Tools
Google Dorking
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It is just googling but more specific.
Advanced Search
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Basically graphical google dorking.
OSINT Framework
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Collection of OSINT tools
Reverse Image Search
EXIFTOOL
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metadata extractor
Google Earth
Workflow
Step 1
- READ THE CHALLENGE.
- Understand the data that you are trying to get.
Step 2
- Download the image, look at it.
- Do you recognise it? Is it somewhere you know?
- Do you know anything about what is in the image?
Step 3
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Run it through ExifTool, are there any notes on the image? does it have coordinates? is any info useful?
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Reverse image search it
Step 4
- Google Dork things in the image or name or notes, hopefully by now you have a vague idea of where it is.
Step 5
- Use all the information involved to continue, build a report, take notes.
Challenges
1. Wings of Regret
Name the building in which the photographer was standing when they took this photo:
2. Lemon
Give me GPS Coordinates of where this image was taken?
3. Ye Cannae Shove yer granny off a …
Name the first stop on this buses route:
Next Steps
More Challenges:
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https://gralhix.com/list-of-osint-exercises/
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https://github.com/seintpl/osintquiz
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https://tryhackme.com/room/sakura
More ways to OSINT
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TraceLabs – Missing people search
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https://www.osintdojo.com/resources/
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CTF competitions (like ours that will be at the end of the month)
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Making your own challenges for others