#OSINTirl #OSINT4Good #Podcast 3:30-4:30 EST Today Join @kirbstr.bsky.social , & me tonight to discuss 20 Years of the Adam Walsh Act: Protecting Children in a Digital Age, LinkedInLive, Twitch- www.twitch.tv/osintirl, & YouTube- www.youtube.com/@osintirl (image prompted through Proton Lumo)
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#OSINT #AI Creating Disposable AI Tools for Active Investigations 🚨 Free Webinar from @kirbstr.bsky.social Register Now- plessas.net/webinar-regi...
#OSINTirl #NVEs #Extremism #OSINT 3:30-4:30 EST Today Come join @kirbstr.bsky.social & me to discuss "Killers Without a Cause?: OSINT & the 2025-2026 Wave of Nihilistic Violent Extremism on LinkedIn, Twitch- www.twitch.tv/osintirl, & YouTube- www.youtube.com/@osintirl (image via Kagi Assistant)
#Safety #Privacy "There are a few straightforward steps you can take to make your account and identity much more secure" freedom.press/digisec/blog...
What journalists need to know about Signal account safety
There are a few straightforward steps you can take to make your account and identity much more secure
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#OSINT #OS #Repositories #Documentation "An OSINT repo can also often benefit from usage examples, including best use cases and examples of how the tool should not be used, to clarify intent and avoid misunderstandings." www.linkedin.com/pulse/provid...
Providing Documentation to an OSINT OS Project
Recently, three colleagues and I participated in IEEE's 2026 Cybersecurity Hackathon. We advanced from the first round to the second but did not win the second and learned a great deal along the way.
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#OSINT #OS #VibeCoding #AI #OSINF #AgenticCoding This article briefly examines what makes an OSINT code project open source and discusses the differences among Vibe-coded, Hybrid Vibe-coded, and agentic-coded OS projects. www.linkedin.com/pulse/making...
Making an OSINT Open Source Vibe Coded Project
I have been working on an open-source (OS) project. The project is in the early prototype stage and is an experimental OS hybrid vibe-coded project with some agentic tools.
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#OSINT #AI #Privacy #OPSEC #Investigations Check out my latest article: A Basic Privacy Assessment on AI Tooling www.linkedin.com/pulse/basic-...
A Basic Privacy Assessment on AI Tooling
Below is a privacy table created with the help of Kagi's AI Assistant that covers user data collection and Privacy in popular AI services. It also provides a rating of privacy practices.
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#OSINT #Free #Webinar #AI A Free Webinar from @kirbstr.bsky.social in 15 minutes on Disposable AI Tools on Zoom- us02web.zoom.us/s/8151133804...
#OSINT #Merch #ART #OSINTART @kirbstr.bsky.social has designed some pretty cool OSINT Wear so I had to share. The items can be found at plessas.net/product-deta...
#OSINTirl Come join @kirbstr.bsky.social & me tonight to discuss AI-Enabled Violent Crime and how it applies to OSINT-3:30-4:30 EST For prior episodes- www.youtube.com/@osintirl/st... www.twitch.tv/osintirl www.linkedin.com/events/deepf...
#OSINTirl Come join @kirbstr.bsky.social & me tonight to discuss the MacKenzie Shirilla case and how it applies to OSINT-3:30-4:30 EST For prior episodes- www.youtube.com/@osintirl/st... www.twitch.tv/osintirl www.linkedin.com/events/deepf...
OSINTIRL
OSINT IRL = Open Source Intelligence you can actually use. Practical OSINT, investigations, digital safety, and verification—made simple for journalists, investigators, analysts, marketers, and everyd...
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#Memecoins #IRGC #NVEs #Hezbollah #BokoHaram #Cartels #MS13 Tokens as Ideologically Based Propaganda & Fundraising For Nihilistic Violent Extremism, Terrorism, & Cártels Article updated to show IRGC, Hezbollah, Boko Haram, MB, MS13, & cartels as tradable tokens www.linkedin.com/pulse/meme-c...
Memecoins/Tokens as a Form of Ideologically Based Propaganda & Fundraising For Nihilistic Violent Extremism, Terrorism, & Cártels
by Sarah Womer All examples in this imagery article are from Pump.Fun and are a small sample of what was available.
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#OpenSource #AI #LLM #models 'There's no single database with information about all the available AI models. We started Models.dev as a community-contributed project to address this. We also use it internally in opencode.' github.com/anomalyco/mo...
GitHub - anomalyco/models.dev: An open-source database of AI models.
An open-source database of AI models. Contribute to anomalyco/models.dev development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#OSINT #Extremism #Propaganda #Financing #Crypto #Blockchain #Tokenization Meme Coins/Tokens as a Form of Ideologically Based Propaganda & Fundraising For Nihilistic Violent Extremism & Terrorism www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Registration is open for flagship #OSINT training course w/ @kirbstr.bsky.social . Save $300 before July 1 use code: EARLYBIRD OPSEC, Advanced Search & AI Social Media & Encrypted Platforms Media & Social Graph Analysis Dark Web, Crypto & Emerging Digital Ecosystems plessas.net/osintcompreh...
OSINT Comprehensive 2026 – Live Virtual Training & Certification
Join OSINT Comprehensive 2026: a live, 4-day virtual OSINT training led by Kirby Plessas. Secure your spot for advanced skills, certification, and exclusive resources.
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#OSINTirl Come join @kirbstr.bsky.social & me next Wed to discuss Op SpecTOR, a 2023 multinational operation targeting darknet drug trafficking, and how it applies to OSINT-3:30-4:30 EST For prior episodes- www.youtube.com/@osintirl/st... www.twitch.tv/osintirl www.linkedin.com/events/deepf...
#Deepfakes #AI an article from @kirbstr.bsky.social on LinkedIn The End of "Seeing is Believing" "When political leaders pass off AI-generated images as truth, they aren't just lying about a specific event; they are sabotaging the very methodology of truth-seeking." www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-se...
The End of "Seeing is Believing"
As an Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) investigator, my job used to be about finding the needle in the haystack, such as locating a specific user in a Twitter-crowd or verifying a Snapchat image. But ...
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#OSINT Helpful Read OSINT Foundation Practitioner Committee Releases OSINT Planning and Direction Document © 2026, OSINT Foundation, Incorporated, free for use with proper attribution www.osintfoundation.com/NewsBot.asp?...
w/ @kirbstr.bsky.social Plessas Experts Network OSINTirl's last cast is now on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7mV...
How OSINT Verifies Viral Claims During Wartime Chaos
YouTube video by OSINTIRL
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#OSINT #Search #Tools If you are searching on the Fediverse, @holosdiscover.discover.holos.social.ap.brid.gy is pretty awesome. Tried it out today and I dig it!
#humantrafficking #HT #socialmedia #moderation www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Opinion: HT Moderation is Flawed- Observations May Need Follow-up Social Engineering in Moderation Identification Phase for Post Categorization One way that HT actors & scammers bypass SM platfo...
Opinion: HT Moderation is Flawed- Observations May Need Follow-up Social Engineering in Moderation Identification Phase for Post Categorization One way that HT actors & scammers bypass SM platform m...
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Plessas Experts Network Inc. Applied Investigations OSINT Tool Evaluations, Frameworks & Workflows Start Date: April 1 Duration: 12 Weeks Cohort Cap: 10 Participants Enrollment is limited and will close when 10 seats are filled. with @kirbstr.bsky.social l plessas.mykajabi.com/offers/nN5vp...
[ #CRYPTOCRIME ] How We Investigated a Global Crypto Laundromat (bh @gijn.org): gijn.org/stories/inve... #cybercrime #osint
How We Investigated a Global Crypto Laundromat
Investigators explain how they found a sanctioned crypto exchange in Russia resurrected itself under a new name and continued to attract new clients and move money across borders
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#Tools #Vetting #OSINT Happening Today February 26, 2026 OSINTirl @1900 EST Join Kirby and me tonight on Twitch OSINTirl Episode 23, we'll discuss Tool Vetting. 7PM EST Every Wed www.twitch.tv/osintirl Past episodes available on YouTube- www.youtube.com/@osintirl w/ @kirbstr.bsky.social
#Tools #Vetting #OSINT Happening Today February 26, 2026 OSINTirl @1900 EST Join Kirby and me tonight on Twitch OSINTirl Episode 23, we'll discuss Tool Vetting. 7PM EST Every Wed www.twitch.tv/osintirl Past episodes available on YouTube- www.youtube.com/@osintirl w/ @kirbstr.bsky.social
Exclusive: The U.S. smuggled thousands of Starlink terminals into Iran to keep dissidents online after the regime's brutal crackdown on demonstrations.
U.S. Smuggled Thousands of Starlink Terminals Into Iran After Protest Crackdown
The Trump administration covertly sent terminals into Iran in an effort to keep dissidents online following Tehran’s stifling of internet access.
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Social media platform WhatsApp has accused Russian authorities of trying to block the service as part of an effort to exert more control over the country’s internet sphere.
Russia targets WhatsApp as it pushes homegrown messenger app
The Meta-owned company calls the move by Moscow “a backwards step.”
politico.eu
**BREAKING** China’s long anticipated Type-095 nuclear powered attack submarine (SSN) finally launched. Write up by @alxluck.bsky.social This is the submarine which will help China catch up with current generation U.S./UK and Russian SSNs www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Chinese Type 09V Next Generation SSN Appears At Bohai
Chinese shipbuilder Bohai this week moved the first Type 09V new generation nuclear powered attack submarine into the launch bay at Huludao.
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