Best OSINT resources
Discover the best blogs, newsletters, podcasts, and more. Our curated list of mostly free resources will help you learn OSINT faster. Each resource highlights 3 main topics, but is not limited to them.
Youtube channels

Gary Ruddell

David Bombal

The Cyber Mentor

NetworkChuck

John Hammond

Ryan Montgomery

CyberSudo

OSINT Dojo

Cody Bernardy

Cyber Social Hub

Josemonkey

RAINBOLT

UK OSINT Community

Forensic OSINT

Sam Bent

SANS Institute

Naomi Brockwell

Benjamin Strick

Sofia Santos

Bellingcat

Layer 8

Dean Da Costa
Newsletters

The OSINT Newsletter
Twice per month
Freemium

OSINT Jobs
Weekly
Freemium

Forensic OSINT
Weekly
Free

The OSINT Insider
Twice per month
Freemium

Alicja Pawlowska
Every two weeks
Free

The OS
Weekly
Free

Covert Access Team
Weekly
Free

Digital Investigations
Monthly
Free

OSINT Ambition
Weekly
Free

Digital Digging
Irregular
Paid

Cyber Detective
Irregular
Free

Bullshit Hunting
Weekly
Free

Gary Ruddell
Weekly
Free

GIJN
Monthly
Free
Blogs

Sector035

CQcore

Bushido Token

OSINT Industries

Nixintel

AaronCTI

VEEXH

Hackers Arise

Hatless1der

Benjamin Strick

Krebs on Security

Sofia Santos

OH SHINT!

Inteltechniques

Offensive OSINT

OSINT Combine

OSINT GUARDIAN

OSINT ME

Dutch OSINT Guy

Rae Baker

Secjuice

The OSINT Guide

Webbreacher

Maltego

Frank on Fraud

EPCYBER

Dark Web Informer

Infostealers

Authentic8

SANS

SPJ Toolbox

Knowmad

DFRLab

Techjournalist

Bellingcat

Centre for Information Resilience

Exposing the Invisible

Citizen Evidence Lab

GIJN
Podcasts

Grey Dynamics
Weekly

NeedleStack by Authentic8
Monthly

Breadcrumbs by Trace Labs
Last episode in August 2024

Darknet Diaries
Monthly

The Privacy, Security, and OSINT Show
Last episode in September 2023

Talking Threat Intelligence
Last episode in January 2024

The World of Intelligence
Weekly

CTG's Threat Intelligence
Irregular

Intel Focus
Monthly

Shadow Dragon
Monthly

The Business Of Intelligence
Last episode in March 2024

Cloak and Dagger
Last episode in December 2023

PI Perspectives
Once every two weeks

Digital Digging
Monthly

OSINT Jobs
Monthly

The Pivot
Last episode in November 2023

The OSINTion
Last episode in May 2023

OSINT Cocktail
Last episode in February 2024

The OSINT Bunker
Last episode in January 2024

The Lockdown
Irregular

SpyCast
Weekly

Fraudish
Weekly

Layer 8
Weekly
CTFs and hackathons

HACKTORIA
Free

Hack The Box
Freemium

TryHackMe
Freemium

SOURCING GAMES
Free

Cyber Defenders
Freemium

The National Missing Persons Hackathon
Paid

GeoGuessr
Freemium

OSINT Dojo
Free

Trace Labs Search Party
Paid

OSMOSIS
Free

Sofia Santos
Free
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