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Did you know that you can LEGALLY gather information on a person or place using apps you use every day?

Of course you did, but do you know how powerful these apps truly are or the amount of info you can really get?

Today, we will go over the basics of OSINT

So first, what is OSINT?
Open Source Intelligence is information collected from public sources like the Internet, media or social media. Like I said earlier, since this info is publicly available, it is FREE & LEGAL to gather! It’s what you do w/ the info that breaks laws

For example, Finding a spreadsheet with financial information and reporting it = Good

Using the spreadsheet to access someone's financial account = BAD

Using these resources, you can collect VALUABLE information on any target. But what are they and how can you use them?

For example, did you know you can make more defined searches in Google to get account usernames, email addresses, passwords or even view web cameras!

Search engines like Google and Bing has search operators or “dorks” that can narrow down searches to be more accurate. Some of these operators are listed below

Using one or a combination of these dorks can help you pinpoint what you are searching for. You can find things like exact file types, specific words or terms from a specific website, configuration files....let me shut up before I say too much

But anyway, let's see it in action. Go to Google and type inurl:/view.shtml

What comes back are several cameras that are publicly available on the internet. Click one and watch for yourself

Here is an example of one of the pages that allowed me to view the feed from the webcam.
Some cameras even let you take control and move it around or zoom in and out.

That is one quick example of freely available information. But think of what else you can find?

I won’t cover it here because there are some weirdos on this app that may use this for some dumb sh*t and I will NOT be held responsible

In addition to Google/Bing, there are several tools & you can use to gather even more info like:

Shodan
The Harvester
Recon-NG
Maltego

Learning to use these tools & methods make it easier to find anything. This can be a very powerful skill if used correctly & for right reasons

That is it for today, I really wanted to go more in-depth with another demonstration but after some thought, I decided against it.

Sorry

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