IMINT (Image Intelligence) and GEOINT (Geospatial Intelligence)

Last modified: 2024-02-13

OSINT

IMINT and GEOINT are types of OSINT to reveal desired information from analyzing images.

Basic Investigation

open example.jpg
exiftool example.jpg

Gather Information From Search Engine

Search the keyword which is found in the image.

  • Name
  • Location (country, city, etc.)
  • When does it open

Upload the image in each search engine.


Video (mp4) Geolocation

FFmpeg extracts every single frame from a video.

# -i: input file
# %06d: followed by six digits e.g. img_000001.png, img_000002.png, etc.
# -hide_banner: hide unnecessary text.
# -r: frame rate (e.g. 1 frame per second)
ffmpeg -i example.mp4 -r 1 img_%06d.png -hide_banner