Practical guides

All CTI & OSINT guides

In-depth guides on the tools and methods analysts use every day.

30 guides

CTI

Introduction to CTI

Concepts, intelligence cycle and first sources.

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CTI

MITRE ATT&CK

Matrix, Navigator, TTP mapping and detection.

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CTI

MISP

Events, attributes, taxonomies, galaxies and sharing.

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CTI

Investigation with MISP

Correlations, pivots, enrichment and export.

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CTI

MISP – Advanced Features

Event Reports, workflows, decaying model and automation.

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CTI

OpenCTI

Structure threat knowledge with STIX 2.1.

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CTI

TheHive

Incident management with TheHive and Cortex.

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CTI

YARA

Write rules to detect malware.

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CTI

Shuffle SOAR

Automate security workflows.

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CTI

APT

Actors, motivations, TTPs and tracking of persistent threats.

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CTI

CTI Best Practices

Build and run a Threat Intelligence program.

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OSINT

Intelligence X

Deep archives and data leaks.

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OSINT

Shodan

Map internet-exposed devices.

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OSINT

Censys

Exposed hosts and certificates.

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OSINT

Maltego

Link analysis for investigations.

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OSINT

Investigation with Maltego

A complete step-by-step investigation.

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OSINT

theHarvester

Emails, subdomains and hosts.

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OSINT

SpiderFoot

Automate OSINT reconnaissance.

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OSINT

Recon-ng

The modular reconnaissance framework.

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OSINT

Nmap

Network discovery, ports and services.

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OSINT

Sherlock

Find a username across hundreds of sites.

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OSINT

OSINT Industries

Accounts linked to an email or phone number.

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OSINT

ExifTool

Extract file metadata.

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OSINT

Metagoofil

Metadata from public documents.

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OSINT

FOCA

Hidden information in documents.

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OSINT

Bellingcat

The reference open source investigation methods.

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OSINT

IntelTechniques

Michael Bazzell’s tools and resources.

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OSINT

OSINT Framework

Find the right tool at the right time.

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OSINT

Aircrack-ng

Audit WiFi network security.

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General

Best Practices

Essential habits of CTI and OSINT analysts.

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