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The Trace Labs team has set out to create a specialized OSINT VM specifically to bring together the most effective OSINT tools and customized scripts we saw being used during our Search Party CTF’s. Inspired by the popular Buscador VM by David Wescott and Michael Bazzell, the Trace Labs OSINT VM was built in a similar way, to enable OSINT investigators participating in the Trace Labs Search Party CTFs a quick way to get started and have access to the most popular OSINT tools and scripts all neatly packaged under one roof.
We are continuing to build upon the Trace Labs OSINT VM and welcome any and all feedback. Our goal with this project is to create an OSINT focused VM that provides security, stealth, and the ability to easily save digital forensic evidence during an investigation (such as our Search Part CTFs) all within an easy to use package.
This Linux Distribution is a modified version of Kali Linux which is developed by Offensive Security and contains free and non-free packages. See https://www.kali.org/docs/policy/kali-linux-open-source-policy/ for licensing details. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
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The virtual machine is currently pre-allocated with 4G of RAM, 4 CPU cores and 40G disk space. It requires a 64-bit processor.
Your computer should have the following specifications: OS: Windows 10 x64 / Mac OS X / Linux Distribution x64 Processor: Intel Core i3 2.5 Ghz or AMD Phenom II 2.6 Ghz or greater Memory: 8 Gigabytes of RAM More than 40G of disk space free
If there are not enough resources allocated to the Virtual Machine it will run slowly or hang, particularly when running multiple browser tabs.