Weekly OSINT Review 2025.46. OSINT, as a global profession, is about…

OSINT, as a global profession, is about tapping into the world around us.

Selected Training Resources:

• International Fraud Awareness Week is 16–22 Nov 2025, and in an effort to combat financial fraud, Blackdot has compiled OSINT investigation resources to fight financial crime.

• Alicja Pawlowska wrapped up her language-learning series with Paola Walcher (Arabic) and Vytenis Benetis (Russian). You can get caught up on the two-part Arabic series here and here, and the Russian issue here. They’re jam-packed with resources, tips, and tricks for increasing your OSINT know-how with language and cultural awareness from these amazing instructors. And, if you’ve not yet checked out the Chinese issue with Skip Schiphorst, be sure to do that, too. (And subscribe to Alicja’s newsletter!)

• CyberSocialHub will host a webinar with a smarter, faster, lower-cost solution for CSAM media review, “Unmasking the Invisible: Finding Location and Lies in Digital Photos.”
  When: Thurs, 20 Nov, 2–3 pm ET
  Where: Virtual, Register by clicking below

• The ISC2 Think Tank held a webinar on “Safeguarding Data in an AI-Powered World,” which is now publicly available. The panel, featuring cybersecurity experts, discussed how GenAI systems interact with sensitive data, the risks of inadvertent memorization, and the implications for regulatory compliance and ethical governance.

Recommended Reading:

• Starting Friday, 14 Nov, Indicator Media has unlocked the paywall on its interview with GeoSpy’s Daniel Heinen for the next two days. If you weren’t able to check it out in August, now’s your chance. If you want to get a sense of how it works, why specialized models may perform better than LLMs, and how GeoSpy can apparently identify locations from photos taken inside a house or location, this interview is for you.

• From Diligentia Group, their latest post about unmasking anonymous accounts online using OSINT. Aimed at attorneys, learn how OSINT and public records can be used to uncover hidden online identities, stop anonymous attacks, and turn suspicion into actionable legal evidence.
• From the Forbes Wiretap weekly newsletter, a look at how AI Agents can hack your apps, including an interview with Israeli start-up Tenzai.

Once it’s found a problem, Tenzai’s agent will offer what it thinks is the best solution; then, it’s up to human operators to assess its suggestion and decide if they want to execute on it. [Founder Pavel] Gurvich said Tenzai’s tech can give companies the equivalent of three (highly paid) security experts, according to Gurvich. The ultimate aim is to help build “unbreakable code.”

• From Chris Kubecka over on Substack, another tale of an authoritarian government coming for her expertise and expecting a different result. Be sure to give “Operation Please Write Freely… Inside a China Daily Invitation Trap” a read on our sister platform. If you’ve not read her earlier story about how Iran contacted her to get a leg up on hacking techniques, be sure to read that, too.