Curated guides
OSINT guides worth opening first
We don’t own these materials. OSINTverse curates them so it’s easier to learn and improve OSINT skills. Credit stays with the original authors, publishers, and communities.
Start here
Three entry points that cover people search, corporate risk, and cybersecurity teams.
Investigators & analysts · 8 min
People search OSINT: email, username, and phone pivots
How to start from a single seed, validate matches across providers, and stop when the dossier is good enough to brief.
Open guideCorporate security · 7 min
Corporate risk OSINT playbook
Vendor diligence, brand abuse, and executive exposure — which SearchIn providers to run first and what to document.
Open guideSOC / CTI · 7 min
OSINT for cybersecurity teams
From alert enrichment to infrastructure exposure — using open and commercial sources without replacing your SIEM.
Open guide
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The rest of the shortlist — use-case playbooks, provider docs, and Hub notes.
- 6 min · LE / public sector
Law enforcement OSINT workflow
Tasking, collection limits, and writing findings that survive supervisory review.
Tasking · Documentation · Review
- 6 min · Journalists
OSINT for journalists
Verification habits, public sourcing, and when commercial breach data belongs (or does not belong) in a story.
Verification · Ethics · Publishing
- 5 min · All practitioners
SearchIn provider guides
Per-integration capabilities, inputs, and pricing — LeakRadar, OSINT Industries, Shodan, WHOIS, and more.
Integrations · Pricing · Inputs
- 10 min · Engineers
SearchIn API quickstart
Same providers as the UI, billed from your wallet — start from the docs when you need automation.
API · Automation · Keys
- 3 min · Everyone
Hub field notes
Ongoing methods writing on hub.osintverse.com — our publication, listed here as one curated entry among others.
Methods · Webinars · Updates
Frequently asked questions
- Where should I start if I am new to OSINT?
- Open a people-search style guide, pick one industry playbook that matches your job, then practice the same query types on a desk you trust. Use our learning path if you want a suggested order.
- Are these guides owned by OSINTverse?
- Not all of them. This page is a curated index. Some links go to free OSINTverse use-case write-ups; others go to Hub notes or third-party destinations. Always check the destination for authorship.
- How often is this guide list updated?
- When we find clearer entry points or retire dead links. Suggest additions via [email protected].
Practice when you’re ready
Guides teach workflow. SearchIn is optional practice on prepaid providers — separate from this curated index.