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OSINT
Open-Source Intelligence
Heidi Wagner, ITC Secretariat
„Access to sources of information to improve compliance and prevent tax fraud“
Rome, 2 October 2015
Definition
Finding and selecting information which is freely available
• Print media
• Television
• Radio
• Web
Availability
of information
Access
to information
high
low
low high
strategical
tactical
2° level
1° level
Why OSINT?
• Systematic and quick information gathering to deal with the
constantly increasing amount of data in the web
• Suitable for tight intelligence budgets
• Provides background information before starting EoI
Key steps
• Identifying:
Knowing which type of information is suitable/needed
• Finding:
Knowing where to look and where to get the information
• Selecting/Filtering:
Careful distinction between relevant and irrelevant sources
to prevent information overload
• Saving:
Documentation of the information found in the web
Sources
1. Business Websites
2. Public data
Government reports, official data such as registry of companies, land-registry etc.
• www.registro-publico.gob.pa (PA)
• www.opencorporates.com (USA) • www.zefix.admin.ch (CH) • www.companycheck.co.uk (UK)
Sources
3. Media
Newspapers, magazines, news channels,…
• www.onlinenewspapers.com
• www.abyznewslinks.com
Sources
4. Social networks, blogs, video sharing, wikis
• www.facebook.com (graph search)
• www.linkedin.com
• www.viadeo.com
• www.twitter.com
• www.youtube.com
5. Deep Web
Search Tools
IP locators, website search
• www.whatismyipaddress.com
• www.whois.com
• www.centralops.net
• flagfox (geotool, Whois, etc.)
Regional Internet Registries:
• www.ripe.net (Europe)
• www.arin.net (America)
• www.lacnic.net (Latin America and the Carribean)
• www.apnic.net (Asia)
• www.afrinic.net (Africa)
Search Tools
Search Engines
• Google Advanced Search
• www.bing.com
• http://search.carrot2.org
Search Tools
Image search
• Google ‘Image’: search tools
• Exif Viewer
• www.tineye.com (website search with image URL)
Search Tools
Translation
• www.freetranslation.com
• www.free-translator.com
• www.stars21.com/translator
• http://translate.google.com
Search Tools
Anonymous search
• VPN (Virtual Private Network),
e.g. Shellfire
• Anonymizer website
www.anonymouse.org
www.online-anonymizer.com
www.proxfree.com
• Anonymizer software
www.torproject.org
Saving Tools
Saving websites, including links and URL
• www.httrack.com
• http://getfireshot.com
Conclusions
• OSINT is cost-efficient
• Information gathered by OSINT can be easily shared
• No guarantee that the information is 100% correct
• No magic bullet, but provides useful pieces
Thank you for your interest!
ITC Secretariat
GIZ Office Bonn
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 36
53113 Bonn
www.taxcompact.net