# OSINT Books and Resources

### 📘 Books:

1\. [OSINT Techniques (10th Edition) - Michael Bazzell](https://amzn.to/45BVjVy)\
[2. Deep Dive - Rae Baker, Maritime SME, Private Inv, CISSP Associate](https://amzn.to/45BVjVy)\
[3. Hunting Cyber Criminals - Vinny Troia, Ph.D.](https://amzn.to/3Rb8e8s)\
4\. OSINT Methods & Tools - Nihad Hassan & Rami Hijazi\
[5. We are Bellingcat - Eliot Higgins](https://amzn.to/3DEX74H)\
[6. How to Find Out Anything - Don MacLeod](https://amzn.to/43RcUIb)\
[7. Operator Handbook - Joshua Picolet](https://amzn.to/3DwQ8e9)\
[8. OSINT: The Art of Collecting Open Information - David Anderson](https://amzn.to/3DLSc1R)

### 🎧 Podcasts:  1. Darknet Diaries by [Jack Rhysider](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-rhysider-02922a167/) 2. NeedleStack by [Authentic8](https://www.linkedin.com/company/authentic8/) 3. [ShadowDragon](https://www.linkedin.com/company/shadowdragon/) 4. The Pivot by [Maltego Technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/maltego/) 5. [The OSINT Bunker](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-osint-bunker/) 6. Layer 8 by [Patrick Laverty](https://www.linkedin.com/in/plaverty9/) 7. The World of Intelligence by [Janes](https://www.linkedin.com/company/janes-defence/)

### 📹 Youtube Channels:  1. [David Bombal](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal/) 2. Authentic8 3. [Gary Ruddell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thegaryruddell/) 4. Gralhix - [Sofia Santos](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofia-santos-/) 5. Bendobrown - [Benjamin S.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bendobrown/) 7. Cody Bernardy 8. [Social Links](https://www.linkedin.com/company/social-links/) 9. [OSINT Dojo](https://www.linkedin.com/company/osintdojo/) 10. [Forensic OSINT](https://www.linkedin.com/company/forensicosint/) 11. [SANS Institute](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sans-institute/) 12. [LISA Institute - Seguridad, Inteligencia, Ciberseguridad y Geopolítica](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lisa-institute/) 13. [IntelCon](https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelcon-2022/) by GINSEG 14. Manuel Bot - [Manuel Travezaño](https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelbot59/) 15. [Alvaro Chirou](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvaro-chirou-75b3b982/)  📥 News & Blogs:  1. Cyber Detective 2. [Secjuice](https://www.linkedin.com/company/secjuice/) 3. Sector035 4. [IntelTechniques](https://www.linkedin.com/company/inteltechniques/) 5. Hatless1der 6. Maltego Blog 7. [Skopenow](https://www.linkedin.com/company/skopenow/) Blog 8. Nixintel 9. Offensive OSINT 10. [OSINT Combine](https://www.linkedin.com/company/osintcombine/) 11. VEEXH Medium 12. Social Links Blog 13. WebBreacher - [Micah Hoffman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahhoffman/) 14. [Trace Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tracelabs/) 15. CQcore 16. SANS Institute 17. LISA Institute 18. [osintme.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/osintme-com/) 19. [The OSINT Curious Project](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-osint-curious-project/) 20. [Blackdot Solutions](https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackdot-solutions-ltd/) 21. [Nico Dekens (Dutch\_OsintGuy)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dutch-osintguy/) 22. Authentic8 Blog 23. [Bellingcat](https://www.linkedin.com/company/bellingcat/) 24. Knowmad 25. OH SHINT Blog 26. The SEINT 27. Shadow Dragon Blog 28. [ESPY - OSINT Fraud Prevention](https://www.linkedin.com/company/espysys-systems/)  🖥 Virtual Machines & More:  1. Inteltechniques VM 2. Sherlock Linux VM 3. Kali Linux VM 4. Trace Labs OSINT VM 5. CSI Linux VM 6. Tsurugi VM 7. OSINTUX VM 8. Silo by Authentic8 9. Kasm 10. Debian OS 11. Tails OS  📲 Telegram Channels:  1. Cyber Detective 2. OSIntOPS News 3. Bellingcat EN 4. [Brigada Osint](https://www.linkedin.com/company/brigadaosint/) 5. Soxoj Insides - [Dmitry Danilov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danilov-d/) 6. Osint Losena 7. OSINT Anatomy 8. OSINT Teame 9. OsintTV 10. [Cyber Hunter Academy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyberhunteracademy/) 11. OSINT Israel 12. GINSEG 13. [Ciberpatrulla](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ciberpatrulla/) 14. OSINT Español  🗞 Newsletters:  1. Cyber Detective 2. Sector035 3. The Sunday Download 4. Digital Investigations 5. My OSINT News 6. OSINT Ambition 7. [The OSINT Newsletter](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-osint-newsletter/) 8. Digital Digging 9. OSINT Jobs 10. Forensic OSINT 11. Cyber Hunter Academy 12. OSINT Team 13. Keynorth Newsletter 14. Cibergy OSINT News<br>

### Image OSINT Guides

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basic guide
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### How to get into OSINT

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OSINT cheatsheets
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