The OSINT Recap: May 2026

What's up in OSINT?

 Here's what you shouldn't miss this month in OSINT news: discover how phaleristics can be used in OSINT, a new tool to search object in Google Maps’ routes, and incoming CTFs!

News

Make Iran ingovernable

Bellingcat exposes the deliberate strategy aimed at dismantling the regime’s law enforcement capabilities—at the risk of causing civilian casualties. Read more...

Hidden gems

Find out how forgotten demo dashboards left exposed on the open web are quietly revealing the full architecture of China's mass surveillance ambitions. Read more...

Methods & Write up

Decoding Russian intelligence with phaleristics

Learn how military medals and insignie may be used to identify and locate obscure Russian units. Watch more...

Vibe coding is becoming an OSINT Risk

Vibe coding is OSINT's new blind spot: the tool you didn't audit is already shaping what you see and what you miss.Read more...

Tools

Street Scanner

This project allows you to scan a route, retrieve Google Street View images, and detect specific objects or scenes using a local computer vision model. Try now...

DIMA’s Firefox Plugin

Developed by the M82 project, DIMA’s Index automatically detects cognitive techniques in web content and it is now available on Firefox! Try now...

Events