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(The following links focus exclusively on Open Source Intelligence - OSINT.)

Utilization of the Internet for OSINT
Internet Tools and Resources
for Open Source Intelligence - OSINT


Updated 1 June 2009

 




Some Key Intelligence "Starting Points"


Global Security.org

Federation of American Scientists
Mario's Cyberspace Station
Air War College Gateway to the Internet
Strategic Intelligence

Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security

Site Investigation Tools

Yahoo! Site Explorer
Google Site Info (Use info: prefix)
Domain Dossier
InterNIC
Network Solutions’ Whois
DomainSearch.com
Convert Host/Domain Name to IP Address and vice versa
IP Address Guide
Using Traceroute
Wayback Machine




  Web Searching Tools

Search Engines

Google
Yahoo

Exalead
MSN Live Search
Ask.com

Search Engine Comparison Chart

Country-Specific Search Engines - Directory
Search Engine Colossus

Multiple Engine Comparison Search
Zuula

Meta-Search Engines
Use with caution!
ixquick
MetaCrawler
Dogpile 
search.com
 

Visualization Tools

Examples:
TouchGraph GoogleBrowser
Kartoo
Grokker

Clusty

Examples of Fee-Based Visualization/Clustering Software
Vivisimo Velocity
VisuaLinks
Palantir Technologies
Analyst's Notebook
SiloBreaker

Resource Guides and Portals

Examples  : Religion Resources on the Web
Air War College Gateway to Info. Operations & Intel

General Portals
My Yahoo

Specialized Portals
Example:  Mario's Cyberspace Station

Selected Examples of Resource Guides

Intelligence
Mario's Cyberspace Station
Air War College Gateway to Information Operations & Intel
Strategic Intelligence

Government Resource Guides& Official Government Portals
Governments on the WWW
Foreign Gov't Resources on the Web
International Documents
Directgov
Hungarian Government Portal
 
General Reference
Internet Public Library Reference 
refdesk.com
 
Business
Virtual Int'l Business & Economic Sources
Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide
 
Legal
Legal Research on International Law Issues
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for 
    International Law 

Economics
RFE

Social Sciences
Intute: Social Sciences

Countries/Travel
Portals to the World
The Traveler's Web

Deep (Invisible, Hidden) Web


Examples of high value Deep Web sites
Global Terrorism Database
Ingentaconnect  
Amazon
Social Science Research Network
Population Index
Hoovers
ThomasNet
Corporate Information
Europages
Wer Liefert Was- European business directory
Central And Eastern European Directory

 

Examples of Deep Web finding aids
Complete Planet
The Virtual Technical Reports Center

RFE
Legal Research on International Law Issues

 

 


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News

Resource Guides

KidonMedialink
ABYZ News Links
Newslink
Metagrid


Networks/Services

BBC
MSNBC
Reuters
CNN

Aljazeera
Aljazeera (Arabic)
ITAR-TASS News Agency
EIN News

Multi-Source Searching

Google News Search
Yahoo! News
NewsNow
SiloBreaker

Alerting Services

Google News Alerts
Yahoo Alerts
BBC Daily E-Mail Alerts

Speciality

Diplomacy Monitor
Global Security.org

Mario's Cyberspace Station
Stratfor
Businesswire

Weblogs (Blogs)
Google Blog Search
Technorati

Zuula (Blog Search)

Examples
Jihad Watch
OSINFO - Open Sources Information
Naval Open Source Intelligence
Kent's Imperative (blog)
Counterterrorism Blog
Sources and Methods
Internet Haganah
IMINT & Analysis
Strategic Analysis & OSINT Mgt.
Osint.org.uk

RSS Feeds
Bloglines
RocketInfo
My Yahoo
Yahoo: RSS Syndication - FAQs
U.S. Government RSS Library

Podcasts
iTunes
podcast.com
Podcastdirectory.com
Yahoo! Audio Search

For a more extensive collection of news sites, see: News on the Internet

Being Alerted to Changes in a Page

Google Alerts        GoogleAlert     WebSite-Watcher      Infominder    WatchThatPage.com         Monitoring Web Page Changes


 
Discussion Groups (Forums, Newsgroups, etc.), Mailing Lists, and Chat Rooms

Newsgroups
Google
Yahoo Groups
Delphi Forums 
Big Boards

Mailing Lists
TILE.Net
Topica
L-Soft CataList, the Official Catalog of LISTSERV® lists
The Mail Archive

Chat Rooms
SearchIRC
Gogloom

Forums Search
BoardReader
Omgili

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People


Personal Data / Public Records (US)

Intelius
PeopleFinders
searchsystems.net


Pandia People
PORTICO:Web Resources for Advancement Professionals
University of Vermont: Prospect Research and Reference Tools
David Lamb’s Prospect Research Page
BRB Publications – Free Public Records Sites

Addresses / Phone Numbers
Infobel
Wayp International White & Yellow Pages
Google (US and Canadian addresses only)
Yahoo! People Search
pipl Search
White & Yellow Pages

Networking
LinkedIn
Yahoo Member Directory
Facebook
MySpace

Wikipedia "List of Social Networking Websites"

 

In the News 
BBC
MSNBC
KidonMedialink 
Newslink
Metagrid
ABYZ News Links

 

Their Bookmarks
del.icio.us

Biographies
Lawyers.com  (Martindale-Hubbell)
Biography.com
LinkedIn

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Images, Maps, Audio, and Video

Images
Google
Yahoo
Ask.com
Flickr

For more on images and multimedia search,
see:
Multimedia, Multiformat Resources on the Web

Maps & Related
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Le Monde Diplomatique - Cartographie
Maporama
ViaMichelin
UN Cartographic Section
UNHCR Pop. & Demographic Data
Google Earth - download site
Examples of Google mashups, see: googlemapsmania
World Port Index, Pilot Charts, etc.

Google Earth Community
MSN Virtual Earth
Global Gazetteer
GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
GeoNames (mashup)

Audio
Yahoo! Audio Search

Radio
Resource Guides
radio-locator
Live-radio.net

Podcasts
iTunes
podcast.com
Podcastdirectory.com
Yahoo! Audio Search

Video

Yahoo Video
Google Video

YouTube

TV
TVEyes
Blinkx TV
{View recent al Qaeda related videos)

Resource Guide
KidonMedialink

Languages

Translations
Google Language Tools
Yahoo! Language Tools
Foreignword.com
PROMT-Reverso Online 
FreeTranslation.com
Dictionarist

Language Acquisition
DLI - Field Support Modules
Also see: The Traveler's Web - Chap. 9

Resource Guides
YourDictionary.com
EduNet Languages Page


Anonymity Software

Anonymizer PrivacyManager


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Selected Topical/Geographic Resources

Reminder: These are "selected" sites, identifying some major and/or representative sites for each topic. 
This collection is not meant to be exhaustive in any way.


Topics
Multi-Topic Tools and Sources  General Sites for Intelligence
Country Studies and Sources Military Resources, International Security , Conflicts,  and Politics
Terrorism, Information Warfare, and Transnational Crime Water and Energy
Public Health and Human Conditions
Country and Region-Specific Resources
Russia and Asia The Balkans and The Caucasus
Middle East and Africa  Latin America

 

Multi-Topic Tools and Sources

For  any/all of the topics below, also see the following sections presented in detail elsewhere on this page:

Some Key Intelligence "Starting Points"
Web Search Engines
Resource Guides
Mailing Lists & Newsgroups
People
 


 

News
Visualization Tools
Being Alerted to Changes in a Page
Languages
 

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Some General Sites for Intelligence

Federation of American Scientists
Global Security.org
Mario's Cyberspace Station
Air War College Gateway to Info. Operations & Intel

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Country Studies

Resource Guide - Portals to the World

Library of Congress - Country Studies
CIA World Factbook 
UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Country Profiles
BBC Country Profiles
Country Insights - Foreign Trade & Intl. Afairs - Canada
Governments on the WWW

National Portals - Examples:
Service-Public.fr          deutschland.de


Country Leaders
World Leaders
BBC Country Profiles    
Wikipedia

Government Documents
Docuticker

Countries - Statistics
Directory of Official Statistical Agencies & Societies
EUROSTAT
UNdata
Nationmaster.com

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Topical Resources
Reminder: These are "selected" sites, identifying some major and/or representative sites for each topic. 
This collection is not meant to be exhaustive in any way.

Military Resources


Resource Guides
AUL - Air Univ. Library  Index to Military Periodicals
Global Security.org
Quick Guide to Military Resources
Combined Arms Research Library - Links

Military News
Janes
 

International Security Policy


International Relations and Security Network
Air War College Cyberspace & Information Operations Study Center
Center for Defense Information
The National Security Archive – George Washington University

Conflicts

INCORE 
FLASHPOINTS: Guide to World Conflicts
Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy
International Crisis Group
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Proliferation
Conflicts Forum
PINR - Power & Interest News Report
SIPRI -Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Politics

Political Resources on the Net
Foreign Policy
Politics and International Relations
Governments on the WWW
World Leaders

 

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Terrorism

Terrrorism - General
Open Directory Terrorism Links
U.S. Air Force Air War College Counter Proliferation Center – Global War on Terrorism
National Counterrorism Center
    NCT Worldwide Incidents Tracking System
MIPT
START - Global Terrorism Database
SITE Institute: The Search for International Terrorist Entities
Federation of American Scientists - Intelligence Resource Program -         Terrorism - Background and Threat Assessments
Terrorism: Questions and Answers  (Council on Foreign Relations)
TerrorismFiles.org
Southeast Asia Terrorism Portal
Counterterrorism Blog
CDC - Bioterrorism
Global Incident Map
Terrorism Incidents and Significant Dates - MIPT

Terrrorism - Studies, Research, and Analysis on Terrorism
U.S. Department of State – Country Reports on Terrorism
US Dept. of State - Counterterrorism Office
Terrorism Research Center
International Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Nat'l Consortium for the Study of Terrorism & Responses to Terrorism

Terrrorism - Sites About Specific Terrorist Organizations
Islamist Websites Monitor Project - MEMRI
Open Directory Project – Terrorist Organizations
U.S. Department of State - Country Reports on Terrorism -
Chapter 6: Terrorist Organizations

International Policy Institute for Counterterrorism 
Federation of American Scientists - Liberation Movements, Terrorist Organizations, Substance Cartels, and Other Para-State Entities
Jihad


Hate Groups - US
Southern Poverty Law Center - US Map of Hate Groups

 

 

Information Warfare

IWS - The Information Warfare Site

 

Homeland Security

ANSER Institute for Homeland Security
The White House - Office of Homeland Security

Transnational Crime


General
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
International Court of Justice
Interpol

Studies, Research, and Analysis
Nathanson Center for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption

Drugs
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Drug Enforcement Administration
National Drug Control Policy, Office of

Cybercrime
Also see “Information Warfare” above.
Cybercrime
infosyssec: The Security Portal for Information System Security Professionals
NEOHAPSIS (See esp.: Articles, Archives)

Money Laundering
International Money Laundering Information Network
World- Check "From a Different Angle" Newsletter

Corruption
Transparency International: The Global Coalition Against Corruption
CORIS - Corruption Online Research & Information System
WikiLeaks

Search Just the Terrorism and International Crime Resources Listed in This Section:

Google Custom Search

[The above custom search box also serves here as an example of a tool (Google Custom Search) that can be used to improve efficiency in searching one's own collection of "vetted" sites.]
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Public Health & Human Conditions

 

Public Health
World Health Organization
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention– Travelers’ Health
Health, Nutrition and Population
World Wide Web Virtual Library for Epidemiology
GlobalHealth – Office of International and Refugee Health
International Public Health Watch
World Health News

Human Conditions - Human Rights
Amnesty International
United Nations  - Human Rights
Human Rights Watch
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflicts

Human Conditions - Hunger, Famine, Poverty
Oxfam International
PovertyNet
Famine Early Warnings Network
Bread for the World - Links to Other Anti-Hunger and Poverty Organizations
Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN
USAID Food for Peace Program
ReliefWeb
Reuters AlertNet

Human Conditions - Disaster Relief
The Disaster Center

Human Conditions - Population
Population Resource Center
Population Index                             

Non-Proliferation
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Proliferation News and Resources

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Water  and Energy

Water

The Water Page (Incorporating the African Water Page)
WaterWeb
UNESCO Water Portal (International Hydrological Programme)
Waternet
Water Law and Policy Resources
 

 

Energy

Resource Guides and Portals
Energy Central
Energy: Prospects and Alternatives

Energy- News
Energy Review.com

Energy -  Agencies / Organizations
International Atomic Energy Agency
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
European Environment Agency
Energy Information Administration - US Department of Energy


Scholarly/Technical Literature      

Scholarly and Technical Literature - Journal Articles
Ingentaconnect
FindArticles
Infotrieve ArticleFinder
DOAJ- Directory of Open Access Journals

Scholarly and Technical Literature - Books
Google Scholar
Library of Congress Online Catalog
Library of Congress Gateway to Library Catalogs
Amazon
Barnes & Noble

Technical Reports
The Virtual Technical Reports Center
DTIC Online

 

Scholarly and Technical Literature - General Reference Sources
Extreme Searcher Reference Shelf

Also, be sure to take advantage of your organization's library and libraries near you!

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Reminder: These are "selected" sites, identifying some major and/or representative sites for each topic. 
This collection is not meant to be exhaustive in any way.


Russia and Asia 

Russia

Russia - General
Russian and East European Network Information Center - Russia
World Wide Web Virtual Library-Russia and East Europe
Embassy of the Russian Federation (Washington, DC)

Russia – News
Washington Post - Russia
ITAR-TASS
Moscow Times
Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council
PIR - Center for Policy Studies in Russia
Integrum World Wide

Asia
Asia – General
World Wide Web Virtual Library-Asia-Pacific
Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library
EurasiaNet
Asian Development Bank

Asia – News
Asia Times Online
Times of Central Asia

Asia - Research, Studies, and Issues
National Bureau of Asian Research
U.N. Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Asian Development Bank
South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Proliferation News and Resources

China
Background and General
World Wide Web Virtual Library-Internet Guide for China Studies
Chinese Studies Internet Resources - UCLA
ChinaSite.com

China - News

xinhuanet
  (English version – China View )
South China Morning Post
CHINAdaily.com
CHINAGATE.com
Washington Post - China

China - Research, Studies, and Issues
Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development
China Economic Information Network
Human Rights In China
China’s Human Rights
China Labour Bulletin
Federation of American Scientists: China Nuclear Forces Guide
Rights for Tibet

Japan
JGUIDE
Japan Times Online

Indonesia
WWW Virtual Library – Indonesia
Indonesian Internet Sites (National Library of Australia)
East & Southeast Asia - An annotated Directory of Internet Resources - Indonesia: History, Culture & Religion

North Korea
General
World Wide Web Virtual Library-North Korea
DPRK – North Korea
Kimsoft North Korea Page
MOU - Ministry of Unification

North Korea – News
Korean News

North Korea – Research, Studies, Issues, Etc.
Koreascope
The Center for Korean Studies

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For Research on these countries and regions, also see:

Search Engines:
Google      Yahoo    

Countries and Country Studies
Portals to the World
Library of Congress - Country Studies
CIA World Factbook      BBC Country Profiles

Discussion Groups, etc.
Google Groups   BoardReader    Omgili


India, Pakistan and Neighbors
General
Southeast Asia Terrorism Portal

India -General
India
Government of India Directory of Official Websites

India - News
Times of India
Kashmir News
Washington Post - World - South Asia - India

India - Research, Studies, and Issues
South Asia Analysis Group
Nuclear Issues in India & Pakistan: Selected Internet Resources

Afghanistan
The SENLIS Council - Security & Development Policy Group

Pakistan
General
PakVista: Pakistani Internet Guide
World Wide Web Virtual Library - Pakistan
Pakistan.gov - The Official Web Gateway to the Government of Pakistan

Pakistan - News
Dawn Daily Newspaper
Washington Post - World - Asia - SouthAsia - Pakistan

Pakistan - Research, Studies, and Issues
India-Pakistan Nuclear Central
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan
Pakistan Air Force


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The Balkans and the Caucasus

Balkans & Caucasus - General

Balkananalysis.com
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Center for Peace in the Balkans
The Balkans Pages
EINnews – Balkans Breaking News
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library – Caucasus

Central Asia - Caucasus Institute – Analyst
North Caucasus Weekly

Georgia
Georgia - Selected Internet Resources

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Internet Links


Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania

See the individual country sections of: 
Russia and East European Network Information Center (REENIC)
and 
EIN News

For Research on The Balkans and the Caucasus, also see:

Search Engines:
Google      Yahoo 

Countries and Country Studies

Portals to the World
Library of Congress - Country Studies
CIA World Factbook      BBC Country Profiles

Discussion Groups, etc.
Google Groups   BoardReader    Omgili

 


Middle East, Africa, and Latin America

Middle East
Middle East Studies Internet Resources
Center for Middle Eastern Studies – University of Texas
SURF-AS
MEMRI - Middle East Media Research Institute

Middle East – News
Middle East Times
Middle East Daily
Middle East Intelligence Bulletin

Statistics
Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRTCIC)

Country-Specific Sites

Iraq
Iraq -General
Middle East and Jewish Studies -Iraq
MENIC - Iraq
Iraq.net

Iraq - Political Parties.
Kurdistan Democratic Party – Iraq

Iran
Iran Watch
Iran Virtual Library: Social, Political and Economic Studies
Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran - News
Iran Press Service
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (English)
Islamic Republic News Agency

Iran - Research, Studies, Issues, Etc.
Human Rights in Iran

Afghanistan
Afghanistan News Center
tolo.tv
Combined Joint Task Force - 101
Criminal Justice Task Force
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Radio Free Europe - Afghanistan
Relief Web - Afghanistan

Israel
Jewish Virtual Library – Israel
Center for Special Studies – Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center
Institute for Counterterrorism
Internet Haganah

Palestine
Center for Middle Eastern Studies - Palestinian Authority
Palestinian Refugee Research Net
 

Egypt
The Country and People of Egypt

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Information Resource

Syria
Syria Daily
The Country and People of Syria

Turkey
Turkish Daily News Online

 

Africa

General
World Wide Web Virtual Library-Africa
Africa Action
Africa Daily
Afrika.no
allAfrica.com
Mbendi

Africa --  Country-Specific Sites
Libya: Our Home
Sudan.Net  
  .

Latin America

Latin America - General

Latin American Network Information Center
The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources - Latin America

Latin America - News
Agencia Informativa Púlsar
Mario's Cyberstation - SOUTHCOM News

Latin America - Research
Handbook of Latin American Studies

Latin America - Drugs
The Narco News Bulletin

Cuba
Cuban Internet Resources

For Research on these countries and regions, also see:

Search Engines:
Google      Yahoo   

Countries and Country Studies
Portals to the World
Library of Congress - Country Studies
CIA World Factbook      BBC Country Profiles

Discussion Groups, etc.
Google Groups   BoardReader    Omgili

 

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The collection of links on this page is certainly not meant to be "exhaustive".
The links are selected resources covered in OSINT-related seminars and workshops presented by Ran Hock.

 

COURSES

Online Strategies designs and presents workshops on using the Internet effectively.  We have designed courses for a variety of US and other government's agencies and ministries, and for companies, associations, NGO's, libraries, and schools.  Online Strategies courses have been presented to thousands of attendees, representing over forty nationalities, in thirteen countries. For further information, please contact Ran Hock at the contact points below.

Online Strategies
"Training for Effective Web Research"
9919 Corsica Street
Vienna, VA 22181 USA
001.703.242.6078
In the US: 800-871-4033
email:ran@onstrat.com