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How OSINT is Used in Cybersecurity (Real-World Use Cases) SOCRadar

How OSINT is Used in Cybersecurity (Real-World Use Cases)

In 2018, investigators at Bellingcat unmasked 305 officers from Russia’s military intelligence unit, GRU Unit 26165, using nothing but a public vehicle registration database and a Moscow address. No classified…

Maritime OSINT: Tracking Dark Ships & Shadow Fleets SOCRadar

Maritime OSINT: Tracking Dark Ships & Shadow Fleets

Every day, thousands of oil tankers move through the world’s oceans. Most of them broadcast their position, their name, and their destination to anyone who wants to look. But some…

AI Across the Attack Chain From Recon to Execution SOCRadar

AI Across the Attack Chain From Recon to Execution

Artificial intelligence has moved from a supporting tool to an active component in cyber operations. Earlier use cases were limited to analysis and content generation. Today, AI is involved across…

Tracking the U.S.-Israel-Iran War with OSINT Tools: A Practical Guide SOCRadar

Tracking the U.S.-Israel-Iran War with OSINT Tools: A Practical Guide

When Operation Epic Fury launched on February 28, 2026, the fog of war hit the internet in real time. Airspace across the Gulf locked down, Iran’s internet connectivity collapsed to…

The Ultimate OSINT Handbook on Personal Information SOCRadar

The Ultimate OSINT Handbook on Personal Information

OSINT is a term that refers to the process of gathering information from publically accessible sources . These sources include but are not limited to newspapers, television, blogs, tweets, social…

OSINT Framework Tools as Our Friends SOCRadar

OSINT Framework Tools as Our Friends

What is OSINT? Open- source i ntelligence , abbreviated as OSINT, is the gathering of information from publicly available sources that can be analyzed and turned into actionable intelligence. OSINT…

How To Track APT Groups and Get Fresh IOC/TTP? SOCRadar

How To Track APT Groups and Get Fresh IOC/TTP?

50% of Fortune 500 companies have been compromised by APTs.[1] More than 90% of intrusions aren’t even discovered by the victims themselves but through third-party notification. Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)…

OSINT for Digital Asset Discovery SOCRadar

OSINT for Digital Asset Discovery

OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) can be used by attackers to identify assets and gather other useful information before the attack is initiated. Asset discovery takes a constructive approach which allows…

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