imgops.com - Image toolbox
Photo Search¶
Google Images – Your search results display images and photos related to the target. Clicking on a photo opens a preview of the photo, along with other information, such as the website it is found on, photo size, and similar photos. The photo bar along the top suggests categories you may want to see, which will filter the results. An advanced option is the "SafeSearch" button, which allows you to "Filter explicit results". However, this will greatly reduce the amount of results. Also available are the Search Tools: size, color, type, time, etc. If your target has a common last name, try selecting "Face" under "Type". The "Time" option allows you to filter results to just see photos from the past 24 hours, past week, or a custom range. All of the operators discussed in Module 01 – Search Engines: Search Operators, can be used within your search.
Bing Images – Your search results display images and photos related to the target. Clicking on a photo opens a preview of the photo, along with other information, such as photo size, the next photos from the search, other searches to consider (which may or may not be related), more sizes, similar images, and a link to view the website where this photo is located. Clicking on the image in the preview will link to just that image. Whereas, clicking on the resource will link to the article or website the photo is on. Filter options include photo size, color, type, layout, people, date, and license. Bing does not have a custom date range. Turn off SafeSearch by changing the setting from Moderate to Off. The menu on the side, Related Topics, displays images with names of the target's associates. The text bar located at the top suggests other topics to search, but often these will lead you to false hits.
Yahoo Images – Similar to Google and Bing. Click the small double arrow along the left side of your screen to reveal filter options. Turn SafeSearch off. Filtering by "Latest" will label each photo in the results with how long ago it was updated.
Pic Search – Similar to the other image search engines, but will pull additional images. Filter options are along the left side of the screen. Hovering over an image displays the size and location and clicking an image takes you directly to the website it is on.
Royalty Free Stock images¶
Not OSINT but might be useful in other ways.
Reverse Search¶
Take the photo you have and use it to search. If your target photo is online, copy the exact url of that image (usually ends in .jpg) to use in the below searches.
TinEye – Paste in the copied url of your image under "Enter Image Address" and click the Search button. Alternatively, if you have the photo saved to your computer, you can choose the Browse button and upload your image. The results display websites that the image is found on.
Google Images – Click the small camera icon in the search bar. Paste in your exact url or upload your photo. The results display websites that the image is found on.
Bing – Paste in the copied url of your image under "Image Match" and click the Search button. Alternatively, if you have the photo saved to your computer, you can choose the Browse button and upload your image. The results display websites that the image is found on.
Yandex – Click the small camera icon in the search bar. Paste in your exact url or upload your photo. The results display websites that the image is found on.
Baidu – Paste in the copied url of your image.
Twitter Images¶
Twipho – Log in with your anonymous Twitter account. Search your target, or leave the search entry blank to view a live stream of recent photos, or click the link just below the search bar "Find photos near me" and allow the program to use your location. Finding photos near you will show Twitter photos within 10 miles of your current location. Results can be from Twitter, Instagram, and other networks. If a result has a video camera icon with it means there is a video to watch.
Twicsy – Search by keyword or user name. By default, results display the more recent photos first, but you can load more to see.
Google – Search using the site: operator. For example, site:twitter.com "kevin rose".
Twitter Advanced – Log in to your anonymous Twitter Account. Search your target, then on the next page in the left side menu, click the link to Photos. This will show recent photos for the term you searched. Clicking a photo will open it and display the name of the user that uploaded it, the date, the tweeted message, and more links.
Exif "Photo Metadata"¶
Jeffrey's Exif Viewer – Copy and paste a photo's direct url or upload a photo from your computer. Click the button "View Image At Url" to see all the information within the photo. Information you may see includes a thumbnail, full size image, artist name, camera model, date and time photo was taken, technical details, camera serial number, and much more. Jeffrey's Exif Viewer will not identify information on photos from Facebook or Craigslist, because those sites delete metadata. High end SLR cameras and many cellular telephones will store location data for each photo. As long as that setting is turned on, Jeffrey's Exif Viewer will display a satellite view of that photo's GPS coordinates. If a photo has been cropped, the thumbnail will show the original, uncropped photo, unless the image has been edited using Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Photo Editor.
Stolen Camera Finder – Drag and drop a photo into the search box to identify the serial number and then search for any photos online with the same serial number. Click "no photo?" to manually enter a serial number. Click the image preview thumbnail to view a larger image. Instead of paying to see the website, save the photo and perform a reverse image search.
Commandline¶
```bash tab="macOS" brew install exiftool
```bash tab="Ubuntu"
sudo apt-get install -y exiftool
```bash tab="Windows"
https://exiftool.org¶
scoop install exiftool
```bash
exiftool photo.jpg
https://libexif.github.io/ - GitHub
```bash tab="macOS" brew install exif
```bash tab="Ubuntu"
sudo apt-get install -y exif
```bash tab="Windows"
```bash
exif photo.jpg
Photo Manipulation¶
Error Level Analysis – Explanation of how photos are digitally manipulated.
Foto Forensics – Upload or type in the url of an image for analysis. Hover over the image with your mouse to reveal areas that have been manipulated.