Leveraging Open-Source Intelligence
Richard Ackroyd, Senior Security Engineer, RandomStorm Limited
The old saying “If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my axe” could not relate more perfectly to this phase. The reconnaissance work you perform will make or break a social engineering engagement. It will truly form the foundations of any work that follows it. There is a wealth of information at our fingertips. This chapter will show you how to find and manipulate it to aid in your assessment. Harvesting e-mail addresses, document metadata, corporate websites, and social media will all be covered.
Keywords
Passive Spider; FOCA; Metagoofil; photographic metadata; Exiftool; image picker; Wget; GeoSetter; reverse ...
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