A briefing, not a firehose.

OSINT Beacon is a biweekly digest for people who work with open sources. Each issue collects news, tools, tradecraft, events, and a short pile of everything else that still belongs in the briefing.

The homepage carries the latest theme, the top three items, and what is coming up. The full briefing lives on its own page, which is the canonical copy.

Editor

Nico Dekens edits OSINT Beacon. He is SVP of Engineering & Chief Innovator at ShadowDragon. He also writes as Dutch OSINT Guy.

The briefing is published in association with ShadowDragon. Items from ShadowDragon are labeled From ShadowDragon. Theeditorial and disclosure policy says how selection and corrections work.

Sections

• News. Reporting and public developments from the last two weeks.
• Tools. Software, data, and utilities that earned a closer look.
• Tradecraft. Methods, workflows, and notes on how the work is done.
• Conferences. Talks, training, and multi-day gatherings.
• Meetups. Local tables and smaller virtual meetings.
• More. Reading, datasets, and items that belong in the issue anyway.

Conferences and meetups are shown together as Events, soonest first.

Contact

• Questions. info@dutchosintguy.com
• Further reading. OSINT topics at dutchosintguy.com/blog.
• X. @dutch_osintguy