der-test.github.io

Twitter insert this is search box: geocode:[coordinates],[radius-km], for example: geocode:36.222285,43.998233,2km (only works with km, so 500m = 0.5km)

IMAGES / METADATA

Reverse image search

Google Reverse Image Searchimages.google.com (also available as Chrome and Firefox add-on)

TinEyetineye.com

META/EXIF data

Jeffrey's Image Metadata Viewer, to view the metadata of (online) photos, http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi

Irfanviewer

FotoForensics, fotoforensics.com

Image Forensicshttps://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#level-sweep

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook

Facebook Scanner, automatically advanced searched for Facebook profiles,stalkscan.com

Facebook Graph tips, automatically advanced searches for Facebook profilesgraph.tips

Facebook Livemap, live broadcasts around the world, mapped on the worldfacebook.com/livemap

Facebook Video Downloader Online, for downloading Facebook videosfbdown.net

Facebook search tool, advanced search tool for Facebook profileshttp://inteltechniques.com/osint/menu.facebook.html

Tumblr

Tumblr Originals, find posts uploaded by the account, thus excluding reblogsstudiomoh.com/fun/tumblr_originals

Twitter

Advanced searchtwitter.com/search-advanced

Geobased searches

On Twitter, insert this is search box: geocode:[coordinates],[radius-km], for example: geocode:36.222285,43.998233,2km

Onemilliontweetmap, maps tweets per location up to 6hrs old, and has a keyword search optiononemilliontweetmap.com

YouTube

Reverse image (still of video) search and exact uploading timeamnestyusa.org/sites/default/custom-scripts/citizenevidence

TRANSPORT

FlightRadar24#ADDLINK#

MarineTraffic#ADDLINK#

VesselFinder#ADDLINK#

DATE AND TIME

suncalc.netSunCalc, to make an approximation of the time of the day based on shadows

wolframalpha.comWeather

WHOIS, IP Lookups, Website Analysis

Shodan Computer Search

Utrace

ViewDNS

whois.netor whois.icann.orgWhois, for domain search and information

ARCHIVING

Archive.is let’s you archive any webpage.

Let’s say you want to look whether old IS reports were archived, use a Google advanced search: make an <IS search term> justpaste.it site:archive.is and perhaps the site has been archived.

CachedView.comGoogle Cached Pages for any web site. It is the ultimate internet cache.

Additional Tools

checkdesk.orgCheck for colloaborative fact-cheking

geoiptool.comGeo IP Tool, check your own IP, handy to check if your VPN is working

googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.htmlGoogle Search Operators, such as searching for a specific filetype (e.g. PDF) or on a specific website

flightradar24.comFlightradar24, to track (mostly) civilian aircraft currently in the air around the world

timeline.knightlab.comKnight Lab, make an interactive timeline of events

littlesis.orgLittleSis,a database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government

paterva.com/web7Maltegotool

montage.storyful.comMontage for collaborative working

opencorporates.comOpenCorporates, database of companies in the world

peopletracer.co.ukPeople tracer

hunch.lyResearch sidekick Hunch.ly

vis.occrp.orgVisual Investigative Scenarios (VIS), atool

archive.orgWayback Machine, which archives websites

github.com/hartator/wayback-machine-downloaderDownload an entire website from the Wayback Machine

wolframalpha.comWolfram Alpha, for any question and a computer-generated answer

Bing Maps, satellite and mapping services, has more recent and sharper imagery than Google in several areas such as Iraqbing.com/maps

Date of the Bing imagery? Check:mvexel.dev.openstreetmap.org/bing

DigitalGlobe, paid satellite imagery, but preview available for free via thecatalogusbrowse.digitalglobe.com/imagefinder

GeoNames, an online database of (various spellings of) locations namesgeonames.org

Google Earth Progoogle.com/earth/download/gep/agree.html

Bing Maps satellite imagery layer: ge-map-overlays.appspot.com/bing-maps/aerial

Google Mapsmaps.google.com

HERE WeGo, mapping service which includes more recent satellite imagery from e.g. Iraqwego.here.com

OpenStreetMapopenstreetmap.org

Panoramio,panoramio.com

Sentinel Playground, apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground

TerraServer, also a commercial company selling satellite imagery, but previews available: terraserver.com

Wikimapiawikimapia.org

Yandex Mapsyandex.ru

Guides and Handbooks

verificationhandbook.comThe Verification Handbook(PDF) is a great place to go

www.bellingcat.com/category/resources/how-tosBellingcat’s resources

firstdraftnews.com/resourcesSo are First Draft News’resources, some of which have been written by Bellingcat members

Online Security and Privacy

twofactorauth.orgCheck for every digital service you use whether you have enabled two factor authentication (2FA).

securityinabox.orgSecurity in a box guide

Sources

Some of the links are forked from Bellingcat’s "A Digital Forensics Tools - Bellingcat’s Guide to Open Source Verification and Investigation Tools, Resources and Methods", Version 1.7, over at bellingcat.com and syrianarchive.org and docs.google.com.

der-test's collected links

Useful Links

Arduino

CSS

Python

QR-Codes

Typography

Github

Chromebooks

Unsorted

Investigative

Satellite and mapping services

GEOBASED SEARCHES

Geobased searchon