Open source intelligence information gathering (OSINT)
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OSINT involves gathering publicly available information from the internet for intelligence purposes. It targets individuals, groups, regions, organizations and topics. The OSINT process involves identifying sources, mining and harvesting data, processing it, and producing a final result. The main objectives of OSINT are to create a smart system that enables entities to know what public information about them is online and how to eradicate it, in order to reduce risks of attacks. OSINT can be used from both offensive and defensive security perspectives.
Open source intelligence information gathering (OSINT)
- 1. P B Y O G H E N E O V I E R A L P H O T U T U Open Source Intelligence Information Gathering ( OSINT )
- 2. WHAT IS OSINT? OSINT is all about gathering publicly available Data from the Internet which can be obtained legally and processed into real intelligent information. It's not related to Open Source Software
- 3. OSINT TARGETS Individuals / Group Geographic Regions Topics Governmental Organizations Non-governmental Organizations O F F E N S I V E S E C U R I T Y
- 4. OSINT PROCESSES Source Identification Data Mining/ Harvesting Processing Data Final Result Measure to eradicate publicly available data I N F O R M A T I O N G A T H E R I N G
- 5. OBJECTIVES OF OSINT O n e o f t h e M a i n o b j e c t i v e s o f O S I N T i s t o a c t u a l l y c r e a t e a s m a r t s y s t e m w h e r e b y i t c a n e n a b l e i n d i v i d u a l s / C o r p o r a t e b o d i e s t o k n o w a b o u t t h e i r p u b l i c l y a v a i l a b l e i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e i n t e r n e t t h a t a i d a n a t t a c k e r a n d f i n d i n g m e a s u r e s t o E r a d i c a t e o r r e d u c e t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n t o a n e x t e n t .
- 6. AIMS OF OSINT FROM AN OFFENSIVE PERSPECTIVE Finding as much as possible information about a target that would aid an attack. Phishing and Whaling. Social Engineering. Password Brute Forcing attack.
- 7. AIMS OF OSINT FROM A DEFENSIVE PERSPECTIVE Helps to discover & eradicate publicly available information that could lead to an attack. Help find Bad guys and Terrorist on the internet
- 8. Source Of Information S o c i a l M e d i a B l o g s P u b l i c F o r u m s . D e e p w e b . S h o d a n . W i k i s i t e s . j o u r n a l s . E x p l o i t d b . M e t a d a t a . P u b l i c f i l e ( i m a g e s , p d f ) .
- 9. P O S I N T THANK YOU!