OsintOps Blog

OsintOps is the blog dedicated to all news concerning OSINT (and more)

Author: Francesco Poldi

  • Instagram password resets: what’s going on?

    Instagram password resets: what’s going on?

    Setting the stage Across the week of 5th-11th of January many people posted on social media about unattended emails requesting password resets for their Instagram account(s). In this article we explore what actually happened, to the maximum extent of our knowledge and information available to us, debunk some tentative of Social Media Influencers alerting the…

  • Why the Telegram “one-click IP leak” is not a vulnerability

    Why the Telegram “one-click IP leak” is not a vulnerability

    Recent worrying rumours about a vulnerability featuring the IP address leak of a Telegram user have been circulating all over the internet. In this article we assess the severity of said “vulnerability”, how the “exploit” works and what can be done before falling into the trap. Finally, we explore a set of considerations to take…

  • A day-to-day safe browsing app

    A day-to-day safe browsing app

    Why Everyday Privacy Matters Everyday browsing might feel like a casual scroll, but it’s also a steady stream of data that silently follows you around the internet. Most popular sites embed multiple third‑party trackers on a single page, so each click hands away snippets of your behaviour to dozens of advertisers. Beyond the moment‑to‑moment clicks,…

  • How to use Google for OSINT on Maltego

    How to use Google for OSINT on Maltego

    In this article I’ll show you my way to search on social network platforms via Google on Maltego, plus a real world case where the former handle of a Twitter users gets found.