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Found In Plain Site is an OSINT and security blog focusing on skills for open-source research and investigation. Here I dive deep into techniques, provide walkthroughs, challenges, and showcase the occasional research project. Learn More...


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Jul 11, 2025

Station Seeking, Structure Peaking | Gralhix OSINT Exercise #002

Geolocation practice in an urban landscape. Here I’ll walk you through extracting key information from images and how to then cross-validate a location using multiple angles and sources.

Jun 15, 2025

OSINT Investigation: Geolocating a Missile Strike

Reports from early May 2025 detail the strike of a Houthi missile near Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. In this article, I walkthrough how I pinpointed the location of the missile strike using Google Maps, Satellite Imagery, and a YouTube video.

Jun 1, 2025

Solving Creating Community | Bellingcat OSINT Challenge Walkthrough #2

By combining advanced SOCINT techniques, timezone manipulation, and a bit of technical know-how, in this walkthrough I will show you step-by-step how to solve the “Creating Community” challenge.

May 18, 2025

Mysterious Newborn Giraffe | Gralhix OSINT Exercise #031

Walkthrough a fantastic animal-tracking challenge from Sofia Santos (aka Gralhix). This article will show you the fundamentals of social media intelligence gathering (SOCINT), finding and evaluating publically available records, and performing wildlife image verification.

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