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Introduction to locations and addresses fingerprinting
From the course: Deep Dive into Open-Source Intelligence
Introduction to locations and addresses fingerprinting
- [Instructor] Sometimes while performing OSINT, you'll want to identify the physical location of an organization or individual. Knowing their physical address can open up a whole world of possibilities. You could do things like dumpster dive for valuable information tossed in the trash. Look for vulnerabilities in the building's physical security posture. Provide a location to kick off social engineering impersonation campaigns, or generate a list of addresses where wireless network attacks could be launched. I was once asked to perform a reconnaissance on an executive who shared his fitness app data on Instagram. Seeing numerous social media posts containing his daily biking route, I was able to overlay a month's worth of data to identify a central point on all his workouts. The heat map of his route ultimately led me right to the road he lived on. Once I located the road on Google street view, I then cross-referenced…
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