How to Watch Deleted YouTube Videos: 5 Verified Methods

1: The Digital Forensic Method (Reverse Image Search)
2: The Wayback Machine
3: Alternative Video Archives
4: Search by Video I
5: Recovering Metadata from Playlists

https://picknar.com/how-to-watch-a-deleted-youtube-video/

By PicknarTeam

OSINT Browsers Extenions Lists


https://start.me/p/p1qj2E/osint-extensions
https://i-intelligence.eu/insights/2025-02-10-the-best-chrome-extensions-for-osint-professionals-researchers-and-journalists-in-2025
https://github.com/CScorza/EstensioniChromeOSINT
https://github.com/ubikron/awesome-osint-chrome-extensions
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alozano-cibergy_31daysofosint-advancedosint-cyber-activity-7409313591129948160-FzNx
https://github.com/The-Osint-Toolbox/OSINT-Browser-Extensions
https://github.com/osintambition/Awesome-Browser-Extensions-for-OSINT

How Hackers Find Secrets Hidden in Public Websites

Open-source recon (OSINT): map the public footprint
Hunt in source code  -  GitHub, JS, and public repos
Secret scanning & live monitoring
Wayback Machine & historical artifacts

By Vipu Sonule

https://thehackerslog.substack.com/p/how-hackers-find-secrets-hidden-in

A list of reverse image search engines that I learned about relatively recently:

surfface.com
reversly.ai
PicDetective.com
Faceseek.online
faceonlive.com
lenso.ai

#osint #socmint

The Digital Detective’s Arsenal: Essential Tools for Forensics & Investigation


Evidence Integrity & Hashing
Securing the Data
Full Forensic Suites
File Recovery & Carving
Memory & Malware Forensics
OSINT & Reconnaissance

https://medium.com/@eRRoR_/the-digital-detectives-arsenal-essential-tools-for-forensics-investigation-d593083b39be

by eRRoR_

Previously, when analyzing the popularity of a company (brand), it was necessary to look at its ranking in Google. In 2026, it will be necessary to look at visibility in AI assistant responses.

A partially free tool that allows to analyze this in depth

https://search-visibility.ai/

The investigator’s guide to website infrastructure: WHOIS, SSL, and server fingerprinting

Foundational theory and ethical-legal framework
Applied methodology: step-by-step practical implementation
Verification and analysis for reporting

https://spotlight.ebu.ch/p/website-infrastructure-osint-investigation-guide

by Derek Bowler

OSINT EVENTS

Calendar of conferences, workshops, webinars and trainings.

https://osintnetwork.com/osint-events.html

If you have your own #OSINT event, you can submit a request to add it to the list.

OSINT Investigation Reports Templates (FREE)

- breach analysis report
- network reconnaissance
- communication patterns
- domain website
- individual investigation

https://github.com/JambaAcademy/OSINT/tree/main/osint-templates/investigation-reports

By Jamba Academy

CERT | GREP

Search Certificate Transparency logs by domain or part of domain name (with regular expressions and wildcards).

Good for searching subdomains and not only.

https://certgrep.sh/

It seems like an eternity has passed, but it hasn't even been three years since I published two free 21-day courses on OSINT automation (Python and Linux), and Gitpod is no longer free. Therefore, I added notes to the course repositories on how to take them in Github Codespaces.

Python for OSINT https://github.com/cipher387/python-for-OSINT-21-days
Linux for OSINT https://github.com/cipher387/linux-for-OSINT-21-day

WHOISFREAKS

Reverse Whois search using owner name, company name, owner's email, or domain keyword

+ many other domain information gathering online tools

https://whoisfreaks.com/tools/user/whois/reverse/search

The Metadata Problem: How Your Documents Reveal Your Identity, Infrastructure, and Projects

How to Fix the Metadata Problem: A Practical Guide
Why Metadata Awareness Is Critical

https://medium.com/@ingvarpavlovich/the-metadata-problem-how-your-documents-reveal-your-identity-infrastructure-and-projects-d9dd0ea41efb

By Ingvar Pavlovich

Reddit OSINT Tools

- advanced search
- video downloaders
- scrapers
- website mentions checker

and more.

https://www.osinthandbook.com/reddit

By I-intelligence

#osint #socmint

OBSIDIAN GRAPH VIEW

If you want something:

- free
- very easy to use
- very quick to learn

for visualizing investigations in graph form, then try Obsidian Graph View.

Note = node

Documentation: https://help.obsidian.md/plugins/graph

Templates from Micah Hoffman: https://github.com/WebBreacher/obsidian-osint-templates

Time Travel for Web

A simple Chrome extension that allows you to compare the current version of a website with a copy from the Wayback Machine for a specific date. There are horizontal and vertical viewing modes.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/time-travel-for-web/ogckpcboinbcohhilmofkalobpkolkib

#osint #internetarchive

RageCheck

Free online tool to identify engagement bait, fear-mongering, and manipulation patterns in news and social media instantly.

Just copy link or upload screenshot.

https://www.ragecheck.com/


#socmint

VK User OSINT Bookmarklet

New OSINT Bookmarklet by MyOSINT Training

Show maiden name, birthdate, VK ID, last seen date, and other details about VK users (does not require authorization on the website to view information)

https://tools.myosint.training/

OpenRouter

600+ LLM online.

A lot of free (after registration).

You can filter models by input content (video, audio, files, images, text).

https://openrouter.ai/models

#ai

Argus Labs

Free online tool for graph based investigation

No data is stored on third-party servers; only the browser's local storage is used.

Import gtaphs from other tools (Maltego, OSINTracker, Predicta Graph etc)

https://argus-labs.fr/en/community