📚 Guides & Research
Long-form reference material for OSINT investigators. Each guide goes deeper than a tool description — covering the technique, edge cases, current tooling landscape, and known pitfalls.
All Guides
Sorted in roughly the order you'd use them across an investigation lifecycle.
Google Dorking Reference (2026)
Operators, syntax and modern bypass techniques.
Search Engine Landscape (2026)
Where to actually look beyond Google in 2026.
OSINT Tool Graveyard (2026)
Dead tools, their replacements, and why they died.
AI SEO Guide (2026)
Ranking in AI-Overview / GenAI search results.
Certificate Transparency for OSINT
Mining CT logs for subdomain discovery.
Wayback Machine OSINT (2026)
Archive forensics, deep crawl tricks, edge cases.
Image Forensics Guide
Detect manipulation: ELA, metadata, geolocation.
MAC & Network Forensics
Hardware identifiers and how to interpret them.
DNS Reconnaissance & Subdomain Discovery
Active and passive subdomain enumeration.
Password Security & Entropy
Hash strength, cracking economics, modern KDFs.
Steganography Guide
Hidden data in images, audio, and unusual carriers.
Username OSINT & Identity
Cross-platform attribution and pivoting.
Geolocation OSINT
From IP to GPS — every breadcrumb a target leaves.
WHOIS & RDAP Guide (2026)
Modern domain ownership lookup after privacy laws.