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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
Home Users