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Hey everyone — Yeti here I recently joined a daily web-app challenge platform called Bug Forge, and they drop fresh daily and weekly hacking challenges to keep your skills sharp. Naturally, I had to jump in. Today I’m sharing my walkthrough of the Café Club challenge — a fun exercise that
Hey everyone — 404Yeti here, and today I wanted to write something a bit more personal. Not a walkthrough. Not a lab. Just the story behind a project that quietly grew into something real. That project is OSINTChallenges. And honestly… it started because something felt missing. The Gap I Saw in
Hey everyone — Yeti here, boots laced, goggles frosted, wrapping up the final Trace Labs challenge of 2025. This one is a beautiful mix of technical OSINT, visual analysis, and contextual reasoning — exactly the kind of investigation that mirrors real-world work. Let’s dig in. 🧊 Objective Suspicious network traffic was observed
Hey everyone — Yeti here, back on the ice for Trace Labs Challenge #13. This one is all about maritime OSINT, visual verification, and avoiding classic investigator traps. We’re given a single image of a vessel at sea and asked to identify: Objective * Vessel name * Flag state * Last reported port
Hey everyone — 404Yeti here, back with another Trace Labs OSINT challenge. This one is a classic metadata deception exercise, and it’s sneakier than it looks. We’re given a photo with EXIF data that almost makes sense… but something’s off. Our job is to identify the true intended
Hey everyone — 404Yeti here, back with Challenge #11 from Trace Labs. This one shifts gears from maps and landmarks into a critical OSINT skill: accurate translation and verification. This is where a lot of investigations go wrong — so we’re going to do it properly. Objective A recent tip included
Decoding a Location from a Cryptic Message Hey everyone — 404Yeti here, lacing up the snow boots for another Trace Labs challenge. ❄️ This one looks simple at first… but only if you recognize the trick. Objective Trace Labs is hosting a secret party, but instead of an address, they’ve left
Hey everyone — 404Yeti back again with another Trace Labs OSINT challenge. This one looks calm and peaceful… but don’t let the clouds fool you. This is a classic low-context GEOINT problem. Objective Identify: * The lake * The geographic coordinates of the lake Tools Used * Google Images — reverse image searching * Google
Hey everyone — 404Yeti back again, knocking out another Trace Labs OSINT walkthrough. Today’s challenge is deceptively simple, but it teaches a huge lesson about not trusting the first answer you see. Objective Identify the zoo where this webcam image was taken Tools Used * Google Images — reverse image searching * Google
Hey everyone — Yeti is back with another Trace Labs OSINT challenge walkthrough. Today we’re tackling Challenge #7, which is a great example of how language, culture, and geography all intersect in real investigations. Objective Identify: * The annual holiday name * The city * The street where the event takes place Tools
Hey everyone — 404Yeti here, strapping in for another Trace Labs OSINT challenge. This one’s a fun mix of aviation tracking, social media pivoting, and geospatial verification. Objective Question: What airport did Elon Musk’s private jet (Tail # N628TS) land at on September 19, 2025? This is a great challenge
Hey everyone — 404Yeti here, lacing up the snow boots for another Trace Labs OSINT challenge. Today’s task mixes visual verification with temporal analysis, which is a very real-world OSINT skill set. Objective Determine: 1. The location shown in a webcam still 2. The temperature at 7:56 PM on