Week in OSINT #2022-11

Week in OSINT #2022-11

geolocation ip address quiztime chronolocation obsidian accessibility
Another short episode this week, with some cool links, IP Geolocation, workflow and reports, and chronolocation.

This week it features something I discovered myself last week, a new and easy tool to use with chronolocation during the night. If ancient sailors were able to navigate the stars, it must be possible to use this same thing for chronolocation, right? And yes, up to a certain degree it's absolutely possible. But that's not all I have for you this week, there's more:

  • Malfrat's OSINT Map
  • IP Geolocation
  • Obsidian in Your OSINT Work
  • Accessibility and Reporting
  • Chronolocation With Stars

Links: Malfrat's OSINT Map

The OSINTFramework didn't get an update for years, so Twitter user @MalfratsInd forked the original repo on GitHub and recreated it, filling it with links that are currently active and useful for investigations. There's still a lot of sites to cover, so if you have more ideas, head over to the GitHub repo and help it grow!

Interactive OSINT mindmap
Interactive OSINT mindmap

Link: https://map.malfrats.industries/

Media: IP Geolocation

Last month The OSINTCurious Project posted one of my articles on locating an IP address, and the lack of accuracy. I usually focus mainly on servers, but the techniques I wrote there are generic. Then I stumbled upon a video by Half as Interesting, describing an event from 6 years ago. It's about the dangers of blindly following locations provided by IP2Geo datasets. And it's shocking to read that even law enforcement didn't verify any of such information either. So I repeat it again, please don't make this mistake... Verification is key! With everything!

Article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Media: Obsidian in Your OSINT Work

Micah Hoffman has his own company for years already, and he has some awesome course material over at MyOSINT.Training. One of the things he's been working on in the past few weeks is Obsidian, that has featured in my newsletter before too. And a few weeks ago he showed the possibilities in a live stream for OSINT investigations.

Micah going over Obsidian for OSINT
Micah going over Obsidian for OSINT

YouTube: https://youtu.be/sKF37Ng4gaI

Courses: https://www.myosint.training/

Article: Accessibility and Reporting

And another section that mentions Micah, because last week he played around with some highlighted boxes in an image. After converting the image to greyscale, not a lot was left to be seen. It might not be the best simulation (look at Coblis for a better option), but the problem still exists. The most common problems are with red or green, and can range from seeing it weak to not seeing the colour at all. And let red and green be very common colours used in all these images we all share with the world.

Simulating what people with colour blindness see
Simulating what people with colour blindness sees

Link: https://webbreacher.com/2022/03/16/report-accessibility/

Tip: Chronolocation With Stars

When Julia Bayer posted her Quiztime challenge last week, I went off to search for a tool to line up stars and other celestial elements. There are several 'sky maps' out there, but this tool is simple, clean and easy to use. After finding the rough location of the moon, you can match the date and time until there's a match. You can also select celestial bodies, and see their exact position and their rise and set times. Another new thing I discovered, by looking at Quiztime challenges!

Matching stars to find a time
Matching stars to find a time

Link: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/night/

Have a good week and have a good search!

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