Episode 25 - Breaches, TikTok, Vortimo and more!

Find all linked material here: https://osintcurio.us/webcast-20191201-25/

People in this Episode

• Micah
• Dutch_Osintguy
• Kirby
• Sector035

Links to what we discussed

• Tips on how to interpret leak data https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2019/11/06/massive-white-supremacist-message-board-leak-how-to-access-and-interpret-the-data/
• A new blog from MwOsint on investigating right wing extremists https://keyfindings.blog/2019/12/01/researching-right-wing-extremism-in-central-europe/
• An Emmy for the Bellingcat documentary https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/11/two-dutch-documentaries-win-international-emmy-awards/
• Firstdraft article on identifying bots https://firstdraftnews.org/latest/the-not-so-simple-science-of-social-media-bots/
• Blogpost by OsintCombine on Foursquare https://www.osintcombine.com/post/foursquare-the-hidden-osint-gem
• Tutorial about Vortimo https://vortimo.wordpress.com/2019/11/08/vortimo-tutorial/
• LawFare Podcast https://twitter.com/kirbstr/status/1198804496660385793
• Diving into the TikTok API https://twitter.com/Sector035/status/1198692966333865987
• Automatic transcription of podcasts in iOS 13 https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1194781978307911680 and a direct link: https://www.cultofmac.com/647598/search-podcast-transcripts-ios-13/
• Political ads information on Snapchat https://twitter.com/carljackmiller/status/1195306436529721345
• Tutorial on TikTok investigations https://www.secjuice.com/osint-investigations-on-tiktok/
• Small tutorial on the tool ‘bulkextractor’ https://digitalforensicstips.com/2019/11/using-bulk-extractor-for-quick-osint-wins/
• An SEO tool to analyze search results https://app.samuelschmitt.com
• A NYT investigation into the bombing of civilian targets in Syria https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000006818506/russia-bombs-syria-civlians.htm
• The item we started this episode with was a tweet about interesting Google dorks. Feel free to share your favourite Google dork on Twitter using the hashtag #osintcurious. For example: https://twitter.com/sinwindie/status/1191493752113766401

Self Promotion

• OSINTCurious is setting up a webshop https://www.redbubble.com/people/osint-curious
• Micah will be teaching at the SANS CDI (Washington, DC) event in December, anyone taking a class at the event can participate in the Tracelabs Missing Persons CTF! https://www.sans.org/event/cyber-defense-initiative-2019/bonus-sessions/19390/#bonus-box
• Micah will also be at the SANS OSINT Summit in Feb 2020 https://www.sans.org/event/osint-summit-2020 – Use code OSINTPOD20 to get a special price of $175 on you SANS Open-Source Intelligence Summit registration
• Kirby has a class for investigators in January in Jacksonville FL https://www.plessas.net/events