#tradecraft — Public Fediverse posts

As someone with an interest in cryptography and, I guess as an extension, tradecraft (shout out to Minnesota Spy Club), I thought it was interesting that the Irish military intelligence agency (formerly "J2") decided to "decloak" in the Irish Times:

• https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/the-spy-service-protecting-ireland-inc/ [podcast]
• https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/04/the-spy-is-the-boring-guy-in-a-suit-inside-the-states-military-intelligence-service/ [interview]

It all seems reasonable enough but I don't know about the whole thing about protecting (among other things) "Irish business interests abroad." And then to tell us that they're working for "Ireland Inc.?" IDK. Not really the kind of public image that inspires confidence.

#Spooks #Cryptography #Tradecraft #Facebook #Meta #RegulatoryCapture #Corporatism

#OSINT #Data #Investigations #CognitiveSecurity #Analysis #Tradecraft #Disinformation #AI #InfluenceActivities #INFOOPS
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Plessas Experts Network OSINTirl's last cast is now on YouTube
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Plessas Experts Network OSINTirl's last cast is now on YouTube
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Plessas Experts Network OSINTirl's last cast is now on YouTube
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Plessas Experts Network OSINTirl's last cast is now on YouTube
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OSINTirl on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@osintirl

https://www.exploit-db.com/ another good one #related sites #tradecraft

Tradecraft in the Information Age

Long article on the difficulty (impossibility?) of human spying in the age of ubiquitous digital surveillance.... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/tradecraft-in-the-information-age.html

#Uncategorized #intelligence #surveillance #tradecraft #espionage #privacy #CIA

Tradecraft in the Information Age https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/tradecraft-in-the-information-age.html #Uncategorized #intelligence #surveillance #tradecraft #espionage #privacy #CIA

The Anarchist Cookbook, 2025 Edition:
Recent US political violence aided by DIY murder tradecraft available on internet;
People locators, 3D weapon blueprints, tactical planning – all accessible on the web for potential attackers or terrorists
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/21/political-violence-online-murder-tradecraft
#news #internet #DIY #violence #tradecraft

The #CIA Secretly Ran a #StarWars #FanSite

alternative_right writes: The site looks like an ordinary Star Wars fan website from around 2010. But starwarsweb.net was actually a tool built by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to covertly communicate with its #informants in other countries.
#security #tradecraft #starwarsweb

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/26/2238214/the-cia-secretly-ran-a-star-wars-fan-site?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

https://medium.com/@txrattler/from-handle-to-human-solo-osint-profiling-with-free-tools-68f5672f94ca

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Geolocation drills: worked image verification and failed trails to sharpen instinct and exit discipline.

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Logged passive audio elements as ambient framing tools.

Tuned voice delivery for clarity and precision — applied to case narration and info drops.

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https://medium.com/@txrattler/from-handle-to-human-solo-osint-profiling-with-free-tools-68f5672f94ca

🛰️ Weekly OSINT Download – May 27
Signals tracked. Tools tested. Gaps closed.

📍 Applied Recon:

Practiced identity profiling from minimal data: usernames, metadata, old accounts.

Refined solo background check flow — efficient, client-ready, no fluff.

Geolocation drills: worked image verification and failed trails to sharpen instinct and exit discipline.

Began longform narrative analysis — tracking how pacing and structure shape viewer retention and emotional targeting.

🗂️ Signal Shaping:

Studied why 20-min, 3-arc formats dominate high-retention media.

Logged passive audio elements as ambient framing tools.

Tuned voice delivery for clarity and precision — applied to case narration and info drops.

🛠️ In Progress:

CTF prep: US Cyber Games open soon.

Building quiet authority — showing work through process, not hype.

Laying down content as proof-of-skill, not just noise.

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https://medium.com/@txrattler/from-handle-to-human-solo-osint-profiling-with-free-tools-68f5672f94ca

🛰️ Weekly OSINT Download – May 27
Signals tracked. Tools tested. Gaps closed.

📍 Applied Recon:

Practiced identity profiling from minimal data: usernames, metadata, old accounts.

Refined solo background check flow — efficient, client-ready, no fluff.

Geolocation drills: worked image verification and failed trails to sharpen instinct and exit discipline.

Began longform narrative analysis — tracking how pacing and structure shape viewer retention and emotional targeting.

🗂️ Signal Shaping:

Studied why 20-min, 3-arc formats dominate high-retention media.

Logged passive audio elements as ambient framing tools.

Tuned voice delivery for clarity and precision — applied to case narration and info drops.

🛠️ In Progress:

CTF prep: US Cyber Games open soon.

Building quiet authority — showing work through process, not hype.

Laying down content as proof-of-skill, not just noise.

#OSINT #CTF #CyberGames #SignalWork #OpenSourceIntel #InfoOps #SoloRecon #Tradecraft

https://medium.com/@txrattler/from-handle-to-human-solo-osint-profiling-with-free-tools-68f5672f94ca

🛰️ Weekly OSINT Download – May 27
Signals tracked. Tools tested. Gaps closed.

📍 Applied Recon:

Practiced identity profiling from minimal data: usernames, metadata, old accounts.

Refined solo background check flow — efficient, client-ready, no fluff.

Geolocation drills: worked image verification and failed trails to sharpen instinct and exit discipline.

Began longform narrative analysis — tracking how pacing and structure shape viewer retention and emotional targeting.

🗂️ Signal Shaping:

Studied why 20-min, 3-arc formats dominate high-retention media.

Logged passive audio elements as ambient framing tools.

Tuned voice delivery for clarity and precision — applied to case narration and info drops.

🛠️ In Progress:

CTF prep: US Cyber Games open soon.

Building quiet authority — showing work through process, not hype.

Laying down content as proof-of-skill, not just noise.

#OSINT #CTF #CyberGames #SignalWork #OpenSourceIntel #InfoOps #SoloRecon #Tradecraft

https://medium.com/@txrattler/from-handle-to-human-solo-osint-profiling-with-free-tools-68f5672f94ca

🛰️ Weekly OSINT Download – May 27
Signals tracked. Tools tested. Gaps closed.

📍 Applied Recon:

Practiced identity profiling from minimal data: usernames, metadata, old accounts.

Refined solo background check flow — efficient, client-ready, no fluff.

Geolocation drills: worked image verification and failed trails to sharpen instinct and exit discipline.

Began longform narrative analysis — tracking how pacing and structure shape viewer retention and emotional targeting.

🗂️ Signal Shaping:

Studied why 20-min, 3-arc formats dominate high-retention media.

Logged passive audio elements as ambient framing tools.

Tuned voice delivery for clarity and precision — applied to case narration and info drops.

🛠️ In Progress:

CTF prep: US Cyber Games open soon.

Building quiet authority — showing work through process, not hype.

Laying down content as proof-of-skill, not just noise.

#OSINT #CTF #CyberGames #SignalWork #OpenSourceIntel #InfoOps #SoloRecon #Tradecraft

@hdm @da_667 #tradecraft talk

@robcinos

Questions designed to "trip" you.

If you are genuine, you will be off your balance.

If you are a mastermind spy, you will fake being off your balance.

So the questions are only intended to pick up poorly trained/random suspects.

#tradecraft

Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door - One of 2024's coolest hacking tales occurred two years ago, but it wasn't ... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/11/spies-hack-wi-fi-networks-in-far-off-land-to-launch-attack-on-target-next-door/ #advancedpersistentthreats #tradecraft #security #hacking #biz&it

@percepticon i'd say it is safe to say - don't believe anything you hear, most of it is lies but that goes for everybody, not a particular party #tradecraft

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You've been added to a group chat in Teams accidentally. Do you…
#tradecraft #BusinessEtiquette #MicrosoftTeams

@carl
or that his father was "a notorious confidence man"?

both of these I just learned myself, and by "learned" I mean I scanned a page of Google search results #Tradecraft 😅

https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/le-carrs-people/

@jwz 45 minutes of Harry slowly drilling into next room in the hotel to capture sound. #tradecraft

Broader implications of the Israel-Hamas war

If you're avoiding discussion of this topic, pass on this toot, mute this thread, and consider muting me as well.

The question of what entities, if any, assisted Hamas in its attack, and how Israel and associated powers might assess that intelligence and act on it, and what further implications might arise is ... interesting, in one of those coldly bloody sorts of ways.

Israel's NSO group is among the most capable non-state, or perhaps quasi-state, actors in the surveillance field. Along with the US's NSA, I would suspect that there is at least some signals intelligence surrounding organisation of the attacks commencing five days ago.

There are several national actors which have been fingered, though these are officially denying involvement. News and analysis I've been following has been remarkably quiet concerning this, other than brief mentions. Having nothing to go on but speculation I'll avoid such pointing myself.

There's also speculation that Israel, and specifically PM Netanyahu were aware of a possible attack in advance, with high-level warnings made by Egypt. The thought that the attacks were an opportunistic excuse for a strong action against Hamas and Gaza has also been floated.

Which raises the question of whether or not Israel is considering who is pulling, or funding, the strings on Hamas, and whether or not it sees any advantage in striking behind the curtain. I've seen no indication yet that it is, with mainstream discussion focusing on a probably invasion and occupation of Gaza itself. So a key question is whether or not Israel or its PM are even contemplating broader action(s).

How Israel might strike at a state- or private-individual level patron of Hamas, and what further implications, spill-over, or escalation threats this might raise is fairly blood-chilling to consider.

And in addition to team I, it's worth note that Hamas has strong support by teams T and Q as I'd learnt a few days ago. Those are entities with far stronger relationships with far more substantive countries, including several which are direct allies of Israel itself.

This 42 paragraph explainer from CNN has all of three brief 'graphs discussing a possible wider regional war: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/middleeast/israel-hamas-gaza-war-explained-mime-intl/index.html

The Economist similarly only mentions the dimension in one of 17 'graphs, similarly buried near the end, here: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/10/09/hamass-carnage-upends-joe-bidens-plans-for-the-middle-east

The Financial Times headlines its piece noting the US secretary of state's visit to the region with a focus on avoiding escalation, but puts its focus on other states availing the opportunity to attack Israel, rather than any consideration of what states or entities Israel itself might focus its own vengeance on: https://archive.ph/4XNsm (Archive of paywalled original: https://www.ft.com/content/df7c7ca5-4527-48b8-bfe2-d199ee989846).

Given Israel's past record of cold-served dishes and precision strikes ... this seems like a potentially interesting longer-term story, and might well have #infosec and #tradecraft implications.

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#EricPrince
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Bad #tradecraft

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/us/politics/fbi-spy-ring-political-contributions.html

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Bad #tradecraft

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/us/politics/fbi-spy-ring-political-contributions.html

Modern technologies (such as facial recognition, computer surveillance, ubiquitous CCTV, etc) have made espionage & political sabotage difficult, but some "old fashioned" tradecraft may see a resurgence in utility.

For example, this article describing use of radio for "clandestine communications in cyber-denied environments."

#Tradecraft #espionage #radio #spying #resistance

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/18335330.2023.2209578

Replying to our intro post to add some hashtags: #Farscape #DoctorWho #karaoke #DeepSpaceNine #Tradecraft #CovertOperations #EmperorJoshuaNortonI #SanFrancisco

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What an amazing #spycraft #tradecraft #leak case study! "Fans wanted a war game to be more real, so they leaked classified docs"
https://archive.ph/EYIjj

FBI Had the REvil Decryption Key https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/09/fbi-had-the-revil-decryption-key.html #Uncategorized #externalities #ransomware #tradecraft #extortion #hacking #FBI