With so much of the world’s information living inside images—screenshots of messages, photos of documents, surveillance clips, and even social media posts with hidden location data—Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and computer vision have become cornerstones of modern intelligence work. And with the AI renaissance, the laborious manual...
When people think about iPhone security, they usually imagine theft—someone grabbing the device off a table or slipping it out of a pocket. But in the world of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), the real danger isn’t just losing the phone itself. It’s what can be seen, linked, or...
In today's digital landscape, anonymization is the threat actor’s cloak when carrying out illicit activities. For law enforcement agencies and cyber threat intelligence professionals alike, uncovering the real identities behind pseudonyms has become vital. But while many masks may seem airtight, with the right techniques, chinks can...
It has a notorious reputation to be sure. Yet the common perception of the Dark Web purely as an arena for nefarious enterprise overlooks the double-edge nature of the beast. While its mix of anonymity and obfuscation does indeed make it a haven for fraudsters peddling fentanyl, stolen creds, and...
The Dark Web—that notorious part of the internet that runs on hidden networks like Tor and I2P—has become a real-time barometer for gauging future cybercriminal attack. Dark Web Intelligence is the structured collection, analysis, and use of data from these hidden spaces. It shows when stolen logins are...
In our vast, interconnected digital world, information is the ultimate currency. For cyber defenders, the ability to gather, analyze, and act upon information is what separates success from failure. It’s also the purview of OSINT, which in the context of cybersecurity, represents the art of turning the endless sea...
