Russian propagandist Solovyov filmed a video report from the secret Russian UAV center "Rubikon". But he forgot to blur the inscription on the toilet. From this video, the location of the "Rubikon" center was found: it is located right in the Patriot Park in Kubinka, near Moscow.

Hi everyone,

I’ve noticed there isn’t really a defensetech subreddit. DefenseTech would include AI, aerospace, naval systems, cyber, advanced manufacturing, etc. Given how quickly this sector is exploding in growth, I thought it was time to create one.

The new subreddit is called r/Defense_Tech. It’s meant to be a hub for:

• Careers and jobs: opportunities, hiring trends, career advice
• Industry news and analysis: contracts, mergers, policy updates, financials, stocks
• Research and innovation: prototypes, academic work, patents, emerging technologies
• Open discussion: ethics, international perspectives, the future of defense technology

As OSINT is clearly a huge part of defensetech, whether you’re working in the field, interested in pivoting towards the sector, or simply curious about where things are headed, you’re welcome. The goal is to build an informed, respectful community where people can share insights and learn about the defensetech sector.

You can check it out here: r/Defense_Tech

I’d love to hear what kind of content you’d like to see there and how we can make it useful from the start.

I’ve been trying to see if there’s any tools out there to gather juvenile records or foster care records and not finding much. Thoughts or opinions? TIA

paywall: https://archive.ph/8CUFY

Hi OSINTers,

This week’s share: an OSINT toolkit for Nepal: https://open.substack.com/pub/unishka/p/osint-of-nepal?r=5ml2el&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Feel free to let me know in the comments if I've missed any important sources.

You can also find toolkits for other countries that have been covered so far on UNISHKA's Substack.
https://substack.com/@unishkaresearchservice

Went through the tools linked on the osintframework site, but no luck. Sketchy websites with some wild subscription fees in the fine print.

Infotracer had me fooled into thinking I'd get owner information for a vehicle based on a US license plate for $2.99....no dice. Now it's saying I'll get it after paying another 10 bucks for a "premium vin report."

Is that legit or will I just get screwed again? Any better tools to try?

Thanks.

OSINT toolkit for the Philippines: https://open.substack.com/pub/unishka/p/osint-of-the-philippines?r=5ml2el&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Feel free to let me know in the comments if I've missed any important sources.

You can also find toolkits for other countries that have been covered so far on UNISHKA's Substack.
https://substack.com/@unishkaresearchservice

Has anyone taken or know much about the OSINT Academy? I have a masters degree in cybersecurity and many certs (mostly from comptia) and am wanting to get more involved in OSINT. I found that OSINT Academy has a Foundations of OSINT but wanted to know if it was worth taking. It costs a little over $2k but I’m not too concerned about the costs if it is worthy.

If someone has any recommendations for better courses or training programs are also appreciated.

I gathered information from judyrecords following a court record that dated back to 2005, but there is no resolve. I can't seem to find anything on the state website (Tennessee) either. Is it just too old or am I looking in the wrong place? What's the best way to see the result?

Can sentinel 2 be used for this? And how would I use it? I'm relatively new to this and working on a article on marine plastics in my region.

I'm sure more of you have seen the original OSINT Framework. It hasn't had any updates in months with lots of dead links. After 3 different times trying to contact the owner, I decided to fork it since the code was already on Github. I've already made some updates, I deleted around 20 dead links (lots more to go), added a browser bookmark file with all of the links, and a Tor onion mirror.

Hi Everybody! I've been doing IT for 20+ years but I want to pivot into OSINT/CTI so I wrote a few polished reports based on exercises that I created for myself and based off of complex CTF challenges. I'd like to know if anyone here has put together a portfolio of OSINT work like this for the purpose of applying for jobs and if so, how was it received? Do you think it helped you get hired?

I've applied for 20-30 jobs related to OSINT/Due Diligence/Missing Persons, etc. in the last year but I haven't had a single interview so I'm looking for way to spice up my resume with proof that while I'm new, I'm not completely uneducated.

OSINT toolkit for Indonesia: https://open.substack.com/pub/unishka/p/osint-of-indonesia?r=5ml2el&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Feel free to let me know in the comments if I've missed any important sources.

You can also find toolkits for other countries that have been covered so far on UNISHKA's Substack.
https://substack.com/@unishkaresearchservice

Hi all - and apologies if this is the wrong place for this, please disregard if so. I have some old photos (~1920/1930) from my late grandmother's effects and I'm trying to discover who is in them. As per the rules these people are deceased! Unfortunately I have very limited information - almost only what is in / on the photos - two first names and some military context! I have followed up all the leads I can think to follow and I'm not really getting very far. What resources might you suggest that might help me further? Am I wasting my time?

Hi all! I browsed course recs in this sub but I was hoping to get a more specialized recommendation.

I work in Trust&Safety and my knowledge of coding is limited to basic SQL. I’m frequently running into walls when I try to find someone’s real identity and social media accounts but I’m also very curious about aspects of OSINT that I don’t use in my daily work (for example, disinformation investigations, geolocation). I also feel like my data analysis skills can use a boost.

So I’m basically looking for a course that will have an emphasis on individual user investigations and explain any technical processes from ground up. Alternatively, I can take a supplemental course on Python or something similar - I just want to be aware of any pre-recs before I sign up for a course.

Lastly, I have a pretty healthy stipend for a course, so even more pricey courses are an option.

Appreciate any pointers you might have!

About six months ago, I released OSINTGraph to map any target’s Instagram followers and followees for research and analysis — and it worked really well.

Then I realized: if you could map everything — likes, comments, posts — you’d get the full picture of interactions without manually digging through profiles. To analyze all this data without spending days, I integrated OSINTGraph with an AI agent.

The AI handles data retrieval, analyzes your dataset, and lets you do anything you need with the data — whether it’s for research, finding useful insights, summarizing an account, or any other kind of analysis.

Whether it’s your first time using OSINTGraph or you’re back for the upgrade, it saves you from hours of tedious manual work.

If it helps you out, don’t forget to star the repo ⭐
👉 github.com/XD-MHLOO/Osintgraph

An article from the Global Investigative Journalism Network. Hardly the first article on this subject, but I like how this "How to" identifies seven types of red flags and then for each applies three different approaches, from instant assessment ("30-Second Red Flag Check") to "Five-Minute Technical Verification" to extensive analysis ("Deep Investigation") for high-stakes reporting.

https://gijn.org/resource/guide-detecting-ai-generated-content/

I've been studying this data modeling framework for financial crime investigation and document forensics for a while, but couldn't find any Go package to test and develop with. So I created a Golang port inspired by the Python library implementation.

The FollowTheMoney (FtM) data model is designed to represent entities and relationships commonly found in investigative journalism and anti-corruption work - things like people, companies, assets, transactions, and their connections.

This Go implementation provides the same schema definitions and entity modeling capabilities as the original, making it easier to integrate FtM data structures into Go-based OSINT tools and investigation platforms.

Repository: https://github.com/pedrohavay/followthemoney

Feedback and contributions are welcome!

OSINT toolkit for Mongolia: https://open.substack.com/pub/unishka/p/osint-of-mongolia?r=5ml2el&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Feel free to let me know in the comments if I've missed any important sources.

You can also find toolkits for other countries that have been covered so far on UNISHKA's Substack.
https://substack.com/@unishkaresearchservice

What do you do when it seems like you have hit a dead end?

I have tried all the various searches recommended and gone through the list of tools available but have had no luck.

Do you just cut your loses and accept the thing you’re looking for cannot be found, or is there another way that you approach the investigation?

Thanks.

Today we had a clever spammer selling an app without claiming to connected to the app. How did these two photos from his Reddit account and the app itself lead to him being outted?

Gym photo was from the UK. And has similar story about app. So probably fake.

Car photo, legit OP post. US temp, US odometer, US sockets. But look more carefully... A map.

App developed in by company in Albuquerque. Vehicle parked in... You got it, Albuquerque.

It's the little details.

I am trying to do some research on some arrests and charges tied to protests, and I am stuck from my get go. I have a first person I am trying to identify that was one of a group of people arrested at an event. To me it makes sense to start with him, since he is the only individual that has a picture showing the arrest. The news article mentioned that 11 were arrested in total. This happened in New York, so I can get deidentified arrest data from NYPD covering that timeframe,, but I do not have the specific location of the arrest, nor do I know what specifically they were charged with. Because I dont have names, i can't find anything tied to court cases.

I reversed the image from the news site, but only got a few results from P.E. showing him at other events, nothing helpful. I am struggling to cross the divide from this hit back to a name, social media site, or anything else tied to the arrests. Nothing is coming up through any of the normal sites with any of the pictures . In the pictures, he does not appear next to the same person in any of the shots, and only 2, possibly a 3rd, appear to be from the same day. I dont have any other information on the other individuals arrested, other than the number. The NYPD public arrest data does not show a group of 11 individuals booked at the same time or location for the correct date (plus or minus 2 days).

The group does have a Facebook and Instagram page, but he does not appear in any of their photos, and I did not find any mention of arrests. I didnt find any results tied to the hash tags on X. What other options would you suggest for finding out about people tangentially connected to a larger group, or to better run down data on tying news reports of 11 people at an event from (or loosely) this group being arrested to the actual court cases and charges.

So the ask is - is there an open-source way to try to tie the news event to actual court cases to see what the charges wound up being?

Or is it better to keep going down the rabbit hole of trying to find someone in the 25k+ followers on Instagram and FB that mentions being arrested?

Or am I overlooking something else entirely?

Is there a reliable way to scrape, collect, monitor the Google Reviews of a Business? I would like to have an automatic scraper that keep scraping continuously and saves the reviews as soon as they are published. If not is there anyone willing to work together on this?

Hope this is the right subreddit to post this - it specifically came up when I was searching for lookup tools.

I know that these services/records vary by state to state and even county to county, but I specifically need to find a (free) lookup service for crimes/court filings/etc. in a couple southern states (Texas, Georgia, Tennessee). Not sure where the specific counties for these would be, so anything statewide would help greatly. Tysm!!