Dheeraj Yadav
Founder, OSINTverse
Using Pentesting Knowledge in OSINT
10:00 GMT
OSINT Collective · Oct'26
Oct'26: a full day of OSINT, taught by people who do it
Saturday 31 October 2026, 10:00–19:00 GMT. Open to everyone this month. Apply in a minute, add a profile, and a person confirms your seat.
Saturday
31
October 2026
- Hours
- 10:00–19:00 GMT
- Seats
- 500, confirmed by a person
- Cost
- Free
- Where
- Online
Seats open
01
People teach what they know
Every talk is a method, a case, or a lesson that cost the speaker something to learn. Theory stays short; the work is the point.
02
Nobody sells from the stage
No product pitches and no sponsor slots inside the talks. If a talk ends with a sign-up link, it was not accepted.
03
A person confirms every seat
You add a Twitter or LinkedIn profile and we look at it. It keeps bots out and keeps the room a room.
04
It stays free
No ticket price, now or later. Supporters help cover the day and their logos stay off the stage.
Why give it a whole day
A webinar is forty minutes you forget by Monday. A day in a room of five hundred people who applied to be there is different.
- 01
Long enough to learn, not just hear about it
Talks run long enough to show the method end to end, with the dead ends left in. You leave able to do the thing, not only name it.
- 02
A room the size of a good conference
Five hundred people from investigations, journalism, security, and research, all of whom asked to be there. The questions are as good as the talks.
- 03
The stage is open to you
Every edition has open slots. If you learned something the hard way, you can teach it next month.
Who is teaching
Dheeraj Yadav and Saad Sarraj are confirmed. 6 slots are open, and one of them could be yours.
Saad Sarraj
Founder, CyberSudo
Leaked Databases in OSINT Investigations
18:00 GMT
6 slots open. Teach something you know.
The stage is for people who do the work. You do not need a title, a company, or a slide template.
- A method you actually use, shown end to end
- A case you can walk through, with the dead ends left in
- A lesson that cost you something to learn
Not a fit: anything that ends with a product, a price, or a sign-up link.
Email a working title and three lines on what people will be able to do after your talk. We reply to everyone.
Propose a talkThe day
Times are GMT, with your local time alongside. 6 more talks will be added as speakers confirm.
10:00 GMT
Room opens
Welcome, the rules of the room, and how the day runs.
10:00 GMT
Using Pentesting Knowledge in OSINT
Dheeraj Yadav, Founder, OSINTverse
Between
6 open slots
Talks are added here as speakers confirm. Propose one below.
18:00 GMT
Leaked Databases in OSINT Investigations
Saad Sarraj, Founder, CyberSudo
19:00 GMT
Day ends
Thanks, the gift, and the date of the next edition.
Your seat, in three steps
About two minutes of your time. The third step is ours.
- 01
Apply
Sign in and apply in one click. You get a ticket code straight away. That is an application, not a confirmed seat.
- 02
Add a profile
Paste a Twitter profile, a Twitter username, or a LinkedIn profile URL. Only you can see it on your OSINTverse profile.
- 03
A person confirms it
We look at the profile and confirm the seat by email, with a calendar invite attached. You also get a reminder an hour before the room opens.
OSINT Collective Oct'26
31 October 2026 · 10:00–19:00 GMT
Current: Apply
Next: Add a profile
Next: A person confirms
Apply for Oct'26
One click after you sign in. You get a ticket code now and a confirmed seat after a person checks your profile.
Sign in to apply
Free account, magic link, no password.
What keeps the day free
Three things make a free day possible. You can be part of two of them.
A gift for everyone in the room
Every confirmed seat gets something on the day. We announce what it is before the room opens, never as a reason to apply.
Help cover the day
Hosting five hundred people for eight hours costs money. If you or your company want to help, email us. Supporters are thanked once, and their logos stay off the talks.
Help run the day
Moderate the room, keep time, welcome people, and chase the speaker who is late. A few hours of your Saturday for a better one for five hundred people.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is OSINT Collective really free?
Yes. There is no ticket price, no paid tier, and nothing to buy on the day. Supporters help cover costs and stay off the stage.
Who can come to Oct'26?
Oct'26 is open to everyone. Investigators, journalists, analysts, students, and anyone who works with open sources. This edition is not limited to one kind of work. Some later editions may focus on one kind of work; the edition page always says.
What time is it where I am?
Oct'26 runs 10:00–19:00 GMT on Saturday 31 October 2026. The page shows the same hours in your local time, and the calendar invite you get with a confirmed seat adjusts to your time zone.
How do I get a confirmed seat?
Sign in and apply in one click to get a ticket code. Add a Twitter profile, a Twitter username, or a LinkedIn profile URL. A person looks at it and confirms the seat by email, with a calendar invite attached.
Why do you ask for a profile?
To tell people from bots without a captcha or a payment. Only you can see the profile on your OSINTverse profile; it is never shown to other attendees.
What happens at 500 seats?
We stop confirming at 500 so the room stays good. The page then shows a waitlist. Join it in one click and we confirm a seat the moment one opens.
Can I give a talk?
Yes, every edition has open slots. Email hi@osintverse.com with a working title and three lines on what people will be able to do afterwards. Talks that end in a product pitch are not accepted.
What is the gift?
Something for every confirmed seat on the day. We announce it before the room opens, not as a reason to apply.
How is this different from OSINTCon?
OSINTCon is our yearly conference and its recordings. The Collective is the monthly room: smaller, more hands-on, and built around people teaching each other.
Give Oct'26 a Saturday
Saturday 31 October 2026, 10:00–19:00 GMT. 500 seats, free, open to everyone. Apply now; a person confirms your seat by email.