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OSINT Cheat-Sheet: Investigative Resources - Summer 2019
OSINT Cheat-Sheet: Investigative Resources - Summer 2019
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dence, etc. (are you collecting intel or evidence for court?)
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4. Run all of your paid and/or gov queries and use those to add to your seed information. If possible get a
hold of a booking or DOL photo for comparison while researching social media.
5. Run Accurint (Lexis-Nexis), TLO, or Clear reports.
6. Fire up firefox/chrome with your plugins of choice - noscript, https everywhere, ghostery, fireshot, one-tab
(or use browsers in Buscador VM)
7. If it’s a serious investigation I turn on hunch.ly and enter my "selectors" (keywords from seed info)
8. I do a quick Google search and check my people finder site of choice for that week. ["James McIntire"
"Denver"] and then this week truepeoplesearch.com These are just quick for low hanging fruit.
9. Go to https://inteltechniques.com/menu.html (or your OSINT toolset of choice ie: osintframework.com)
and use the tabs on the left hand side to select the categories that match your seed info. My typical order is
email, real name, search engines, Facebook, twitter and then the rest depending on what you have to go
on.
10. I exhaust inteltechniques.com tools closing any tabs that return false positives or no useful results. Any
page that is important I note any identifiers (account IDs, user names, etc) on my notepad and fireshot a
pdf of the page. That pdf is saved in the case directory. On a case with multiple targets create subfolders
for each person of interest.
11. Either periodically or when I'm done with my research I copy/paste or manually enter any pertinent info
into a profile or case report in either word or one-note. I embed any pertinent screen captures, pdfs such
as lexis-nexis reports, and good photos of the targets, any vehicles and addresses.
12. I go over that report with the case detective or agent to explain my investigation and see if they have any
questions or want any additional info.
13. My rough notes, workbooks, hunch.ly files, and/or cloned VMs (if I used buscador) are usually saved in
case I need them for court. The exceptions are things like intel gathering for operations, events, threat assess-
ments, etc. A hunch.ly export might be burned to disc as evidence but be cautious of any unintend ed
data that might have been unintentionally saved during that session. The VM backup should not go into
evidence as it would divulge trade-craft. Treat it as an undercover laptop that you can refer to, but avoid
exposing it unless you are forced to (work with your prosecutor to fight this). If you don't need that VM for
court, do not keep it (hording data comes with custodial responsibilities and potential liabilities).
14. I make sure I have a fresh VM for the next case or crisis that comes up. I also make new accounts to have
in pocket if any of my research accounts were burned. Better to prepare for the next case at the end of the
previous and be ready to go at a moments notice
15. Wash, rinse, repeat. Track successes to justify more equipment, staffing, and training.
Note: My standard setup is an off-grid windows pc, on a UC cable modem or mifi (VPN as appropriate).
For quick checks such as events, threats, etc. I stay in windows and just use chrome/Firefox and the links on
inteltechniques.com. This is for convenience and speed with less fuss when there's less of a need for com
partmentalization, security, and/or anonymity. For investigations I typically use Buscador with Hunch.ly
installed, and all fresh research account. Quick utility vs. backstopped single purpose - use the right tool for
each mission.
ACCOUNT CREATION 101
B U I L D I N G A N E F F I C I E N T, R E P EATA B L E, A N D A RT I C U L A B L E P RO C ES S
Equipment Setup – It may seem simple, but the equipment and connection you are on matters.
1. Avoid VPNs during account creation, most of their IP ranges are flagged
2. Mifi’s or dynamic IP devices work quite well for account creation
3. Public networks (Starbucks Wi-Fi) but be aware that you are being exposed and cross-correlated with other
users on that network
4. Phone #- A real non-VOIP phone number will save you a lot of hassle, we recommend a $5 Mint sim card kit
paired with an unlocked smart phone (mintmobile.com)
5. Online Footprint – “Google” your name and employer. Print the first two pages of results and include this in
your binder as the “low hanging fruit” of personal data.
Covert Accounts
1. We usually make FB, IG, and Twitter at once and tie them in as one covert profile. Each adds depth and verac
ity to the others (intentional cross correlation).
2. Keep notes on your covert details either in a paper notebook or a digital format like a password manager or
spread sheet, having your security requirements in mind.
3. If it is a sensitive or deep infiltration case make sure to compartmentalize this profile from the get-go (connec
tion, browser, device (use VM to isolate), etc.)
4. Connection:
a. no VPN during account creation, most VPN IP blocks are flagged
b. Cellular data connections (MiFi’s) are good – dynamic/shared IPs
c. Another technique is to get a free tier AWS EC2 or Digital Ocean VM and use it to make the account
as then you will have an AWS IP, this is more advanced but works pretty well if you are comfortable with
VMs and learning to navigate AWS. Some groups even run full investigative VMs on AWS, but again this
is a more advanced setup that takes some work to sort out.
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d. Sudomail and Protonmail addresses work ok, not as good as a private domain though
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then draw a new # for that Verizon account
e. Some people will also use hotel phones and the like when traveling to roll accounts, but that is kind of
ACCOUNT CREATION (CONT.)
B U I L D I N G A N E F F I C I E N T, R E P EATA B L E, A N D A RT I C U L A B L E P RO C ES S
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and yet it’s the kind of content people post for profiles or banners because the internet is all about
bragging
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1. Time to flesh out our profile by making some friends
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b. Nerdy groups and pop culture are my favs: video games, cosplay (cause then costumed profiles make
sense), etc.
c. If you are doing a deep infiltration you may have to research your targets groups, don’t join her/his
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chances of getting flagged significantly.
2. Posts: August 1st Facebook cut off all 3rd part app access except for messenger or FB pages. We formerly
used IFTTT and WordPress to auto-post but they are broken for now. IFTTT still works for twitter.
3. Avoid political chat and comments. Politics and social issues are high on the radar of the FB watchdogs due
to the fake news and voter tampering concerns.
4. Keep track of covert accounts in a spread sheet or better yet a password manager.
5. Sim jacking Twitter accounts is very popular so use long passphrases even on your sock accounts and consid
er 2-factor if they are mature or otherwise valuable accounts
6. Know your agencies policies around things like friending and any levels of approval or documentation req-
uired
7. …and of course, we always use our powers for good so we always assume that our investigation will eventu
ally see the light of day so make sure you are proud of how your activity will look in retrospect by an objective
3rd party in regard to reasonable and responsible
Note: This is purely anecdotal, but in addition to “getting into character” and making our accounts feel real, I suspect
that there may be some value to occasionally clicking on ads and other content that the platform is pushing at you. This
is not a privacy/security best practice, but there are detection algorithms that may favor revenue positive accounts.
Again, this is just a theory.
REPORTING
S A M P L E COV E R/FAC E S H E E T
LOGO HERE
Company/Org Name
Section or Analyst Name
Subject ID
Name: DOB:
Address: Phone #1:
Phone #2:
Employer: SS#:
Vehicles: Relatives:
Photos/Video
Description Source
☐Photos
☐Video
Attachments
☐ Excel Profile Report ☐ Link Analysis Report
☐ Data Source DVD ☐ Comprehensive TLO, Clear, Accurint Report
☐ Photographs ☐ DOL/GOV Checks
☐ Hunch.ly Archive ☐ Other: ____________________
SHORTCUTS & HOT-KEYS
CO M P L E T I N G 1,000 S M A L L TA S KS A L I T T L E FA S T E R
Alt + F4: Quit active application or close current window. Command + Q: Quit the app.
Alt + Spacebar: Open menu for active program. Command + M: Minimize the front window to the Dock.
Ctrl + Left or Right Arrow: Move cursor forward or back one word. Command + Spacebar: Open Spotlight search field.
Ctrl + Up or Down Arrow: Move cursor forward or back one paragraph. Command + Tab: Switch between open apps.
F1: Open Help menu for active application. Command + B: Bold selected text.
Windows Key + M: Minimize all windows. Command + I: Italicize selected text.
Shift + Windows Key + M: Restore windows that were minimized with Command + U: Underline selected text.
previous keystroke.
Windows + F1: Open Windows Help and Support. Command + Semicolon (;): Find misspelled words in document.
Windows + Tab: Open Task view. Option + Command + Esc: Choose an app to force quit.
Windows + Break: Open the System Properties dialog box. Shift + Command + Tilde (~): Switch between open windows.
Hold Right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Switch FilterKeys on and off. Shift + Command + 3: Take a screenshot.
Left Alt + Left Shift + Print Screen: Switch High Contrast on and off. Fn + Up Arrow: Scroll up one page.
Left Alt + Left Shift + Num Lock: Switch Mouse keys on and off. Fn + Down Arrow: Scroll down one page.
Press Shift five times: Switch Sticky keys on and off. Fn + Left Arrow: Scroll to beginning of document.
Hold Num Lock for five seconds: Switch Toggle keys on and off. Fn + Right Arrow: Scroll to end of document.
Ctrl+Tab Switch Between Program Groups
F11 Maximize Window Finder Shortcuts
Ctrl+A Select Text (Expanded with Windows 10) Shift + Command + F: Open All My Files window.
Ctrl+C Copy Text Shift + Command + K: Open Network window.
Ctrl+V Paste Text Option + Command + L: Open Downloads folder.
Win+R, then type ‘cmd’ Command Prompt Shift + Command + O: Open documents folder.
Tab Autocomplete Folder or File Name Shift + Command + U: Open Utilities folder.
Alt-Tab Switch Between Open Applications Option + Command + D: Show or hide the Dock.
Windows logo key + Tab Task View Shift + Command + N: Create a new folder.
Windows logo key + X Shutdown Your Workstation Command + Delete: Move selected item to the Trash.
Windows logo key + L Lock Your Workstation Shift + Command + Delete: Empty Trash.
*www.quinnssmtbrand.com/windows-keyboard-shortcut/
SHORTCUTS & HOT-KEYS
CO M P L E T I N G 1,000 S M A L L TA S KS A L I T T L E FA S T E R
Chrome
Shortcut Keys Description
Alt+Home Open your homepage.
Alt+Left Arrow Back a page.
Alt+Right Arrow Forward a page.
F11 Display the current website in full-screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
Esc Stop loading the page or a download from loading.
Ctrl+(- or +) Zoom in or out of a page, "-" will zoom out and "+" will zoom in on the page.
Ctrl+1-8 Pressing Ctrl and any number 1 through 8 moves to the corresponding tab in your tab bar.
Ctrl+9 Switch to last tab.
Ctrl+0 Reset browser zoom to default.
Ctrl+Enter This combination is used to quickly complete an address. For example, type "computerhope" in the
address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to get https://www.computerhope.com.
Ctrl+Shift+Del Open the Clear browsing data window to quickly clear private data.
Ctrl+Shift+B Toggle the bookmarks bar between hidden and shown.
Ctrl+A Select everything on a page.
Ctrl+D Add a bookmark for the page currently opened.
Ctrl+F Open the "find" bar to search text on the current page.
Ctrl+O Open a file in the browser.
Ctrl+Shift+O Open the Bookmark manager.
Ctrl+H Open browser history in a new tab.
Ctrl+J Display the downloads window.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E Moves your text cursor to the omnibox so that you can begin typing your search query and per-
form a Google search.
Ctrl+L Move the cursor to the browser address bar and highlight everything in it.
Ctrl+N Open New browser window.
Ctrl+Shift+N Open a new window in incognito (private) mode.
Ctrl+P Print current page or frame.
Ctrl+R or F5 Refresh the current page or frame.
Ctrl+S Opens the Save As window to save the current page.
Ctrl+T Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+U View a web page's source code.
Ctrl+W Closes the currently selected tab.
Ctrl+Shift+W Closes the currently selected window.
Ctrl+Shift+T This combination reopens the last tab you've closed. If you've closed multiple tabs, you can press
this shortcut key multiple times to restore each of the closed tabs.
Ctrl+Tab Moves through each of the open tabs going to the right.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Moves through each of the open tabs going to the left.
Ctrl+Left-click Open a link in a new tab in the background.
Ctrl+Shift Left-click Open a link in a new tab and switch to the new tab.
Ctrl+Page Down Open the browser tab to the right.
Ctrl+Page Up Open the browser tab to the left.
Spacebar Moves down a page at a time.
Shift+Spacebar Moves up a page at a time.
Home Go to top of page.
End Go to bottom of page.
Alt+Down Arrow Display all previous text entered in a text box and available options on a drop-down menu.
Firefox
Shortcut Keys Description
F5 Refresh current page, frame, or tab.
F11 Display the current website in fullscreen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
Esc Stop page or download from loading.
Spacebar Moves down a page at a time.
Alt+Home Open your homepage.
Alt+Down arrow Display all previous text entered in a text box and available options on drop-down menu.
Alt+Left Arrow Back a page.
Alt+Right Arrow Forward a page.
Ctrl+(- or +) Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase. Ctrl+0 will reset
back to default.
Ctrl+D Add a bookmark for the page currently opened.
Ctrl+F Access the Find option, to search for any text on the currently open web page.
Ctrl+H View browsing history.
Ctrl+I Display available bookmarks.
Ctrl+J Display the download window.
Ctrl+K or Ctrl+E Move the cursor to the search box.
Ctrl+L Move cursor to address box.
Ctrl+N Open New browser window.
Ctrl+O Access the Open File window to open a file in Firefox.
Ctrl+P Print current page or frame.
Ctrl+T Opens a new tab.
Ctrl+U View a web page's source code.
Ctrl+F4 or Ctrl+W Closes the currently selected tab.
Ctrl+F5 Refresh the page, ignoring the Internet cache (force full refresh).
Ctrl+Enter Quickly complete an address.
Ctrl+Tab Moves through each of the open tabs.
Ctrl+Shift+Del Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data.
Ctrl+Shift+B Open the Bookmarks window, to view all bookmarks in Firefox.
Ctrl+Shift+J Open the Browser Console to troubleshoot an unresponsive script error.
Ctrl+Shift+P Open a new Private Browsing window.
Ctrl+Shift+T Undo the close of a window.
Ctrl+Shift+W Close the Firefox browser window.
Shift+Spacebar Moves up a page at a time.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Moves through each of the open tabs going to the left.
Ctrl+Left-click Open a link in a new tab in the background.
Ctrl+Shift Left-click Open a link in a new tab and switch to the new tab.
Ctrl+Page Down Open the browser tab to the right.
Ctrl+Page Up Open the browser tab to the left.
Spacebar Moves down a page at a time.
Shift+Spacebar Moves up a page at a time.
Home Go to top of page.
End Go to bottom of page.
Alt+Down Arrow Display all previous text entered in a text box and available options on a drop-down menu.
You will need a Virtual Machine application in order to use this system. VirtualBox is free and will suffice for most investigations. Some users prefer a
more robust option with VMWare Workstation for Windows or VMWare Fusion for Mac. Any of these options will get you started.
* Make sure you have latest version of VirtualBox and VirtualBox Extension Pack installed
1) In the VirtualBox menu, click on File > Import Appliance
2) Navigate to the OVA file that was downloaded (Buscador)
3) Choose this file and select “Import”
4) Before starting the new machine, highlight it and choose “Settings”
5) Under General > Basic, rename this machine as desired (Buscador?)
6) Under General > Advanced, change Shared Clipboard to Bi-Directional
7) Under System > Motherboard, increase the RAM if you have ample resources (half of total system)
8) Under Display > Screen, increase the Video Memory to 128MB is available
9) Under Shared Folders, click the “plus” on the right, choose folder to store evidence, select “Auto-Mount”
10) Click “OK” twice, then launch the new machine (Double Click)
11) Upon boot, log into the user “osint” with the password of osint
12) In the VirtualBox Menu, select Devices > “Insert Guest Additions CD Image”
13) Click “Cancel” when the dialogue box pops up.
14) Open Terminal (Tilex)
15) In Terminal, Create a directory on the Desktop titled vbox: mkdir ~/Desktop/vbox
16) Copy everything from the CD media on the Desktop to vbox folder (copy/paste)
17) In Terminal, input the following commands:
cd Desktop/vbox
chmod +x *.sh
./autorun.sh
(type password when prompted)
You should now have access to the shared directory in order to save data to the host operating system (evidence). It can be found in the File Manag-
er (Home), on the left column, titled “sf_” followed by the name of the folder to which it is connected. This shared folder will also be on your desk-
top for easy access. You can make the machine full-screen, copy and paste text to and from the image, and you are ready to begin using the applica-
tions.
NOTE:
Update_scripts no longer needed!
Spiderfoot Update:
cd /opt/spiderfoot
git reset --hard
git pull
sudo reboot