MOSINT Scenarios
These modules are comprised of multi-step projects that simulate real-world OSINT tasks in a live investigative environment.
SOCMINT Challenges
Description: These scenarios focus on gathering and analyzing intelligence from social media platforms to investigate individuals, organizations, and events.
Key Skills Demonstrated: Social media intelligence gathering, investigative research, data validation, critical thinking.
Tasks
- Construct search queries using standard operators on X
- Investigate an individual using their Facebook account
- Use Facebook’s search feature to investigate an event
- Investigate a target organization on Facebook
- Use OSINT to retrieve data about an individual that is exclusive to the LinkedIn platform
- Validate information found in publicly posted content on X
- Use OSINT to investigate Instagram Reels posted in foreign languages
Dark Web
Description: These tasks involve setting up tools and performing investigations on the Dark Web to uncover leaked data and APT activity.
Key Skills Demonstrated: Dark Web navigation, threat intelligence collection, covert investigation, analytical reasoning.
Tasks
- Lab Setup: Tor Browser
- Use Search Engines on the Dark Web to find leaked data
- Gather intelligence on the Dark Web about an active Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
Documentation, Reports and Procedures
Description: These exercises focus on structuring OSINT findings into professional outputs such as mindmaps, report templates, and workflow diagrams.
Key Skills Demonstrated: Data organization, reporting, workflow design, professional documentation.
Tasks
- Create Mindmaps of all data points available on social media platforms and communities
- Develop an OSINT Report Template
- Develop Workflow Diagrams to guide OSINT Investigations
Completed Modules
- Quickstarter (1/6)
- Key Concepts (0/2)
- IT Environment Setup (1/2)
- Search Engines (4/10)
- Usernames (0/1)
- Email Addresses (0/3)
- Telephone Numbers (0/1)
- Documents (0/3)
- IP Addresses and Domain Names (0/2)
- Images and Videos (0/4)
- Online Maps (0/3)
- Generative AI and Deep Fakes (0/3)
- Online Communities (0/2)
- Software Code (1/2)
- Dark Web (0/3)
- Social Media Intelligence – SOCMINT (0/7)
- Documentation, Reports and Procedures (1/3)
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