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About The Course |
Introduction to OSINT
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Your first stop is our energetic and fun 5-star rated Introductory course, watched by more than 5,000 online students, that open the doors to the amazing world of Open Source Intelligence, showing you what it is and who uses it.
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Operational Security and Privacy
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How do you stay safe and undetected when conducting your research online? This course provides you basic "to do" items that can help you protect yourself, your system, and your organization from both detection and attack.
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Using Search Engines Effectively
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Search engines are the backbone of all great OSINT practitioners. Here, we’ll provide you a solid foundation and deep understanding of how to use them in powerful new ways, taking advantage of advanced search features and the language of search operators.
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People Searching
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People searching involves working with various identifiers to query “people search engines” or other databases. Here you’ll learn the keys to navigating them effortlessly and leveraging their data.
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Physical Address and Phone Number Searches
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Researching addresses is so much more than looking in your favorite map, and phone numbers are modern-day identifiers; tying users to accounts, records, and apps! This course will drastically expand your understanding of how to work with both.
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Email Searching
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Few selectors provide the range of research possibilities that email addresses offer. Learn the concepts of how to research, break down, and connect email addresses to users, online services, data breaches, and more!
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Username Searching
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So often, usernames are the connectors that bridge user activity across all their online presence. Learn how to leverage powerful tools and techniques to make navigating these connections effortless.
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Introduction to Social Media
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With an understanding of usernames, we shift to learning about how to research within social media in OSINT work. This course uses powerful universal concepts to teach you an approach you can use across any social media platform today.
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Image Analysis for OSINT
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Hiding in plain sight, images can be a valuable source of information in our online investigative work. Learn new ways to systematically break down images and conduct research, deriving clues from both what you see… and what you don’t.
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Reverse Image Searching |
Did you know there are ways to search using an image as your prompt? Finding where online an image has been posted, identifying logos or landmarks, and locating similar images to identify a location or individual is a core concept for skilled OSINT practitioners. Learn all about it here!
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Analyzing Domains and IP Addresses
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The internet runs on domains and IP addresses, but the technical does not have to be challenging! This course makes domains and IPs simple, teaching you how to understand them, research them, identify ownership, and how to leverage simple online tools to make connections across the an online footprint.
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Introduction to Website Investigations
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Sometimes you’ll need to dive deeper into who owns a website and how it is connected to other internet resources. This course breaks down concepts to help you dive deeper into what you see on the screen, and what’s beneath.
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Investigative Walkthrough: Using OSINT To Unravel A Fraud Suspect |
With your skill-building courses behind you, it's time to dive into a real life use-case scenario! Follow along as we explore the online footprint of a financial fraud suspect, leveraging the tools, resources, and techniques you've learned along the way! |