Irina Tech Tips Newsletter #5 (2023)
Hello, my dear readers!
Thank you so much for staying with me!
Just a reminder that in this newsletter, I will be collecting weekly posts from two Twitter accounts - https://twitter.com/cyb_detective and https://twitter.com/irina_tech_tips.
In this issue:
AI Image editing tools
Factchecking tools
NOosint online tools Chrome extensions
Tech tips
OSINT tools and Chrome extensions
Learning materials
AI image editing
HeyPhoto
Free online AI service for face photo editing:
- change the direction of gaze
- smile makeover
- add emotions
- change gender and age
- anonymize (protect from reverse image search)
Factchecking tools
AI Content Detector
Determines the probability that the text was AI-generated for each paragraph. It's possible to check up to 25 000 characters at a time for free.
https://contentatscale.ai/ai-content-detector/…
FACTINSECT
Free online tool for automating #factchecking. In order to confirm or deny some information, the service provides several arguments with references to information sources.
NOosint tools and Chrome extensions
EnglishXyz
An extension for Chrome to learn English by watching YouTube videos. It allows you to see a dictionary explanation for each word in the subtitles.
Blaze
Browser extension for automating text templates. You can use shortcuts to insert your contact details, email templates, financial details into fields on websites. Partially free.
Tugan AI
AI toolkit AI tool to automate content creation for social networks:
- article to Twitter Thread
- article to Linkedin Post
- YouTube to Newsletter
- YouTube to Twitter thread
- YouTub to Linkedin Post
and much more.
https://beta.tugan.ai/ (7 days free trial)
Tech tips
Interesting feature in Google Bard. Any table created with this AI can be exported to Google Sheet in a second.
OSINT online tools and Chrome extensions
Name Variant Search
Type in a name and get a list of possible spelling options (+ quick links to Google, DuckDuckGo and Facebook searches for each option)
https://bellingcat.github.io/name-variant-search
Perceptual Image Analysis
Chrome extension for quick access to image #forensic tools:
Metadata
Levels
Principal Component Analysis
Slopes
Error Level Analysis
Command line tools
GoGetCrawl
Search and download archived web pages and files from Common Crawl and Wayback Machine.
https://github.com/karust/gogetcrawl
Learning Materials
Awesome AI Developer Tools
IDEs
Assistants
Agents
Search
Code generation
Testing
OpenAI Plugins
and more.
https://github.com/jamesmurdza/awesome-ai-devtools
Security Study Plan
Practical detailed plans to study different areas of cybersecurity:
AWS
Azure
Docker
Web Penetration Testing
Docker
Application Security Testing
Network
and more.
https://github.com/jassics/security-study-plan
APT_REPORT
A huge collection of detailed PDF reports on the activities of dozens of APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) groups. Useful for anyone investigating cyber threats.
https://github.com/blackorbird/APT_REPORT
Trace Labs #OSINT Field Manual
(detailed guide for beginners)
- Getting started
- Ethics
- Safety
- Planning and Preparation
- Techniques
- Resources
https://github.com/tracelabs/tofm/
As of today, that's it. Thank you very much for your attention! See you next Friday! (I hope)