Digital Forensics Basics: A Practical Guide Using Windows OS

© Nihad A. Hassan 2019

Nihad A. HassanDigital Forensics Basicshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3838-7_10

10. Gathering Evidence from OSINT Sources

Nihad A. Hassan¹ 

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New York, New York, USA

 

What is OSINT and how is it used in the digital forensics context?

In today’s digital age, it is rare to meet a person with an Internet connection who doesn’t also own one or more accounts on different social media sites. People tend to post considerable amounts of personal details on their social media profiles: this includes personal photos, social interactions, and any kind of personal information you can imagine.

From a digital forensics perspective, investigating the person of interest’s interactions with social media sites and with the Internet in ...