tail Number designations. Suitable for

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Mosint: Open-source automated email OSINT tool

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Mosint: Open-source automated email OSINT tool 30/11/2023 at 08:31 By Mirko Zorz Mosint is an automated email OSINT tool written in Go designed to facilitate quick and efficient investigations of target emails. It integrates multiple services, providing security researchers with rapid access to a broad range of information. “In my previous job, I actively worked

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8 open-source OSINT tools you should try

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8 open-source OSINT tools you should try 22/08/2023 at 06:01 By Help Net Security Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) refers to gathering, assessing, and interpreting public information to address specific intelligence queries. All the tools listed here are available for free. Amass The OWASP Amass project performs network mapping of attack surfaces and external asset discovery using

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Unmasking the Critical Risk of Internet-Exposed Assets to Public and Private Organizations

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Unmasking the Critical Risk of Internet-Exposed Assets to Public and Private Organizations 20/06/2023 at 16:11 By cybleinc Cyble investigates the Current vulnerability Threat landscape and observes distribution of Proof Of Concepts over Darkweb. The post Unmasking the Critical Risk of Internet-Exposed Assets to Public and Private Organizations appeared first on Cyble. This article is an

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Evolving Threat Landscape of Hacktivism in Colombia

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Evolving Threat Landscape of Hacktivism in Colombia 31/05/2023 at 11:22 By cybleinc CRIL investigates the evolving threat landscape of hacktivism leading to cyberattacks on Colombian Critical Infrastructure and Zero-day Sales by Hacktivists. The post Evolving Threat Landscape of Hacktivism in Colombia appeared first on Cyble. This article is an excerpt from Cyble View Original Source

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Simple OSINT techniques to spot AI-fueled disinformation, fake reviews

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Simple OSINT techniques to spot AI-fueled disinformation, fake reviews 23/05/2023 at 12:20 By Helga Labus Error messages that ChatGPT and other AI language models generate can be used to uncover disinformation campaigns, hate speech and fake reviews via OSINT collection and analysis, says Nico Dekens, director of intelligence at ShadowDragon. AI-generated content found via Google

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Dissecting Rancoz Ransomware

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Dissecting Rancoz Ransomware 11/05/2023 at 15:46 By cybleinc CRIL analyzes Rancoz, a new ransomware variant that is leveraging Vice Society’s codebase to target a wider victim base. The post Dissecting Rancoz Ransomware appeared first on Cyble. This article is an excerpt from Cyble View Original Source

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Indian Ideology Targeted by Hacktivists: Reprisal Hacktivism Draws More Attacks

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Indian Ideology Targeted by Hacktivists: Reprisal Hacktivism Draws More Attacks 07/05/2023 at 18:24 By cybleinc CRIL charts the evolution of recent Hacktivism targeting India, as well as reprisal attacks against the same. The post Indian Ideology Targeted by Hacktivists: Reprisal Hacktivism Draws More Attacks appeared first on Cyble. This article is an excerpt from Cyble

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