OSINT stands for Open-Source Intelligence. It refers to collecting and analyzing information from publicly available sources. Cyber security has 5 Phases among all OSINT or Information Gathering is known as Phase 1 where we have to collect data of our target.

What we get from OSINT: -

Email Address

Phone Numbers

Address

Identities

Background Checks

Social Media Accounts and Information

Criminal Records

Scams

Corporate details

Organisation domain name and DNS

Who uses OSINT: -

Security Professionals

Law Enforcement

Malicious Hackers

Business

Investigators

Journalists

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