--- tags: OSINT --- # IMINT/GEOINT ### IMINT/GEOINT Short for Image intelligence and geospatial intelligence. There are 5 elements of IMINT that you should consider when looking at an image, according to Geoint expert Benjamin Strick: - Context - Foreground - Background - Map markings - Trial and error First tool, [Google!](https://www.google.com) If you see anything in the image that can be extracted into a keyword, phrase, a company name, telephone number or any other question you may have as a result of scanning the image up and down: GOOGLE IT! ### Google dorking. [Here](https://osintcurio.us/2019/12/20/google-dorks/) is a short introduction to what we call 'dorking', the art of using Google search queries to have Google return specific types of data. ### Image reversing. One of the methods for geolocating an image is to do an image reverse search. This means that we are searching for the image itself online, and if the image has been indexed by search engines we may find the exact image or we can do a visual search or crop search to help us find similar images. [Guide To Using Reverse Image Search For Investigations](https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2019/12/26/guide-to-using-reverse-image-search-for-investigations/) ### Visual intelligence How close can you look? Ted talk by Amy Herman on visual intelligence - ["A lesson on looking"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jHmjs2270A) ### Geolocating videos. Geolocating videos isn't much different from geolocating images. A video is just a string of images, usually played at 24 frames(or images) per second. In other words, a video will hold a whole lot more images that can be analyzed, reversed and scrutinized by you. Here's a good [writeup](https://nixintel.info/osint-tools/using-ffmpeg-to-grab-stills-and-audio-for-osint/) by Nixintel on a tool called [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/), which will help you extract the key images from the video.