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OSINT resources: tools, search engines and practical guides
Choose an OSINT research pathway, explore ten source families and find external tools with clear access limits.
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OSINT directory: 54 external tools and sources
Filter 54 OSINT tools by use, access and coverage. Compare access conditions, coverage and interpretation limits.
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Evidence, sources and information verification
Preserve digital traces, assess media and AI answers, build timelines and record uncertainty.
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Check a suspicious website without clicking through everything or mistaking polish for legitimacy.
A defensive guide to assessing a suspicious site through its exact address, claimed identity, public history, redirects and independent sources.
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Verify an online identity without confusing a clue with proof.
A practical OSINT guide to verifying an online identity with public sources, corroborating signals and documenting uncertainty without intrusion.
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Ten practical OSINT research pathways
Follow ten OSINT methods: define a question, choose primary sources, keep a source log and bound your conclusions.
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Digital intelligence and OSINT for informed decisions.
Private digital intelligence for individuals, executives and companies: OSINT, cyber monitoring, due diligence, online reputation and risk analysis.
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Digital intelligence glossary.
Bilingual, filterable glossary of 63 OSINT, evidence, identity, infrastructure, risk, influence and response terms, with interpretation limits.
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2025 public digital threat observatory.
A sourced observatory of ANSSI, ENISA and Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr 2025 indicators, with methodology and comparative tables.
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OSINT source-reliability matrix.
Interactive bilingual matrix for assessing provenance, independence, freshness and evidential value across 32 public-source types, with interpretation limits.
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Editorial responsibility and methods
Who publishes IIS guides, how to distinguish original methods from external data, and how to report an error.
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Assess an online rumour before giving it a second life.
A method for finding the origin of a claim, separating independent relays from copies, assessing real reach and preparing a proportionate response.
Guide
Analyse a suspicious message without clicking, replying or disclosing more information.
Defensive method for assessing a suspicious email, text or message through sender identity, links, attachments, urgency, request and reporting.
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Assess a surge of online reviews before calling it a coordinated campaign.
A method for analysing a surge of reviews, distinguishing real complaints from possible coordination, preserving evidence and responding carefully.
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Audit digital exposure before someone else exploits it.
A defensive guide to inventorying public domains, accounts, services and information, prioritising risks and reducing digital exposure.
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Audit an executive’s public exposure without building an intrusive dossier.
A guide to inventorying relevant public executive traces, assessing impersonation risk and prioritising corrections while respecting privacy.
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Build an OSINT timeline that separates events, publications and unknowns.
Guide to organising facts, publication dates, event dates, contradictions and unknowns in a traceable OSINT timeline.
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Check a potential sanctions-list match.
EU, UK and OFAC research method: compare identifiers, resolve namesakes, retain results and distinguish screening from a transaction decision.
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Document a public data exposure without increasing its distribution.
Guide to assessing publicly exposed data, preserving the useful minimum, limiting further spread and organising initial defensive action.
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A due diligence checklist that informs decisions without manufacturing certainty.
A due diligence checklist to verify an organisation, its leadership, public assets, risk signals and information requiring confirmation.
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What a web archive actually allows you to conclude.
Distinguish capture, publication and event dates. Compare archived versions and record missing material before drawing a conclusion.
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Map public digital infrastructure without mistaking proximity for ownership.
A defensive OSINT method for connecting public domains, subdomains, certificates and hosting records without intrusive scans or premature attribution.
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Preserve digital evidence without altering what matters.
A clear method for preserving screenshots, files, messages and timelines before reporting, expert review or legal action.
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Prioritise a CVE with the asset context.
Connect a CVE to an actual asset, distinguish CVSS severity, KEV exploitation and EPSS probability, then document remediation and validation.
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Recover a compromised account and check that access is under control.
A defensive method for account recovery, session and delegated-access checks, evidence preservation and protection after compromise.
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Respond to fake technical support without worsening the incident.
How to recognise a fake support request, verify the official channel and limit harm after remote access or payment has been granted.
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Respond to online impersonation without losing evidence or amplifying the fake account.
An action plan for documenting online impersonation, securing access, warning exposed contacts, reporting fake profiles and tracking removal.
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Verify an AI answer before turning it into a fact.
Check the claims, references, dates and calculations in an AI answer before using it in analysis or a decision.
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Verify a company and its directors without confusing registration, activity and reputation.
OSINT due-diligence method for checking legal identity, directors, addresses, changes, declared control and material business claims.
Guide
Verify a job offer and recruiter before sharing personal information.
A practical method for checking a job advert, recruiter identity, employer and sensitive requests before replying or sharing documents.
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Verify an online fundraising appeal before donating or sharing it.
A method for checking a fundraiser’s organiser, project, beneficiary and payment channel without relying on images or testimonials alone.
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Verify changed supplier bank details before paying.
A practical method to verify changed supplier bank details through an independent callback, dual control and a traceable payment decision.
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Verify synthetic or manipulated media without relying on one spectacular clue.
A practical method for checking potentially synthetic media through provenance, context, continuity, metadata and independent evidence.
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Legal notice
Legal notice for Internet Intelligence Service: ownership, hosting, intellectual property, liability, privacy and governing law.
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From weak signal to actionable report.
Internet Intelligence Service operating method: confidential scoping, OSINT collection, correlation, reporting and crisis support.
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Companies and public registers · OSINT
Which legal entity corresponds to the trading name ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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Domains and public infrastructure · OSINT
Which public observations clarify a domain without contacting its target ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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Image and video verification · OSINT
Does this media match the claimed place, date and narrative ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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Maps, geolocation and satellites · OSINT
Which clues can confirm a place and period ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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Method, documentation and learning · OSINT
How can a file be produced that another reader can verify ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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Public posts and accounts · OSINT
How can a post be documented without premature author attribution ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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Public data and statistics · OSINT
Can these figures be compared without changing their meaning ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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Sanctions lists and namesakes · OSINT
Does a name match actually refer to the same entity ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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OSINT search launchpad
Prepare a public query for 13 external destinations. Review the destination before sending keywords, a domain or a URL to a provider.
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Web archives and preservation · OSINT
What did a page show at a particular time ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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Web and document search · OSINT
How can a claim and its original source be located ? Practical method, external tools, source log and interpretation limits.
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OSINT, cyber monitoring and digital risk guides.
Practical reference points for assessing a digital signal, preserving relevant evidence, reducing exposure and preparing a digital intelligence request.
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Due diligence and reputation decisions
Verify entities and roles, interpret public allegations and reviews, and define decision conditions.
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Public exposure and incident response
Inventory public assets, document exposed data, recover accounts and organise proportionate remediation.
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Fraud prevention and contact verification
Choose the right checks for messages, supplier payments, recruitment, fundraising and fake support.
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Official source directory
Eighteen primary portals for company, domain, security, privacy and AI checks: uses, limitations, jurisdiction and dated references.
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24 cases to practise careful verification
Practise distinguishing observation, inference and uncertainty with 24 fictional cases. Read the method and compare the documented observations.
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Digital intelligence services
OSINT, cyber monitoring, due diligence, online reputation, fraud and crisis intelligence for individuals, executives and companies.
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Cyber monitoring: see visible risks before they are exploited.
Defensive cyber monitoring for public exposure, abusive domains, impersonation, visible leaks and threat signals targeting a brand or executive.
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Due diligence: decide with a more complete view of risk.
Digital due diligence before a partnership, sensitive hire, investment, acquisition or dispute: public facts, inconsistencies, reputation and risk.
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Online reputation: understand the origin, reach and dynamics of an attack.
Online reputation analysis covering content, narratives, relays and amplification to assess an attack and prepare a proportionate response.
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OSINT investigations: turning public traces into verifiable facts.
Lawful OSINT investigations: research, corroboration and analysis of public traces relating to people, companies, assets and digital environments.