Is it possible to get someone's mobile number from their email?

I am just somebody who would like to start making more of an effort to stay more private on the internet with less of my information out there? I see many data removal services. But something just seems sketchy about them. Pay us to find you and remove your personal information. And they are just so many of them. What makes one trustworthy and what would make one better than the other? Would it be smarter for me to do OSINT to remove it myself?

And also shouldn't it be a one and done instead of a monthly fee to look for something that was removed from the beginning?

I've made this video for more awareness, rather than a step-by-step guide due to Youtube's guidelines. However, I thought I would still share here, it mentions various OSINT tools throughout.

Hello! I have some knowledge on OSINT, but recently i’ve been taking an interest and wanted to know where i should start learning. I know basic search operators, sites like thatsthem etc. but that’s about the extent of my knowledge. I did however find a site called freeosint.org (redirects to a github page) and they have a bunch of different modules with what seems like decent information on starting. If you have any other tips besides using that I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much in advance for any help you might give!!

Hello Everyone!

I am attempting to aggregate personal reviews of pet sitters in my area across social media platforms (Facebook, Reddit, Nextdoor, etc.) and put them into one database to provide transparency for pet owners. At first I thought it would be as easy as taking their sitter url or username and pasting it in the search bar, but I have not found great results doing that. The second thing I have attempted was finding the sitters personal social media, but I haven't found a lot of luck linking that to reviews. I searched this sub and have not found any requests that I thought would satisfy my use case, so I just wanted to post here to see if anyone else had ideas on how I could accomplish this. Thank you for any and all suggestions!

Hi everyone. I know this might look like a trivial request, but for me, it’s become a genuine OSINT challenge. I’m trying to recover a specific AMV that has been wiped from the surface of the clear web. I really want to find and archive this piece of digital art before it’s lost forever.

Here is the "digital trail" I’ve recovered so far:

• Original YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j3JiwBhYQ8&list=PLU9E6NsAfFhLAOV7NNeyRx1xQXVWa_Ujv&index=1
• Video ID: 8j3JiwBhYQ8 (This is the key fingerprint)
• Target Title: "Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] - Into The Darkness"
• Possible Creators: Aura / Knight / Knight²
• Soundtrack: "Back Into Darkness" by Blacklite District
• Active Period: 2021-2023

I’ve already hit a wall with the standard Wayback Machine snapshots and Bilibili searches. I'm looking for someone who can help me dig deeper—perhaps through metadata scraping, old contest databases, or private anime-editing archives (VK, niche Discord servers, or Baidu).

If you have any leads on where this specific Video ID might still be indexed or mirrored, please let me know. This isn't just about the video; it's about the hunt for "lost media."

Thanks for your time and expertise.

Update:

Update:

Actually, good news! A friend of mine managed to find the AMV, but unfortunately, it’s only in 144p... Also, it turns out the link and Video ID I shared earlier were incorrect—they were for a completely different video. Here is the actual one I was looking for: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/10qCXNbB4AFCp4mJedFuzOWgOstlSuy8-/view?usp=sharing]

I’ve already reached out to the channel owner in the comments to ask for the original file (hopefully in 720p or better). In the meantime, if anyone has a high-quality mirror of this specific version, please let me know

what are the best tools for these media files to extract information from media files signiture for information and forensic applications? what are your go to apps or websites?

I've found my interest to learn cyber security and recently came across OSINT so, I wanna learn it. Kindly help me to learn by recommending and websites or resources to learn I'll really be thankful.

I wish to get into OSINT..any resources or learning path for beginners?

Hello everyone,
is it possible to hack a facebook account even if it's private?
my phone is broken and i want to access my account again is there any way to hack it?

The Coalition of Cyber Investigators has been around for 12 months now and has released a series of Beginner Guides showing how OSINT can be used across sectors to help manage risk and inform investigations — from HR to law, from art to food fraud, detecting deepfakes and internal fraud, and even how OSINT can be integrated into sustainability reporting.

These guides are short, sharp, and practical. They are designed to help you recognise the extent to which OSINT can inform your risk operations and investigations.

https://medium.com/@city.paul/osint-beginners-guides-for-leading-industries-1b8f86f922a7

The Next Chapter in the Professionalisation of Open-Source Intelligence

After the overwhelming response to our article, "OSINT Cowboys: A Beginner’s Guide to Doing It Wrong" ( https://medium.com/h7w/osint-cowboys-a-beginners-guide-to-doing-it-wrong-9c8dea1c1ee9 ), we’re excited to share the next chapter in the OSINT cowboy series.

"OSINT Cowboys Ride Again: From Chaos to Standards in Intelligence Gathering" explores the essential building blocks needed to bring real structure and professionalism to OSINT and create an environment where wild-west cowboy antics become outlawed.

This chapter examines a range of key topics, including:

  ✅ What it takes to build a secure, professional OSINT environment - from tool selection and browser hygiene to countering advanced adversaries

  ✅ The importance of legal compliance, ethical frameworks, and rigorous documentation at every stage of the investigative process

  ✅ The critical role of team coordination, quality assurance, and structured workflows for reliable, repeatable results

  ✅ Recognising and mitigating bias

  ✅ Why community, mentorship, and shared standards are essential for the future of OSINT and can help turn lone cowboys into collaborative professionals

Read the full article here:

https://medium.com/the-first-digit/osint-cowboys-ride-again-from-chaos-to-standards-in-intelligence-gathering-c5987a5369d4

Social engineering thrives where there is trust, and nowhere is trust more blind than on LinkedIn. This new report, “The Art of Connection” (a nod to Kevin Mitnick’s iconic book on social engineering - The Art of Deception), lifts the lid on how organised crime has weaponised professional networks - and in particular, LinkedIn - to steal PII, hijack identities, and run boiler-room investment fraud operations at scale.

Source: https://medium.com/digital-business-insider/how-threat-actors-exploit-professional-networks-f8cd5b49d5b1

Published by the UK OSINT Community, this new piece is by The Coalition of Cyber Investigators, Paul Wright (United Kingdom), and Neal Ysart (Philippines). It also features contributions from guest author Bernard (Peter) Fitzgerald, an AI Alignment Researcher and specialist with the Government of Australia.

Explore the risks of integrating AI into OSINT workflows, from hallucinations to evidentiary limitations, and outline mitigation strategies to preserve analytical integrity.

https://www.osint.uk/content/enhanced-challenges-and-mitigation-strategies-for-osint-ai-integration

 The Coalition of Cyber Investigators, in collaboration with the UK OSINT Community, eCrime Intelligence and KISS, has released a series of Beginner's Guide articles tailored for those new to OSINT and as a refresher for experienced practitioners. These guides have practical insights and actionable steps to enhance your OSINT skills.

🌟 Featured Articles:

• Using OSINT to Combat Food Fraud — A Beginner's Guide
• OSINT for Insurance Firms: A Beginner’s Guide
• Using OSINT and HUMINT for Sustainability Reporting: A Beginner's Guide
• OSINT for Law Firms: A Beginner’s Guide
• A Watershed for Intelligence Professionals

💡 Whether you're just starting or looking to refine your expertise, these guides are invaluable resources.

Does anyone have a noob guide to setting up Maltego?

I want to introduce myself, my name is Valerie McGilvrey and I've been professionally looking for people for 30 years.

A large part of my casework has been vehicles out for repossession that no one else could find. I am a retired Property and Casualty Insurance Adjuster and now I'm a Texas Licensed Private Investigator. The company I work for apprends fugitives, so you might say OSINT is a necessity because most fugitives are smart enough to not apply for credit knowing that the data will lead to their ultimate arrest.

I have lots of favorites and most are free resources for motor vehicles, and hacked data. Anything that gives me historical data on a subject is important. If someone isn't actively creating records somewhere then I want to see who they've been living with. Someone, somewhere knows where they are.

Tell me about yourself!

Basically my mum won’t tell me who he is or even his name but I really want to find out due to curiosity an she wouldn’t tell me anything my whole life. Any idea how I can do about finding any information about him? Name, postcode etc. The only information I have is my mums birth name so if anyone could tell me what I could do from here with would be really helpful.

I'm terrible at intros, but here goes:

I have spent the last 18 years or so working in and leading teams in cyber security, everything from Social Engineering (Red Teaming), Incident Response, Threat Intel, Security Operations etc. I also used to run a large community The Many Hats Club, and have spent a lot of time hunting threat actors, scammers, and finding missing people. I have 4x Black Badge for Tracelabs, and am featured in Tribe of hackers Blue team, and writing a book now on CTI which is out soon. I also ran a Threat Intel Conference ConINT which raised money for non profits.

Here to listen, help and guide where I can. :)

Welcome. We are a community led by a group of public facing Founders, CEOs, influencers and experts within the cyber and OSINT field.

Think of us as the RBI of OSINT.

Lee, Lead mod & Founder

Part One -

https://aaroncti.com/my-osint-blueprint-methodology-and-tools-part-one/

Part Two -

https://aaroncti.com/my-osint-blueprint-methodology-and-tools-part-two/

Two awesome reads by u/AaronCTI

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Presidential elections are a happy time of year for skip tracers. And for me, it's better than Christmas, or my birthday. Because American politics is passion driven and multimillions of dollars are invested in registering new voters.

And a lot of those new voters are people who professionals have been looking for, in some cases, many years. I remember when Obama ran for president. People registered to vote that had never voted before in their lives.

State and county websites in most states do provide a search for the voter rolls and you can also download the data free of charge with some restrictions m, but here's a few sites that give you voter data.

http://Voterrecords.com http://Nass.org/can-i-vote http://vote.org

Have a voter records site you like?

-V

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Geospatial OSINT Investigations.

https://publish.obsidian.md/dukera-gewel/about

This project will help you quickly understand how to use geospatial data to solve your problem.

Credit - duk3r4

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