Cyber Detective
@cybdetective.bsky.social
Every day I write about #osint (Open Source Intelligence) tools and techniques. Also little bit about forensics and other cybersecurity related themes
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@cybdetective.bsky.social
· Nov 24
It seems like an eternity has passed, but it hasn't even been three years since I published two free 21-day courses on OSINT automation (Python and Linux), and Gitpod is no longer free. Therefore, I added notes to the course repositories on how to take them in Github Codespaces.
January 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
It seems like an eternity has passed, but it hasn't even been three years since I published two free 21-day courses on OSINT automation (Python and Linux), and Gitpod is no longer free. Therefore, I added notes to the course repositories on how to take them in Github Codespaces.
CERT | GREP
Search Certificate Transparency logs by domain or part of domain name (with regular expressions and wildcards).
Good for searching subdomains and not only.
certgrep.sh
Search Certificate Transparency logs by domain or part of domain name (with regular expressions and wildcards).
Good for searching subdomains and not only.
certgrep.sh
January 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
CERT | GREP
Search Certificate Transparency logs by domain or part of domain name (with regular expressions and wildcards).
Good for searching subdomains and not only.
certgrep.sh
Search Certificate Transparency logs by domain or part of domain name (with regular expressions and wildcards).
Good for searching subdomains and not only.
certgrep.sh
OSINT Investigation Reports Templates (FREE)
- breach analysis report
- network reconnaissance
- communication patterns
- domain website
- individual investigation
github.com/JambaAcademy...
By Jamba Academy
- breach analysis report
- network reconnaissance
- communication patterns
- domain website
- individual investigation
github.com/JambaAcademy...
By Jamba Academy
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 AM
OSINT Investigation Reports Templates (FREE)
- breach analysis report
- network reconnaissance
- communication patterns
- domain website
- individual investigation
github.com/JambaAcademy...
By Jamba Academy
- breach analysis report
- network reconnaissance
- communication patterns
- domain website
- individual investigation
github.com/JambaAcademy...
By Jamba Academy
OSINT EVENTS
Calendar of conferences, workshops, webinars and trainings.
osintnetwork.com/osint-events...
If you have your own #OSINT event, you can submit a request to add it to the list.
Calendar of conferences, workshops, webinars and trainings.
osintnetwork.com/osint-events...
If you have your own #OSINT event, you can submit a request to add it to the list.
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
OSINT EVENTS
Calendar of conferences, workshops, webinars and trainings.
osintnetwork.com/osint-events...
If you have your own #OSINT event, you can submit a request to add it to the list.
Calendar of conferences, workshops, webinars and trainings.
osintnetwork.com/osint-events...
If you have your own #OSINT event, you can submit a request to add it to the list.
The investigator’s guide to website infrastructure: WHOIS, SSL, and server fingerprinting
Foundational theory and ethical-legal framework
Applied methodology: step-by-step practical implementation
Verification and analysis for reporting
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/website-in...
by Derek Bowler
Foundational theory and ethical-legal framework
Applied methodology: step-by-step practical implementation
Verification and analysis for reporting
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/website-in...
by Derek Bowler
January 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The investigator’s guide to website infrastructure: WHOIS, SSL, and server fingerprinting
Foundational theory and ethical-legal framework
Applied methodology: step-by-step practical implementation
Verification and analysis for reporting
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/website-in...
by Derek Bowler
Foundational theory and ethical-legal framework
Applied methodology: step-by-step practical implementation
Verification and analysis for reporting
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/website-in...
by Derek Bowler
Previously, when analyzing the popularity of a company (brand), it was necessary to look at its ranking in Google. In 2026, it will be necessary to look at visibility in AI assistant responses.
A partially free tool that allows to analyze this in depth
search-visibility.ai
A partially free tool that allows to analyze this in depth
search-visibility.ai
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Previously, when analyzing the popularity of a company (brand), it was necessary to look at its ranking in Google. In 2026, it will be necessary to look at visibility in AI assistant responses.
A partially free tool that allows to analyze this in depth
search-visibility.ai
A partially free tool that allows to analyze this in depth
search-visibility.ai
Previously, when analyzing the popularity of a company (brand), it was necessary to look at its ranking in Google. In 2026, it will be necessary to look at visibility in AI assistant responses.
A partially free tool that allows to analyze this in depth
search-visibility.ai
A partially free tool that allows to analyze this in depth
search-visibility.ai
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Previously, when analyzing the popularity of a company (brand), it was necessary to look at its ranking in Google. In 2026, it will be necessary to look at visibility in AI assistant responses.
A partially free tool that allows to analyze this in depth
search-visibility.ai
A partially free tool that allows to analyze this in depth
search-visibility.ai
New Year Countdown Map
A service for those who have friends all over the world and who like to send New Year's greetings at midnight sharp. Just click on the point in the world that interests you and find out how many hours until the New Year there!
www.timeanddate.com/counters/new...
A service for those who have friends all over the world and who like to send New Year's greetings at midnight sharp. Just click on the point in the world that interests you and find out how many hours until the New Year there!
www.timeanddate.com/counters/new...
December 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New Year Countdown Map
A service for those who have friends all over the world and who like to send New Year's greetings at midnight sharp. Just click on the point in the world that interests you and find out how many hours until the New Year there!
www.timeanddate.com/counters/new...
A service for those who have friends all over the world and who like to send New Year's greetings at midnight sharp. Just click on the point in the world that interests you and find out how many hours until the New Year there!
www.timeanddate.com/counters/new...
The Digital Detective’s Arsenal: Essential Tools for Forensics & Investigation
Evidence Integrity & Hashing
Securing the Data
Full Forensic Suites
File Recovery & Carving
Memory & Malware Forensics
OSINT & Reconnaissance
medium.com/@eRRoR_/the-...
by eRRoR_
Evidence Integrity & Hashing
Securing the Data
Full Forensic Suites
File Recovery & Carving
Memory & Malware Forensics
OSINT & Reconnaissance
medium.com/@eRRoR_/the-...
by eRRoR_
December 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The Digital Detective’s Arsenal: Essential Tools for Forensics & Investigation
Evidence Integrity & Hashing
Securing the Data
Full Forensic Suites
File Recovery & Carving
Memory & Malware Forensics
OSINT & Reconnaissance
medium.com/@eRRoR_/the-...
by eRRoR_
Evidence Integrity & Hashing
Securing the Data
Full Forensic Suites
File Recovery & Carving
Memory & Malware Forensics
OSINT & Reconnaissance
medium.com/@eRRoR_/the-...
by eRRoR_
A list of reverse image search engines that I learned about relatively recently:
surfface.com
reversly.ai
PicDetective.com
Faceseek.online
faceonlive.com
lenso.ai
#osint #socmint
surfface.com
reversly.ai
PicDetective.com
Faceseek.online
faceonlive.com
lenso.ai
#osint #socmint
December 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A list of reverse image search engines that I learned about relatively recently:
surfface.com
reversly.ai
PicDetective.com
Faceseek.online
faceonlive.com
lenso.ai
#osint #socmint
surfface.com
reversly.ai
PicDetective.com
Faceseek.online
faceonlive.com
lenso.ai
#osint #socmint
How Hackers Find Secrets Hidden in Public Websites
Open-source recon (OSINT): map the public footprint
Hunt in source code - GitHub, JS, and public repos
Secret scanning & live monitoring
Wayback Machine & historical artifacts
By Vipu Sonule
thehackerslog.substack.com/p/how-hacker...
Open-source recon (OSINT): map the public footprint
Hunt in source code - GitHub, JS, and public repos
Secret scanning & live monitoring
Wayback Machine & historical artifacts
By Vipu Sonule
thehackerslog.substack.com/p/how-hacker...
December 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How Hackers Find Secrets Hidden in Public Websites
Open-source recon (OSINT): map the public footprint
Hunt in source code - GitHub, JS, and public repos
Secret scanning & live monitoring
Wayback Machine & historical artifacts
By Vipu Sonule
thehackerslog.substack.com/p/how-hacker...
Open-source recon (OSINT): map the public footprint
Hunt in source code - GitHub, JS, and public repos
Secret scanning & live monitoring
Wayback Machine & historical artifacts
By Vipu Sonule
thehackerslog.substack.com/p/how-hacker...
OSINT Browsers Extenions Lists
start.me/p/p1qj2E/osi...
i-intelligence.eu/insights/202...
github.com/CScorza/Este...
github.com/ubikron/awes...
www.linkedin.com/posts/alozan...
github.com/The-Osint-To...
github.com/osintambitio...
start.me/p/p1qj2E/osi...
i-intelligence.eu/insights/202...
github.com/CScorza/Este...
github.com/ubikron/awes...
www.linkedin.com/posts/alozan...
github.com/The-Osint-To...
github.com/osintambitio...
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
How to Watch Deleted YouTube Videos: 5 Verified Methods
1: The Digital Forensic Method (Reverse Image Search)
2: The Wayback Machine
3: Alternative Video Archives
4: Search by Video I
5: Recovering Metadata from Playlists
picknar.com/how-to-watch...
By PicknarTeam
1: The Digital Forensic Method (Reverse Image Search)
2: The Wayback Machine
3: Alternative Video Archives
4: Search by Video I
5: Recovering Metadata from Playlists
picknar.com/how-to-watch...
By PicknarTeam
December 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
How to Watch Deleted YouTube Videos: 5 Verified Methods
1: The Digital Forensic Method (Reverse Image Search)
2: The Wayback Machine
3: Alternative Video Archives
4: Search by Video I
5: Recovering Metadata from Playlists
picknar.com/how-to-watch...
By PicknarTeam
1: The Digital Forensic Method (Reverse Image Search)
2: The Wayback Machine
3: Alternative Video Archives
4: Search by Video I
5: Recovering Metadata from Playlists
picknar.com/how-to-watch...
By PicknarTeam
5 sites to find deleted political posts
Video review by Bendobrown
Trump Archive
Factba.se
Politwoops
Trump's Truth
Polititweet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZi4...
#socmint
Video review by Bendobrown
Trump Archive
Factba.se
Politwoops
Trump's Truth
Polititweet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZi4...
#socmint
December 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
5 sites to find deleted political posts
Video review by Bendobrown
Trump Archive
Factba.se
Politwoops
Trump's Truth
Polititweet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZi4...
#socmint
Video review by Bendobrown
Trump Archive
Factba.se
Politwoops
Trump's Truth
Polititweet
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZi4...
#socmint
Tracking digital footprints with username and alias correlation
Initial scan (Username enumeration)
Visual correlation (Profile picture pivot)
Content/pattern analysis (Digital footprinting)
Data visualization
AI Assistance in analysis
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/tracking-d...
by Derek Bowler
Initial scan (Username enumeration)
Visual correlation (Profile picture pivot)
Content/pattern analysis (Digital footprinting)
Data visualization
AI Assistance in analysis
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/tracking-d...
by Derek Bowler
December 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Tracking digital footprints with username and alias correlation
Initial scan (Username enumeration)
Visual correlation (Profile picture pivot)
Content/pattern analysis (Digital footprinting)
Data visualization
AI Assistance in analysis
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/tracking-d...
by Derek Bowler
Initial scan (Username enumeration)
Visual correlation (Profile picture pivot)
Content/pattern analysis (Digital footprinting)
Data visualization
AI Assistance in analysis
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/tracking-d...
by Derek Bowler
Financial OSINT: Guide to tracing corporate assets & networks
By Bowler Derek
Foundational theory and ethical-legal framework
Applied methodology: step-by-step practical implementation
Verification and analysis for reporting
Practice and resources
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/guide-trac...
By Bowler Derek
Foundational theory and ethical-legal framework
Applied methodology: step-by-step practical implementation
Verification and analysis for reporting
Practice and resources
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/guide-trac...
December 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Financial OSINT: Guide to tracing corporate assets & networks
By Bowler Derek
Foundational theory and ethical-legal framework
Applied methodology: step-by-step practical implementation
Verification and analysis for reporting
Practice and resources
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/guide-trac...
By Bowler Derek
Foundational theory and ethical-legal framework
Applied methodology: step-by-step practical implementation
Verification and analysis for reporting
Practice and resources
spotlight.ebu.ch/p/guide-trac...
The OSINT Rack
Online #osint tools directory by Mario Santella.
Breach data
Darkweb
Cryptocurrencies
GEOInt
Socmint
Crawling/scraping
Email/phone/domain investigations
www.mariosantella.com/the-osint-ra...
Online #osint tools directory by Mario Santella.
Breach data
Darkweb
Cryptocurrencies
GEOInt
Socmint
Crawling/scraping
Email/phone/domain investigations
www.mariosantella.com/the-osint-ra...
December 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The OSINT Rack
Online #osint tools directory by Mario Santella.
Breach data
Darkweb
Cryptocurrencies
GEOInt
Socmint
Crawling/scraping
Email/phone/domain investigations
www.mariosantella.com/the-osint-ra...
Online #osint tools directory by Mario Santella.
Breach data
Darkweb
Cryptocurrencies
GEOInt
Socmint
Crawling/scraping
Email/phone/domain investigations
www.mariosantella.com/the-osint-ra...
BHGrep (Browser History Grep)
Tool to search using regular expressions in the browser history. Useful for both #dfir and simply searching your own history.
github.com/jondot/bhgrep
Creator Jondot
Added it at awesome grep Github repo github.com/cipher387/aw...
Tool to search using regular expressions in the browser history. Useful for both #dfir and simply searching your own history.
github.com/jondot/bhgrep
Creator Jondot
Added it at awesome grep Github repo github.com/cipher387/aw...
December 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BHGrep (Browser History Grep)
Tool to search using regular expressions in the browser history. Useful for both #dfir and simply searching your own history.
github.com/jondot/bhgrep
Creator Jondot
Added it at awesome grep Github repo github.com/cipher387/aw...
Tool to search using regular expressions in the browser history. Useful for both #dfir and simply searching your own history.
github.com/jondot/bhgrep
Creator Jondot
Added it at awesome grep Github repo github.com/cipher387/aw...
PicDetective
New reverse image search engine. Good in exact matches searches.
picdetective.com
* tested on Tom Valliant's photo (he is creator of OSINT LLM)
#osint #socmint
New reverse image search engine. Good in exact matches searches.
picdetective.com
* tested on Tom Valliant's photo (he is creator of OSINT LLM)
#osint #socmint
December 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
PicDetective
New reverse image search engine. Good in exact matches searches.
picdetective.com
* tested on Tom Valliant's photo (he is creator of OSINT LLM)
#osint #socmint
New reverse image search engine. Good in exact matches searches.
picdetective.com
* tested on Tom Valliant's photo (he is creator of OSINT LLM)
#osint #socmint
DORKSEARCH
889K+ dorks library
Generate dorks for Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, Yahoo, Yandex and Baidu
AI dork builder
dorksearch.com
889K+ dorks library
Generate dorks for Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, Yahoo, Yandex and Baidu
AI dork builder
dorksearch.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
DORKSEARCH
889K+ dorks library
Generate dorks for Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, Yahoo, Yandex and Baidu
AI dork builder
dorksearch.com
889K+ dorks library
Generate dorks for Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, Yahoo, Yandex and Baidu
AI dork builder
dorksearch.com
Reposted by Cyber Detective
THC Release 💥: The world’s largest IP<>Domain database: ip.thc.org
All forward and reverse IPs, all CNAMES and all subdomains of every domain. For free.
Updated monthly.
Try: curl ip.thc.org/1.1.1.1
Raw data (187GB): ip.thc.org/docs/bulk-da...
(The fine work of messede 👌)
All forward and reverse IPs, all CNAMES and all subdomains of every domain. For free.
Updated monthly.
Try: curl ip.thc.org/1.1.1.1
Raw data (187GB): ip.thc.org/docs/bulk-da...
(The fine work of messede 👌)
December 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
THC Release 💥: The world’s largest IP<>Domain database: ip.thc.org
All forward and reverse IPs, all CNAMES and all subdomains of every domain. For free.
Updated monthly.
Try: curl ip.thc.org/1.1.1.1
Raw data (187GB): ip.thc.org/docs/bulk-da...
(The fine work of messede 👌)
All forward and reverse IPs, all CNAMES and all subdomains of every domain. For free.
Updated monthly.
Try: curl ip.thc.org/1.1.1.1
Raw data (187GB): ip.thc.org/docs/bulk-da...
(The fine work of messede 👌)
4.7 billion+ domain database.
Enter IP/IP range/domain to find associated domains and subdomains.
You also may just do GET-requests from command line.
ip.thc.org
Contributor @hackerschoice.bsky.social
Enter IP/IP range/domain to find associated domains and subdomains.
You also may just do GET-requests from command line.
ip.thc.org
Contributor @hackerschoice.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
4.7 billion+ domain database.
Enter IP/IP range/domain to find associated domains and subdomains.
You also may just do GET-requests from command line.
ip.thc.org
Contributor @hackerschoice.bsky.social
Enter IP/IP range/domain to find associated domains and subdomains.
You also may just do GET-requests from command line.
ip.thc.org
Contributor @hackerschoice.bsky.social
GLOBAL BUILDING ATLAS
2.75 Billion Buildings worldwide 3D map with height of each object.
Link to online map and dataset:
github.com/zhu-xlab/Glo...
2.75 Billion Buildings worldwide 3D map with height of each object.
Link to online map and dataset:
github.com/zhu-xlab/Glo...
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
GLOBAL BUILDING ATLAS
2.75 Billion Buildings worldwide 3D map with height of each object.
Link to online map and dataset:
github.com/zhu-xlab/Glo...
2.75 Billion Buildings worldwide 3D map with height of each object.
Link to online map and dataset:
github.com/zhu-xlab/Glo...
I constantly try out different browser extensions and constantly delete them. But I've been using one for years. It is simple, fast, and open source.
github.com/Ademking/Bet...
Does everything you need to do with an image in browser: zoom, rotate, reverse image search etc
github.com/Ademking/Bet...
Does everything you need to do with an image in browser: zoom, rotate, reverse image search etc
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I constantly try out different browser extensions and constantly delete them. But I've been using one for years. It is simple, fast, and open source.
github.com/Ademking/Bet...
Does everything you need to do with an image in browser: zoom, rotate, reverse image search etc
github.com/Ademking/Bet...
Does everything you need to do with an image in browser: zoom, rotate, reverse image search etc
People Search Engines
A list of online tools for searching for information about people by first and last name. Most are 🇺🇸USA-focused and partially paid.
osint.link/social-media...
Contributor Nihad Hassan
#osint #socmint
A list of online tools for searching for information about people by first and last name. Most are 🇺🇸USA-focused and partially paid.
osint.link/social-media...
Contributor Nihad Hassan
#osint #socmint
December 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
People Search Engines
A list of online tools for searching for information about people by first and last name. Most are 🇺🇸USA-focused and partially paid.
osint.link/social-media...
Contributor Nihad Hassan
#osint #socmint
A list of online tools for searching for information about people by first and last name. Most are 🇺🇸USA-focused and partially paid.
osint.link/social-media...
Contributor Nihad Hassan
#osint #socmint