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The OSINT Handbook

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About This Course

The open source intelligence training course covers a wide range of topics, from basic ethical data collecting and ways to stay anonymous to advanced digital surveillance and cyber threat analysis. 

So, whether you're conducting sophisticated digital investigations, digging deep into threat intelligence, or protecting your organization's digital footprint.Learn important methodology, industry-standard tools, and ethical analytical procedures.

Take your career to the next level with the OSINT training, which provides vital skills for OSINT professionals. 

The experience is a vital stepping stone to more advanced professions such as cyber threat analyst, digital forensic investigator, security engineer, and private investigator.

Skills You’ll Get

  • Foundational Knowledge: Understand the passive vs. active OSINT certification online, the OSINT framework, ethical guidelines & best practices. 
  • Digital Anonymity & Privacy: Protect your operational security, maintain anonymity, and effectively conceal your digital footprint during investigations. 
  • Core OSINT Certification Techniques: Master search logic, utilizing specialized search engines as well as directories & leveraging social media (SOCMINT) for intelligence gathering. 
  • Discovery & Reconnaissance: The advanced methods include domain/IP address analysis, website reconnaissance, and extracting valuable information from document metadata. 
  • Advanced Tooling: Get hands-on experience with the industry-leading frameworks & tools like recon-ng, Maltego, and Shodan, as well as an overview of the other open-source tools.
Download Course Outline

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Preface

  • Who this course is for
  • What this course covers
  • Conventions used
  • Get in touch
  • Share your thoughts
  • Download a free PDF copy of this course
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The Secrets Hiding in Plain Sight – Unveiling the Power of OSINT

  • Introduction to OSINT
  • Passive and active OSINT
  • Why OSINT matters in the digital age
  • The OSINT framework
  • Getting started with OSINT and some best practices
  • Summary
3

Invisible and Untouchable – The Importance of Anonymity in OSINT Analysis

  • Introduction to anonymity and privacy in OSINT
  • Protecting your digital footprint
  • Staying ahead of cyber threats in OSINT
  • Summary
4

The OSINT Toolbox – Methods and Techniques for Gathering and Analyzing Information

  • Introduction to OSINT methods and techniques
  • Searching and browsing the surface web
  • Utilizing specialized search engines and directories
  • Exploring social media for OSINT (SOCMINT)
  • Understanding hidden sources
  • Automating OSINT collection and analysis
  • Summary
5

Exploring the Unknown – How Discovery Tools Reveal Hidden Information

  • Introduction to discovery tools
  • Domain and IP address analysis
  • Website reconnaissance – Mastering the unseen layers
  • Document and metadata analysis
  • OSINT data visualization
  • Best practices for using discovery tools
  • Summary
6

From Recon-ng to Trace Labs – A Tour of the Best Open Source Intelligence Tools

  • Recon-ng – A powerful OSINT framework
  • Maltego – Visualizing OSINT data and connections
  • Shodan – The search engine for IoT
  • Trace Labs – A powerful OS designed just for OSINT
  • Overview of the Aircrack-ng suite
  • Additional open source OSINT tools
  • Keeping up with the open source OSINT landscape
  • Summary
7

The Eyes and Ears of Threat Intelligence – How OSINT Helps Mitigate Cyber Risks

  • Introduction to threat intelligence and OSINT
  • Cyber threats and OSINT
  • Cyber threat intelligence platforms and OSINT integration
  • Building an OSINT-driven cyber threat intelligence program
  • Case study: OSINT in a real-world cybersecurity incident
  • Summary
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Protecting Your Identity and Organization from Cyber Threats

  • Understanding the role of OSINT in protecting your identity and organization
  • Personal digital hygiene and OSINT
  • Assessing and strengthening organizational security with OSINT
  • Identifying and responding to cyber threats such as ransomware
  • Investigating cyber incidents and breaches
  • Summary

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Invisible and Untouchable – The Importance of Anonymity in OSINT Analysis

  • Using and Checking GHDB
2

The OSINT Toolbox – Methods and Techniques for Gathering and Analyzing Information

  • Scraping and Parsing Web Data
  • Using theHarvester for Data Collection
3

Exploring the Unknown – How Discovery Tools Reveal Hidden Information

  • Performing DNS Enumeration
4

From Recon-ng to Trace Labs – A Tour of the Best Open Source Intelligence Tools

  • Using Recon-ng for Data Harvesting
  • Infrastructure Footprinting a Website
  • Using Shodan
  • Performing Automation Using SpiderFoot

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The cybersecurity professionals, military & law enforcement analysts, private investigators, journalists, security engineers, & anyone looking forward to gaining enterprise-level digital investigation skills. 

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No, you only require basic computer literacy, which is helpful, but this course covers the ethical & foundational principles of open source intelligence before advancing to complex analysis & tool usage. 

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It validates your ability to ethically & effectively gather, analyze, & present information from public sources to support security, investigation, & strategic decision-making. 

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The Passive OSINT training involves gathering information without directly interacting with the target audience. However, the active OSINT involves interacting with the target, which carries a higher risk of detection. This course also covers both with a strong focus on ethical and anonymous passive methods.

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Yes, OSINT itself is legal, as it uses publicly available data. The course emphasizes ethical & safe practices to ensure that you stay within legal & privacy boundaries. 

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Absolutely. OSINT course is a core skill in cybersecurity & is important for modern research, digital investigation & risk analysis roles. 

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