OSINT researchers start out with inherent sets of bias. A bias is any deviation from the truth that can cause false conclusions. It is important to understand what bias is and how it can impact your OSINT results.
Have you happened upon ChatGPT? It’s likely that when you first give it a try, you’ll imagine yourself delivering in record time those business strategies and research reports that your boss has been asking for. But, always consider the risks when using a new online research tool.
Have you happened upon ChatGPT? It’s likely that when you first give it a try, you’ll imagine yourself delivering in record time those business strategies and research reports that your boss has been asking for. But, always consider the risks when using a new online research tool.
To reach the realm of the dark web, the internet-savvy must make use of special browsers. While Tor is the most common dark web browser, popularly known as the Onion Router due to its layers of encryption, another dark web browser might be a better choice for your mission: I2P.
Deepfake advancements are making it increasingly difficult to trust someone’s word, much less your own eyes. The newest development in the deepfake industry is the real-time deepfake, where a live virtual call could be presented by a false, digitized version of an authentic person.
Buying and selling items online has never been easier, thanks to cryptocurrency. A virtual form of payment, cryptocurrency promises efficient, safer, and more anonymous transactions. Like any internet activity, exchanging cryptocurrency can support your goals, or damper them—unless you’ve been properly debriefed first.
What Is a Rate Limit? A rate limit is a restriction that websites use to limit the number of requests on a web server that a person can make over a specific time period. These websites will implement session- and IP-based limits to control the number of requests made to a...
Surely, you’ve run across outlandish videos on the internet that have utilized what’s known as the human image synthesis technique, or Deepfakes. Deepfake software allows users to swap out faces using AI. Although some are hilarious and some are just creepy, the threat of what deepfakes videos are capable of...
Open source intelligence (OSINT) is considered publicly available information (PAI). OSINT, until the internet was introduced, included newspaper clippings and library resources. OSINT mediums are ever-changing, and therefore, collecting this information is both an art and a science. Finding the most effective and secure OSINT technologies have a lasting impact on investigations. Conveying the sentiment coined by William Gibson,...
In this webcast, Mitch Freddura, Program Manager of our Ntrepid Academy, walked through the fundamentals and best practices of managing your online attribution, defined the landscape of the clear and deep web, and covered useful online research techniques.
