In the dynamic landscape of open-source intelligence, investigators are continually searching for reliable methods that deliver actionable results. Among these, reverse image search has emerged as a cornerstone OSINT technique, employed by intelligence professionals, law enforcement agencies, investigative journalists, and security researchers worldwide. Social Links have led the way in...
In the current era of hyperconnectivity, the digital footprints left by individuals and organizations are a critical intelligence source for security professionals. As publicly available data has swelled and evolved, social media intelligence (SOCMINT) has emerged as a go-to discipline for transforming vast amounts of raw data into actionable intelligene....
OSINT investigations are a lot like unraveling a web. Investigators pull on different threads to reveal the bigger picture. But this process isn’t one-sided. Just as investigators gather data on their targets, those suspects can also acquire information on them—if they’re not careful. And in the world...
The verb “to google” has been a fixture of the English dictionary for some time now, highlighting just how synonymous the engine’s proprietary name is with the action of finding information online. And considering Google processes a staggering 5.9 million searches every minute, this linguistic status should come...
While 2025 is underway, we still have some unfinished business with 2024—we want to let you all know about everything we brought to SL Crimewall in the final quarter of last year. The run-up to New Year was a remarkably productive period with entirely new major features being introduced...
There’s perhaps a tendency to downplay the negative impact of conspiracy theorists. We often look upon proponents of these wild ideas as credulous discontents, whose silly—or half-crazed—beliefs are ridiculous, but not really a cause for serious concern. And in any case—some might add—are we in...
