🚨 NEW TOOL for U.S. legal journalists ⚖️
I turned @allyjarmanning's incredible crowdsourced Google doc on accessing state court records into an interactive map.
Check it out and let me know about any errors, missing information, or ways I can improve this thing (link below)
🔎 OSINT Tool: Refloow Geo Forensics:
Extract Hidden Data from Images
Most people overlook photo metadata when analyzing images 📸 …
but it can reveal critical clues for investigations 🕵️♂️
When I’m doing OSINT work, I rely on tools that automate metadata extraction and save hours of manual work ⏱️
Refloow Geo Forensics is a free, open-source Python utility that can:
📍 Find GPS coordinates and generate Google Maps links
🖥 Extract camera model, shooting date, lens settings, and editing software info
📂 Process entire folders of images at once, saving all data in a text file
⚡ Save time when analyzing leaks, social media images, or investigative datasets
Tool link: https://t.co/zpC0K081fT
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P.S. ♻️ Repost if you found this helpful.
If you liked this post and would like to learn more methods and techniques to discover information about people, check out my OSINT Mastery course https://t.co/o7UQQR6SNU
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Google has known about a bug that breaks VPN apps for 7 months, leaving users exposed with no warning or error, just a VPN app that stopped working in the background.
If you're using ANY VPN on Android, you can help us by getting Google's attention to fix it.
Details 👇 🧵
For the last few days, we’ve been fighting a DDoS attack from highly resourced actors trying to shut down our website and make OCCRP’s reporting inaccessible.
As our security and web teams worked around the clock to beat back these attacks, we asked for help to continue to bolster our infrastructure — and many of you responded with donations.
Your backing makes it possible for us to fight back more effectively. If you’d like to help strengthen our efforts, you can donate here: https://t.co/FZCRfPTHLx
CloudRip Fast Cloudflare bypass scanner
Find real server IPs behind Cloudflare by scanning subdomains. Multi-threaded for speed, skips Cloudflare-owned IPs, supports custom or built-in wordlists, and exports results. Built-in rate limiting to avoid getting blocked
REPO ⤵️
Looking for your next investigative journalism opportunity?
Explore the latest global job openings, fellowships, and internships curated by GIJN to advance your career.
Find your next role: https://t.co/p3mkhE40Q0
Free online workshop for journalists across Africa & beyond!
GIJN brings together 4 experienced African reporters to show how to uncover info from repressive regimes, fact-check propaganda, track autocratic tools, and investigate geopolitical allies.
Register: https://t.co/6zkHBT3E2J
Last day to apply📣 CPJ is currently #hiring a Regional Director for our Europe and Central Asia program. This remote position (U.K. preferred) provides strategic direction and oversight of all areas of CPJ’s work in the region.
🗓️ Deadline: TODAY, July 23 at 5 p.m. ET
https://t.co/djzNp4T0lg
NEW: Citizen Lab found that hackers targeted Uyghurs in exile with Windows spyware disguised as a Uyghur language text editor.
People were alerted by Google of potentially having been targeted by "government-backed attacks."
https://t.co/PMxjvSbhbY
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Protection accessing your data.
https://t.co/j41VCGofMB
Watch: @SecureDrop lets whistleblowers submit leaks anonymously, protecting both the leaker and the journalist.
Newsrooms, it’s time to step up your security!
Read more: https://t.co/w2cWHyKNY5
Reports of device searches and additional scrutiny at the U.S. border are on the rise amid increasing border control🤳
Are you a journalist traveling to or from the US? CPJ’s new border safety advisory outlines advice for how to protect yourself digitally. Read more🔐⤵️
https://t.co/GHdqZTNXdT
Cell-site simulators (CSS) are looking for you: now, you can be looking for them too. Rayhunter is a new open source tool created by @EFF that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot so people of all technical skill levels can help search out CSS. https://t.co/cwQOJbqa0L
Library of Leaks
Search by keyword (full name, email, company) in leaked documents, emails, tables, images and other files.
29M+ public entities.
https://t.co/FcBU3LuVPO
Netherlands Secret Service AIVD published a report "A web of hate" - The online hold of extremism and terrorism on minors. Read the PDF report here: https://t.co/UjtHmFULvb
It reminded me of a blog I wrote back in 2023 on how emojis are being (ab)used for "secret" communications and advertisements. Read the blog here: https://t.co/8UOxqvigG0
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I usually need facial verification for OSINT investigations, and almost every free service forces you to create an account.
So, I started exploring open source tech and discovered DeepFace - but it had no UI.
Problem solved: https://t.co/dPZAOUdkB1
Today is the most dangerous time to be a journalist in CPJ’s history. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel.
Read more in CPJ’s #2024KilledReport: https://t.co/mCV553m0IO