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