Tools and guides to conduct online investigations
Open Source Intelligence/Investigation
Bellingcat’s Online Investigation Toolkit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BfLPJpRtyq4RFtHJoNpvWQjmGnyVkfE2HYoICKOGguA/edit
OPEN">https://docs.google.com/document/... SOURCE INTELLIGENCE
TOOLS AND RESOURCES HANDBOOK (2018)
https://www.i-intelligence.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/OSINT_Handbook_June-2018_Final.pdf">https://www.i-intelligence.eu/wp-conten...
5/x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
The Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) toolkit is result of crowdsourcing by OSINT community members on GitHub.
https://www.andyblackassociates.co.uk/resources-andy-black-associates/osint-toolkit/
When">https://www.andyblackassociates.co.uk/resources... you first see a list of tools like this, you probably think, blimey! where do I start?
6/ x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
The key is to build a workflow that uses a mix of tools and techniques to achieve a required outcome. This excellent guide will help beginners to learn & experienced OSINT hackers to discover new tricks
https://www.randhome.io/blog/2019/01/05/2019-osint-guide/">https://www.randhome.io/blog/2019...
8/x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
The Open Source Intelligence resource discovery toolkit
http://rr.reuser.biz/ 
Useful,">https://rr.reuser.biz/">... but not much on China though.
9/x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
Old School US Army Manual:
fmi 2-22-9
https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fmi2-22-9.pdf
and">https://fas.org/irp/doddi... atp 2-22-9
https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/atp2-22-9.pdf">https://fas.org/irp/doddi...
10/x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Link Directory (171 pages)
https://search.wikileaks.org/gifiles/attach/10/10459_Open%20Source%20In.pdf">https://search.wikileaks.org/gifiles/a...
11/x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
A measly 6 page introduction from NATO
http://www.jwc.nato.int/images/stories/threeswords/OSINT.pdf">https://www.jwc.nato.int/images/st...
12/x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
Chinese Real Estate – OSINT Analysis (Big Data)
https://semantic-visions.com/chinese-real-estate-osint-analysis/
PDF
https://semantic-visions.com/chinese-r... href=" https://semantic-visions.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Semantic-Visions-China-Real-Estate_v4.pdf">https://semantic-visions.com/wp-conten...
13/x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE navigator for investigative journalists
(mainly financial fraud & corruption via Western Balkans to aid to the global agenda of fighting illicit financial flows)
https://bird.tools/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/13082019_Osint-guide_v2fin.1.pdf">https://bird.tools/wp-conten...
14/x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
Top 10 Popular Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Tools
https://www.greycampus.com/blog/information-security/top-open-source-intelligence-tools?sscid=61k4_am0vf">https://www.greycampus.com/blog/info...
16/x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
I highly recommend this:
"Verification handbook for Investigative Reporting"
guide to online search and research techniques for using ugc and open source
http://verificationhandbook.com/downloads/verification.handbook.2.pdf">https://verificationhandbook.com/downloads...
17/ x Tools & guides to conduct online investigations
Euro Tool if you can get it:
Joint Research Centre Open Source Monitoring Tools and Applications
https://ec.europa.eu/assets/jrc/events/20130627-tto-circle/jrc-20130627-tto-circle-atkinson.pdf
EMMOSINTSuite–">https://ec.europa.eu/assets/jr... ImprovedEntityRecognition
https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/5762/response/18626/attach/3/11.release%20notes%20improved%20entity%20recog.pdf">https://www.asktheeu.org/en/reques...
Taking a Break, more China specific resources to come
and other specific guides
25/x Bloody Hell this OSINT shit is endless!
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Tools & Resources
https://osint.link/ 
OSINT">https://osint.link/">... part3
https://osint.link/osint-part3/ 
Can& #39;t">https://osint.link/osint-par... find part 2, guess I am crap at OSINT https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">
26/x Bloody Hell this OSINT shit is endless!
Excellent resource:
The OSINT Toolkit by Craig Hays
Last updated: 8th June 2020 https://medium.com/osint/the-osint-toolkit-3b9233d1cdf9">https://medium.com/osint/the...
27/ x OSINT Maps & Satellite images
Maps: https://www.osintessentials.com/maps 
Satellite">https://www.osintessentials.com/maps"... images: https://gijn.org/resources-for-finding-and-using-satellite-images/
Satellite">https://gijn.org/resources... Imagery Examples: https://allsourceanalysis.com/tag/satellite-imagery/">https://allsourceanalysis.com/tag/satel...
28/x Military Bases
An open source intelligence map of every military installation in the world.
https://sites.google.com/view/osintmilitarymap/
Project">https://sites.google.com/view/osin... was started by Covert Cabal & has since been built upon by a community of like-minded enthusiasts & is a constant WIP
Video: https://youtu.be/SziPRVqy8G8 ">https://youtu.be/SziPRVqy8...
This thread will continue with a focus on Chinese Investigations and more OSINT tomorrow
30/ x OSINT for China - Wechat
Google & Baidu do not show much content from Wechat (Weixin), China& #39;s most popular social media platform, so if you want to search Wechat, translate search terms with Google translate (or other) or copy the Chinese & go here:
https://weixin.sogou.com/ ">https://weixin.sogou.com/">...
31/ OSINT for China -Wechat
Weixin Sogou (horrible name, I know) has some very useful specific search engines:
Academic: https://scholar.sogou.com/ 
Medical/Doctors:">https://scholar.sogou.com/">... http://mingyi.sogou.com/ 
General">https://mingyi.sogou.com/">... Web Search: https://www.sogou.com/ 
Images">https://www.sogou.com/">... from China: https://pic.sogou.com/ ">https://pic.sogou.com/">...
32/ OSINT for China -Wechat/Weixin
Maps (China): http://map.sogou.com/ 
Here">https://map.sogou.com/">... are results for WCDC
(Wuhan Center for Disease Control & Prevention)
武汉市疾病预防控制中心
#c=12719110,3561101,15&lq=%u6B66%u6C49%u5E02%u75BE%u75C5%u9884%u9632%u63A7%u5236%u4E2D%u5FC3&where=12728384.765625,3552517.578125,12730826.171875,3554302.734375,0&page=1,10">http://map.sogou.com/ #c=12719110,3561101,15&lq=%u6B66%u6C49%u5E02%u75BE%u75C5%u9884%u9632%u63A7%u5236%u4E2D%u5FC3&where=12728384.765625,3552517.578125,12730826.171875,3554302.734375,0&page=1,10
You">https://map.sogou.com/... can click on:
Details
All offices
Real time traffic
Photos
3D view
Satellite view
33/ OSINT for China -Wechat/Weixin Maps

Here is the 3D view of WCDC, zooming in shows a SIM world but no people selling experimental bats ;)
#c=12719140.625,3561109.86328125,18&lq=%u6B66%u6C49%u5E02%u75BE%u75C5%u9884%u9632%u63A7%u5236%u4E2D%u5FC3&where=12653500,3506125,12830000,3610875,0&page=1,10&hb=1,0">http://map.sogou.com/ #c=12719140.625,3561109.86328125,18&lq=%u6B66%u6C49%u5E02%u75BE%u75C5%u9884%u9632%u63A7%u5236%u4E2D%u5FC3&where=12653500,3506125,12830000,3610875,0&page=1,10&hb=1,0">https://map.sogou.com/...
34/ OSINT for China -Wechat/Weixin Maps

Here is the standard Satellite view of WCDC:
#c=12719140.625,3561109.86328125,18&lq=%u6B66%u6C49%u5E02%u75BE%u75C5%u9884%u9632%u63A7%u5236%u4E2D%u5FC3&where=12653500,3506125,12830000,3610875,0&page=1,10&hb=1,0">http://map.sogou.com/ #c=12719140.625,3561109.86328125,18&lq=%u6B66%u6C49%u5E02%u75BE%u75C5%u9884%u9632%u63A7%u5236%u4E2D%u5FC3&where=12653500,3506125,12830000,3610875,0&page=1,10&hb=1,0
Again">https://map.sogou.com/... you can see real time traffic if that& #39;s your cup of tea
You can also click top right to see a side by side comparison by years (see next tweet)
35/ OSINT for China -Wechat/Weixin Maps

Here is the side by side view of the Satellite map for WCDC showing 2010 and 2015 (later dates are not available for this location)
#city=%25u6B66%25u6C49,12719164.0625,3560990.234375,18">http://map.sogou.com/hybrid.html #city=%25u6B66%25u6C49,12719164.0625,3560990.234375,18">https://map.sogou.com/hybrid.ht...
36/ OSINT for China -Wechat/Weixin Video Search
You can search for videos here:
https://v.sogou.com/ 
For">https://v.sogou.com/">... example, WCDC
https://v.sogou.com/v?query=%CE%E4%BA%BA%CA%D0%BC%B2%B2%A1%D4%A4%B7%C0%BF%D8%D6%C6%D6%D0%D0%C4&typemask=6&p=&dp=&w=06009900&_asf=&_ast=&dr=&enter=1&sut=2011&sst0=1592155987767
This">https://v.sogou.com/v... search will pull in all Chinese platform videos,
such as: Yokou, Tudou, Bili Bili, Sina, Tencent
37/ OSINT for China -Wechat/Weixin News Search
News Search Engine
https://news.sogou.com/ 
Pulls">https://news.sogou.com/">... in News (mainly "approved" news ;)
from:
Sohu
Tencent
Sina
Phoenix
Netease
and Others
Here is the WCDC news search:
https://news.sogou.com/news?query=%E6%AD%A6%E6%B1%89%E5%B8%82%E7%96%BE%E7%97%85%E9%A2%84%E9%98%B2%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83&mode=1&w=&sut=3531&sst0=1592160448527&lkt=0%2C0%2C0
You">https://news.sogou.com/news... can sort for source, relevance or time
38/ OSINT for China -Wechat/Weixin Other
Other available categories of search:
http://www.sogou.com/docs/more.htm?v=1
For">https://www.sogou.com/docs/more... example:
"Hot" News: http://top.sogou.com/ 
"Knowledge":">https://top.sogou.com/">... https://zhihu.sogou.com/ 
and">https://zhihu.sogou.com/">... https://zhishi.sogou.com/ 
Online">https://zhishi.sogou.com/">... Translation: https://fanyi.sogou.com/ ">https://fanyi.sogou.com/">...
40/ I got sidetracked as I found some photos and news stories on "sogou" that I had not seen via Google.
Can& #39;t help feeling that they both look so sad and dare I say...guilty?
41/ Sogou "Treasure Box" Phone Search
Here are results for a certain person with a CV:
1. https://www.reg007.com/guishu/18971223826
If">https://www.reg007.com/guishu/18... you want more info, must register & pay 9 RMB
https://www.reg007.com/invitecode/buy 
2.">https://www.reg007.com/invitecod... https://shouji.911cha.com/18971223826.html
More">https://shouji.911cha.com/189712238... information here & link to Baidu Map
https://ditu.911cha.com/wuhan.html ">https://ditu.911cha.com/wuhan.htm...
42/ Sogou "Treasure Box" Phone Search
As you surely noticed in image attached to tweet 41, there is link at bottom to:
China Telecom (Hubei) https://www.189.cn/hb/ 
There">https://www.189.cn/hb/"... is a login button at the top which leads to:
https://login.189.cn/web/login 
Useful">https://login.189.cn/web/login... if you forgot your password
44/ "Wechat (2)
Use Wechat on your phone to search for people, accounts, groups, news or connect to people or log in to some Chinese websites, then here are some guides:
1. https://wechatwiki.com/wechat-resources/wechat-official-account-marketing-platform-epic-tutorial-guide/
2.">https://wechatwiki.com/wechat-re... https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/20671/wechat-labs-search-top-stories/
3.">https://www.chinainternetwatch.com/20671/wec... https://qpsoftware.net/blog/wechat-search-engine
4.">https://qpsoftware.net/blog/wech... https://qpsoftware.net/blog/how-register-wechat-official-account-subscription-vs-service">https://qpsoftware.net/blog/how-...
45/ Spot the Difference Time!
I& #39;m off to bed, so leave you with a puzzle
1. What is the place in the map?
2. How many differences can you spot?
3. Fancy a swim in the lake (top left)?
#city=%25u6B66%25u6C49,12719767.08984375,3530207.51953125,18">http://map.sogou.com/hybrid.html #city=%25u6B66%25u6C49,12719767.08984375,3530207.51953125,18">https://map.sogou.com/hybrid.ht...
I will update this thread with more China related OSINT tomorrow:
Translation of Texts, Images, Audio and Video
Weibo search
Shodan CCTV search
We Chat vulnerabilities
Huawei Routers
Some other stuff
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