The Weekly OSINT Newsletter (#108) - Christmas Edition
The latest tradecraft tips, exclusive jobs, and industry news.
Hello and Merry Christmas to those celebrating!
In the festive season's cheer, let's dive into this week's edition, bringing you the newest tradecraft tips, job openings, and industry updates.
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Exclusive Job Opportunities
Highlighting hand-picked roles.
1. Analyst
Company name: Athena Intelligence
Country: Geneva, Switzerland
Posted on: 18.12.2023
2. Junior Associate OSINT (m/w/d) (German speaking)
Company name: Bernstein Group
Country: Berlin, München, oder Frankfurt, Deutschland
Posted on: 20.12.2023
3. Junior OSINT Analyst
Company name: Cronos Europa
Country: Brussels, Belgium
Posted on: 20.12.2023
4. Senior Inteligence Analyst
Company name: Neon Century
Country: London, United Kingdom
Posted on: 22.12.2023
OSINT Tradecraft Tips
Weekly insights from the web, handpicked and honed by experts.
Enhance Your Geolocation Skills with Bellingcat's OpenStreetMap Tool
In this week's issue, we wanted to highlight Bellingcat’s OpenStreetMap search tool. This innovative tool helps in narrowing down regions for geolocation searches by matching structures and features in images. It's a useful tool that can help you geolocate images faster. Check out this video on how to get started.
Simplify Data Conversion: Excel's ArcGIS Tool for Geocoding and Geo-enrichment
Transform your geo-data with ArcGIS for Excel. If you're juggling between street addresses and coordinates, this function is what you need. Convert coordinates to street addresses or vice versa. An excellent tip by Ryan Lindemann.
Explore GIJN's Resource Center: A Hub for Investigative Journalism Guides, Tips & Resources
The GIJN Resource Center is an excellent hub for investigative and data journalism related guides and resources. It offers over 2,000 items in multiple languages and covers a wide range of topics including climate change, war crimes, and more. Have a look at their top guides and tipsheets from 2023.
Note from the OSINT Jobs Team: While GIJN's guides, tips, and resources are tailored for journalists, the underlying methods and techniques can be applied in almost any domain.
Enhance Reddit Analysis with Knewkarma
DailyOSINT shared a great tip for analysing Reddit data. Knewkarma is a great open-source tool for analysing Reddit posts and users. It was recently updated, and is great for examining user activities, posts, and subreddit dynamics on Reddit. For complete code and detailed documentation, visit the GitHub page.
New 'Phone to Number' Module by OSINT Industries
OSINT Industries has launched a new module that gathers various details from SnapChat using just a phone number. This includes the user's ID, username, title, name, and more. Check out their LinkedIn post for more information.
Bellingcat’s NEW Tool Simplifies US Company Investigations
Bellingcat’s Technical Fellow, George Dyer, has developed a toolkit to streamline investigations of publicly listed companies in the US. This toolkit assists in navigating and gathering data from a freely accessible company regulatory database.
The Center for Information Resilience (CIR’s) Internal Policy for Employee Safety in Online Environments
CIR has released another of their internal policies for public access, titled "Online Abuse Policy, Support Mechanisms, and Guidance". This policy deals with safeguarding employees engaged in online work by addressing the risks of harassment, doxxing, and threats. Key measures include digital safety courses, assistance in removing online personal information, support in case of severe harassment or doxxing, collaboration with law enforcement, and help with social media complaints.
Note from the OSINT Jobs Team: This guide is a crucial step towards ensuring the mental and physical wellbeing of staff. The publication of this guide is commendable, setting a benchmark for organisations in protecting their employees in the digital age.
This marks the end of the free portion of our weekly OSINT Newsletter. The next section, exclusive to our paid subscribers, is packed with additional tradecraft tips sourced from the past week. Furthermore, we include the latest industry-related news, keeping you informed and ahead in the ever-evolving world of OSINT and Intelligence analysis.
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