{"id":8659,"date":"2023-09-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/non-categorizzato\/osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T19:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T17:34:21","slug":"osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/osint-en\/osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"OSINT Challenge #1 &#8211; Can you tell where it is?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8659\" class=\"elementor elementor-8659 elementor-8142\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e249b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e249b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/osint-en\/osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is\/#introduction\" >Introduction<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/osint-en\/osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is\/#identifying-the-individual\" >Identifying the individual<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/osint-en\/osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is\/#improving-the-image-resolution\" >Improving the image resolution<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/osint-en\/osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is\/#finding-other-pictures-of-the-individual\" >Finding other pictures of the individual<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/osint-en\/osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is\/#finding-out-the-identity-of-our-individual\" >Finding out the identity of our individual<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/osint-en\/osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is\/#identifying-the-place\" >Identifying the place<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/osint-en\/osint-challenge-1-can-you-tell-where-it-is\/#conclusions\" >Conclusions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-gradient-primary font-weight-bold h2 heading-text el-title_custom_color mb-12\" style=\"\" data-anim-type=\"\" data-anim-delay=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"introduction\"><\/span>Introduction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b54fb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5b54fb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>How easily can someone find out where you have been?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>In a world where we flood our social media with pictures, video and audio contents from our lives, privacy is lacking more and more. We are fine with it, though \u2014 all in all, we want everybody to see us... But are we truly aware of the information that we are posting? <strong>Is a picture really just a picture?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>In this article, we will use Open Source INTelligence (OSINT) to show how it is possible to determine the exact location where this picture was taken:<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-421f139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"421f139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-421f139\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-source-photo.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\"  aria-label=\"Source image that we are using for our OSINT analysis, aiming to identify the exact location where it was taken\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-source-photo.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"Source image that we are using for our OSINT analysis, aiming to identify the exact location where it was taken\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-source-photo.png 723w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-source-photo-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26144ec elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"26144ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Note<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">We have been given this picture as a starting point for this analysis, without any context, nor information of any kind. We don't know where this picture comes from or when it was taken, nor any details about the woman or the other people in it. All we have is just the picture.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efe8822 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"efe8822\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The resolution of the picture is low, and the angle from which it was taken shows just a white ceiling, hiding many details that would have been far more useful for us. For sure, the only elements that catch our attention and can help exclude some places from our assumptions are the structures in the background: spherical metallic cages covered with red lights. We don't know what they are, but they don't look so conventional.<\/p>\n\n<p>Lacking information and details about the place, we can focus our OSINT research on the woman.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a87ae40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-heading\" data-id=\"a87ae40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pix-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"pix-heading-el text-left \"><h2 class=\"text-gradient-primary font-weight-bold h2 heading-text el-title_custom_color mb-12\" style=\"\" data-anim-type=\"\" data-anim-delay=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"identifying-the-individual\"><\/span>Identifying the individual<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87c529f elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-heading\" data-id=\"87c529f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pix-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"pix-heading-el text-left \"><h3 class=\"text-gradient-primary font-weight-bold h3 heading-text el-title_custom_color mb-12\" style=\"\" data-anim-type=\"\" data-anim-delay=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"improving-the-image-resolution\"><\/span>Improving the image resolution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76abd7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"76abd7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The woman in the picture is not a public figure. So, first we must find out who she is. The picture is small and quite blurry, but we can try to improve its resolution to better see the facial traits of our individual.<\/p>\n\n<p>To unblur the picture, these are the best tools that we found online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotor.com\/features\/unblur-image\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fotor<\/a>, which is particularly effective when it comes to faces, thanks to its specific optimizations based on the use of AI.<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/picwish.com\/unblur-image-portrait\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PicWish<\/a>, which strongly increases the resolution of pictures, but could deform some facial traits when, for example, image noise or spots are present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>In the pictures below we can see:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n    <li>Original face, without edits<\/li>\n    <li>Face processed with Fotor, from the original picture<\/li>\n    <li>Face processed with PicWish, from the original picture<\/li>\n    <li>Face processed with PicWish, from the 2nd picture (i.e. the one from Fotor)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-902ef63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img-carousel\" data-id=\"902ef63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pixfort-swiper position-relative   \"><div class=\"position-relative\"><div class=\"swiper  pix-style-standard pix-effect-standard \" data-swiper='{\"loop\":false,\"is_thumbnails\":false,\"has_thumbnails\":false,\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"autoHeight\":false,\"centeredSlides\":false,\"duplicatedItems\":false,\"itemsCount\":4,\"autoplay\":false,\"pagination\":{\"enabled\":false,\"clickable\":true,\"dynamicBullets\":false},\"navigation\":{\"enabled\":false},\"freeMode\":true,\"edgeTransitionParams\":{\"transitionZone\":1,\"slider_style\":\"pix-style-standard\",\"slider_effect\":\"pix-effect-standard\",\"slider_inactive_scale\":false,\"dragScale\":false},\"breakpoints\":{\"767\":{\"slidesPerView\":4},\"1024\":{\"slidesPerView\":4}}}'  data-slides-desktop=\"4\" data-slides-tablet=\"4\" data-slides-mobile=\"1\" ><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-pixfort-slide-index=\"0\"><div class=\"pixfort-slide-inner  pix-p-10\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"shadow-sm text-left w-100 d-inline-block rounded-lg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img rounded-lg h-100\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-original.png 225w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-original-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-original-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-original.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-pixfort-slide-index=\"1\"><div class=\"pixfort-slide-inner  pix-p-10\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"shadow-sm text-left w-100 d-inline-block rounded-lg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img rounded-lg h-100\" width=\"492\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-460x460.png 460w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor.png 492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-pixfort-slide-index=\"2\"><div class=\"pixfort-slide-inner  pix-p-10\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"shadow-sm text-left w-100 d-inline-block rounded-lg\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img rounded-lg h-100\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-picwish-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-picwish-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-picwish-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-picwish-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-picwish-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-picwish-460x460.png 460w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-picwish.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-picwish.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-pixfort-slide-index=\"3\"><div class=\"pixfort-slide-inner  pix-p-10\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"shadow-sm text-left w-100 d-inline-block rounded-lg\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img rounded-lg h-100\" width=\"1968\" height=\"1976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-1020x1024.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-1530x1536.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-460x460.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish.jpg 1968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1968px) 100vw, 1968px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2d3e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f2d3e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>As said earlier, PicWish returns our pictures with a higher level of detail. Using the original photo as the source, however, we see how the application slightly distorts the eyes, the nose and the mouth. The best result is the one that combines both tools, as shown below in comparison with the original photo:<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4284765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"4284765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-4284765\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-comparison.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"Image link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-comparison.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"Image link\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-comparison.png 492w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-comparison-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-comparison-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-face-deblur-fotor-and-picwish-comparison-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e03684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-heading\" data-id=\"7e03684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pix-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"pix-heading-el text-left \"><h3 class=\"text-gradient-primary font-weight-bold h3 heading-text el-title_custom_color mb-12\" style=\"\" data-anim-type=\"\" data-anim-delay=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"finding-other-pictures-of-the-individual\"><\/span>Finding other pictures of the individual<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed34dec elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ed34dec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you are trying to identify someone, having a picture of their face is a great advantage. In particular, we can use it to look for their social accounts, or for other pictures posted online that show the same person. In this case too, the introduction of AI significantly increased the number and the quality of the results, allowing us to not only to look for the source of the original picture, but for any photo portraying the same person. No matter if that someone is elsewhere, has a different facial expression, another haircut and so on.<\/p>\n\n<p>These are the best OSINT sources that we have found to do it:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/pimeyes.com\/en\/\" ref=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PimEyes<\/a>, probably the solution that provides the most results. It features a huge database of pictures taken from open sources, including some CDNs. Social networks are excluded, in compliance with the policies against automated crawling.<\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/search4faces.com\/en\/\" ref=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search4Faces<\/a>, that features advanced filters such as age, nationality, city and gender. Being mainly limited to TikTok and VKontakte, it is particularly effective with individuals coming from Russia or other <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comunit%C3%A0_degli_Stati_Indipendenti\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CIS<\/a> countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Let\u2019s now assume that the individual is not Russian, to show the approach that would be used in most cases. For our analysis, we will then use PimEyes, which looks like this:<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f52e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"1f52e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-1f52e9b\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-homepage.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"PimEyes&#039; Homepage, for searching face images\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2516\" height=\"1231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-homepage.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"PimEyes&#039; Homepage, for searching face images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-homepage.png 2516w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-homepage-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-homepage-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-homepage-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-homepage-1536x752.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-homepage-2048x1002.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2516px) 100vw, 2516px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c239a82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c239a82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Just by clicking on \"Upload a photo\", we can upload one or more pictures of our individual. Automatically, the application will recognize the face and isolate it. At this point, we can filter our results \u2014 for example, we can exclude any explicit content, or set a time range for our research. When everything is set, we can click on \"Start Search\".<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea02765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"ea02765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-ea02765\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"PimEyes&#039; interface after uploading a picture to search for similar faces\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2540\" height=\"1234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"PimEyes&#039; interface after uploading a picture to search for similar faces\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search.png 2540w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-1024x497.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-1536x746.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-2048x995.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2540px) 100vw, 2540px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4592b26 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"4592b26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Note<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">As you have surely noticed from the image above, we did not use the improved picture for our research, but the original one. That is because the improved picture gave no results. It is probably due to two factors: on one hand, the AI that runs the optimization can add facial traits or manipulate them, making the face look different in the eyes of the search engine. On the other hand, the other pictures online may be blurry as well, so they could look more like the original photo.\nDespite this, having a higher-resolution picture will help us recognize our individual among the search possible results.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587516d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"587516d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Starting the research, we obtain impressive results in a few seconds. All the top results show our individual, except the statue... which has quite similar physiognomic features, though.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-510d8a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"510d8a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-510d8a4\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-result.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"PimEyes&#039; interface after uploading a picture to search for similar faces\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2498\" height=\"1229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-result.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"PimEyes&#039; interface after uploading a picture to search for similar faces\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-result.png 2498w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-result-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-result-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-result-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-result-1536x756.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-pimeyes-search-result-2048x1008.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2498px) 100vw, 2498px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f9674a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1f9674a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unless having a subscription plan or paying about 17\u20ac, PimEyes will not show the whole pictures, nor the link to the website from which they were taken. All that it shows us is the main domain from which the pictures were taken and how many times they occurred on different websites.<\/p>\n\n<p>Observing the domains, we notice that they are mainly websites that leak private profiles on OnlyFans, Fansly, and other similar services. Based on this, we draw 3 fundamental conclusions:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n    <li>Our individual is likely to own a private channel for explicit content.<\/li>\n    <li>Whoever sent us this picture may have subscribed to the private channel of our individual (alright, this may not be a fundamental conclusion).<\/li>\n    <li>On one hand, it will be easier to get further information (e.g. social media like TikTok or Instagram for advertising the private channel). On the other hand, our research may get complicated, because several search engines limit explicit results, even when you disable the related filters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9ffc58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-heading\" data-id=\"e9ffc58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pix-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"pix-heading-el text-left \"><h3 class=\"text-gradient-primary font-weight-bold h3 heading-text el-title_custom_color mb-12\" style=\"\" data-anim-type=\"\" data-anim-delay=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"finding-out-the-identity-of-our-individual\"><\/span>Finding out the identity of our individual<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488204e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"488204e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>At this point, we have enough pictures to carry out further researches. Among them, we select those without explicit content, and that were found more than one time. Among the previous results, we see plenty of selfies \"phone in hand\", so we take them as a reference for our research because they are more likely to give us results.<\/p>\n\n<p>For our OSINT research, we will rely on the Reverse Image Search from Yandex (the Russian counterpart of Google), because it filters less explicit content compared to the other search engines. Taking into account the considerations that we made before, this path will probably lead to more results.<\/p>\n\n<p>We open <a href=\"https:\/\/yandex.com\/images\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yandex Images<\/a>, click on the camera icon and upload a picture from the results of PimEyes. To this end, we chose the second picture in the first row.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c8073a elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"0c8073a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-0c8073a\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-yandex-search.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"Results from Yandex&#039;s Reverse Image Search\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1257\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-yandex-search.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"Results from Yandex&#039;s Reverse Image Search\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-yandex-search.png 1257w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-yandex-search-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-yandex-search-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-yandex-search-768x378.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1257px) 100vw, 1257px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32271c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"32271c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this case, we find a perfect match that leads us to the original picture, the exact link from which it was taken and the identity of our individual: <strong>Ekaterina Martynova<\/strong> a.k.a. <strong>kat3martynova<\/strong> or <strong>katmartynova1<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e9268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-heading\" data-id=\"63e9268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pix-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"pix-heading-el text-left \"><h2 class=\"text-gradient-primary font-weight-bold h2 heading-text el-title_custom_color mb-12\" style=\"\" data-anim-type=\"\" data-anim-delay=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"identifying-the-place\"><\/span>Identifying the place<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a78a91b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a78a91b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>To identify the place or other information that could lead us to the place, we move to Google and take advantage of all its limitations in relation to explicit content, focusing on photos and videos that could contain more details.<\/p>\n\n<p>We soon notice that the individual is very active on almost every social media platform. That\u2019s probably what she does for a living.<\/p>\n\n<p>Scrolling through her Instagram, TikTok, VKontakte and various accounts, there are no hints concerning the place we are looking for, or other details. Unfortunately, we don\u2019t know when the picture was taken and how long we should scroll down to find it. So, we take a quick glance at all her other social media too.<\/p>\n\n<p>Entering her YouTube channel, there is a detail that soon catches our eye:<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26a1c53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"26a1c53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-26a1c53\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-channel.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"YouTube channel of the individual\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1252\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-channel.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"YouTube channel of the individual\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-channel.png 1252w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-channel-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-channel-1024x507.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-channel-768x380.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1252px) 100vw, 1252px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259a850 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"259a850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the last video in the bottom-right corner, the dress worn by our individual looks like the one in the original picture. We open the video to check it:<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d9c660 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"9d9c660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-9d9c660\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-dress-compare.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"Comparing the dresses worn by the individual in the original photo and in the spotted video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-dress-compare.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"Comparing the dresses worn by the individual in the original photo and in the spotted video\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-dress-compare.png 723w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-dress-compare-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fca2fa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"fca2fa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is the same dress, quite obviously. In particular, we deduce it from:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n    <li>The same color<\/li>\n    <li>The same wrinkles on the sleeves, due to their length<\/li>\n    <li>The same side slits<\/li>\n    <li>The same white detail on the left flank, above the slit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Reading the description of the video, we acknowledge two fundamental details:<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2169292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"2169292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-2169292\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"Date and description of the video that features the individual with the same dress as in the original photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"935\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"Date and description of the video that features the individual with the same dress as in the original photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video.png 935w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-600x450.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 935px) 100vw, 935px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936ed68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"936ed68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>First of all, we have a date: <strong>April 22nd, 2023<\/strong>. So, we can limit our research to a specific time frame, moving from a range of several years to a couple of months at most.<\/p>\n\n<p>Secondly, according to the description, this dress is meant for an event that she attends <strong>every year<\/strong>, hosted by the <strong>club<\/strong> of an <strong>adults-only hotel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>So, we can assume that there must be several contents shot in the same place, also from previous years. On one hand, we enlarge our research range again. On the other hand, we highly improve our chances of success.<\/p>\n\n<p>At this stage, the first thing we try to do is an advanced search on Google with the following query: \"kat3martynova adult hotel\".<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcd26d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"fcd26d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-fcd26d8\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-hotel-google-search.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"Google&#039;s results based on the research of the terms obtained from the video on YouTube\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1089\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-hotel-google-search.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"Google&#039;s results based on the research of the terms obtained from the video on YouTube\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-hotel-google-search.png 1089w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-hotel-google-search-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-hotel-google-search-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-hotel-google-search-768x401.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1089px) 100vw, 1089px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3784382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3784382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The first result is the video that we have already analyzed. The second one, however, has the same keywords and was posted in the same period. Definitely, it is worth a look. And yes...<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-973cd2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"973cd2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-973cd2f\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-hotel.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"YouTube video in which it is revealed the name of the hotel in the picture\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1877\" height=\"1435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-hotel.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"YouTube video in which it is revealed the name of the hotel in the picture\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-hotel.png 1877w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-hotel-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-hotel-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-hotel-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-youtube-video-hotel-1536x1174.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1877px) 100vw, 1877px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e16b7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"4e16b7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fast-forwarding the video to minute 03:40, we recognize the structures in the background of the original picture, and the description of the video reveals the name of the hotel: <strong>Adam and Eve<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1feb5ca elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"1feb5ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">Note<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">It is worth noting that, in this video, the individual mentions having lived in this hotel for one month. As a matter of fact, the date of this video and the date of the previous video differ by one month, more or less. So, this confirms not only that this is the right hotel, but also the right time period.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4a6172 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"e4a6172\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now we just have to make a simple research on Booking (or any other online travel agency) to acknowledge the exact location where the picture was taken. So, the <strong>Adam &amp; Eve<\/strong> hotel in <strong>Iskele Mevkii Antalya, 07500 Belek, Turkey<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c54e831 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"c54e831\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-c54e831\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"Hotel where the picture was taken\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1630\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-1.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"Hotel where the picture was taken\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-1.png 1630w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-1-1024x502.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-1-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-1-1536x753.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1630px) 100vw, 1630px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db72f90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-img\" data-id=\"db72f90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;pix_scale_in&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"pix-img.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"el-db72f90\" class=\"pix-img-element d-inline-block none\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-2.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"pix-img-el     center d-inline-block  rounded-10\" aria-label=\"Picture of the hotel club, obtained by OSINT analysis\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1256\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-2.png\" class=\"pix-img-elem rounded-10\" alt=\"Picture of the hotel club, obtained by OSINT analysis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-2.png 1256w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-2-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-2-1024x502.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osint-challenge-1-booking-2-768x377.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b2667f elementor-widget elementor-widget-pix-heading\" data-id=\"7b2667f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pix-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"pix-heading-el text-left \"><h2 class=\"text-gradient-primary font-weight-bold h2 heading-text el-title_custom_color mb-12\" style=\"\" data-anim-type=\"\" data-anim-delay=\"\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"conclusions\"><\/span>Conclusions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0adfb38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0adfb38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The purpose of this analysis is demonstrating that even the smallest, blurriest and apparently most insignificant picture without context can be used by attackers proficient at using OSINT to gain much more information.<\/p>\n\n<p>Of course we will not tell anybody to stop posting on social media, or using them. Just be aware that a picture is not just a picture, and every detail can turn into valuable information for those who can seize it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are using Open Source INTelligence (OSINT) to show how it is possible to determine the exact location where a picture was taken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[168,119,167,166,165],"class_list":["post-8659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-osint-en","tag-adam-eve-en","tag-booking-en","tag-challenge-en","tag-open-source-intelligence-en","tag-osint-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9576,"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8659\/revisions\/9576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unlock-security.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}