Scrapping and transcribing TikTok videos with Python

TikTok has been attracting a lot of attention of OSINT investigators in recent years. In this article, I will show how to implement a Python application which downloads TikTok videos and converts speech to text using OpenAI model.

Putting StackOverflow tags into Graphistry

In my previous article, I described how to use my script to show relations between users and tags. This time, we will go into technical details on crawling StackOverflow, transforming data into graphs and using Graphistry to draw them. Technical side You can download the whole application from the following …

[PL] Pro-rosyjska dezinformacja na Twitterze

W ostatnim czasie analizowałem sieć polskojęzycznych kont na Twitterze nastawionych pro-rosyjsko/anty-ukraińsko. W tym artykule chciałem się podzielić swoimi spostrzeżeniami na temat zaobserwowanych wzorców i wyzwań jakie są związane z wykrywaniem dezinformacji. Narzędzia i metody Analizę przeprowadzaliśmy w małej grupie – między innymi z Markiem Czumą z RDF i Piotrkiem Czaińskim …

StackOverflow – technology map

The number of technologies we can find these days can be quite overwhelming. In this article, I’ll show you how to use StackOverflow to better understand which technologies are often connected to one another. You might find this topic interesting if you are a Sourcer/Recruiter (to find better search keywords …

Use of NiFi for OSINT automation purposes (part II)

This is the second article that focuses on using NiFi to automate OSINT activities. This time, we get straight to the practical part. If you haven’t read the first part of this tutorial, you can find it here. Pastebin monitoring tool in NiFi Goal Let’s create some basic but practical …

Use of NiFi for OSINT automation purposes (part I)

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with manual work during your OSINT investigation? Not all of the work should be automated, but definitely some part of it! You can write custom Python scripts and run it when you need, but what if you don’t know Python, or if you just don’t …

[PL] Zmiana aktywności użytkowników na Twitterze po I turze wyborów 2020

This is continuation of election topic (see previous post), so main content is in Polish. We are after first round of presidential election in Poland. I prepared video with couple of graph visualizations in Graphistry. It presents change of users’ activity after annoucement of results (first round). Currently video and …