OSINT

Define scope: what exactly are you searching for?
Collect: gather sources, URLs, datasets, screenshots, artifacts.
Validate: verify sources, timestamps, and consistency.
Enrich: pivot to related domains, certificates, emails, usernames, repos.
Document: keep notes so the results are reproducible.

Open-source intelligence

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is the practice of collecting information from published or otherwise publicly available sources. Modern OSINT workflows combine search techniques, metadata analysis, cross-referencing, and verification.

A key goal is to quickly find relevant information in large public datasets, while being careful about data quality, false positives, and attribution.