Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): Gathering Information on a Target from Public Sources
Course Description
Passive information gathering is referred to as OSINT. This involves gathering information that is free available and made accessible to the general public. Reconnaissance (information gathering) is the first step and a very vital step in ethical hacking/penetration testing. This is where hackers and pentesters spend most of their time gathering information on their target. The more information gathered at this stage will determine the overall success of the whole pentesting exercise.
This course teaches how to perform OSINT using very powerful tools: FOCA, Recon-ng, Maltego, Censys, Shodan, theHarvester, Whois and Nslookup.
Audience
This course is ideal for professionals as well as beginners. This course will benefit anyone who wishes to learn how to find out information about any company or organization. This course will be particularly useful to information security professionals and penetration testers.
Prerequisites
There is no any prerequisites. Everything is started from scratch.
Requirements
1 Computer with minimum of 500GB HDD and 8GB RAM
Internet Connection
Learning Outcomes
Become familiar with OSINT
Know the various OSINT tools
Know how to use the various OSINT tools to carry out OSINT
Know the best tool to use for each case
Course Features
- Lectures 31
- Quizzes 1
- Duration 3.48 Hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 156
- Assessments Self
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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
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SECTION 2: OSINT LAB SETUP
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SECTION 3: FINDING DOMAIN INFORMATION
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SECTION 4: RESOLVING DOMAIN NAME TO IP ADDRESS
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SECTION 5: EXTRACTING META-DATA FROM DOCUMENTS
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SECTION 6: GATHERING INFORMATION ON HOST COMPUTERS
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SECTION 7: GATHERING INFORMATION WITH THE HARVESTER
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SECTION 8: GATHERING INFORMATION FROM INTERNET CONNECTED DEVICES WITH SHODAN
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SECTION 9: CONNECTING AND VISUALIZING INFORMATION WITH MALTEGO
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SECTION 10: GATHERING E-MAILS WITH MAIL-HUNTER
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SECTION 11: GATHERING INFORMATION ON INTERNET CONNECTED DEVICES WITH CENSYS
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SECTION 12: EXTRACTING META-DATA FROM AN IMAGE
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SECTION 13: GATHERING WEBSITE HISTORY WITH THE WAYBACK MACHINE
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SECTION 14: QUIZ
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Samaila Bako
Samaila Bako
This course is a great introduction to OSINT and the several tools that can be used. I strongly recommend it for law enforcement personnel and the intelligence community.
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Usman Adamu
Usman Adamu
Firstly I will like to thanks to Almighty Allah that given me the ability to enrolled Open Source Intelligence course (OSINT). Secondly I really appreciate the Phoenyx Academy for their time, really good to me. My Instructor Faisal Gama may Allah reward you and abundantly, Ameen summa ameen.
14 Comments
I really appreciate Phoenyx Academy for there time because the class was really good to me because I come across so many things that I don’t know about it before
Thank you Patrick. I am glad you find the course useful.
So impressive the way u organized the lectures and the certificate add more Value to the course
Thank you Ashabkaar. I am glad you find the course useful.
Hello Phoenyx Academy,
Pls is there a Certificate at the end of this Course?
Yes, you will be able to download your certificate at the end of the course after taking and passing the quiz.
The course set up and lectures are awesome
Thank you John Wilson Sakala. I am glad you find the course useful.
You have really done a great job, I must confess. Quite impressive!
Thank you. I am so glad you find the course useful.
Wow.
I have high hopes base on the reviews.
I can’t wait to go with this course.
Thank you Godwin C.U. I am hopeful you would find the course useful. Please don’t forget to leave a review after taking the course. If you experienced any issue, you can ask a question on the Forum website.
It was a great course i really enjoyed it.
I am glad you find the course useful. Thank you.