Hacking Web Intelligence: Open Source Intelligence and Web Reconnaissance Concepts and Techniques

✍ Scribed by Sudhanshu Chauhan, Nutan Kumar Panda

• Publisher: Syngress
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 280
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Open source intelligence (OSINT) and web reconnaissance are rich topics for infosec professionals looking for the best ways to sift through the abundance of information widely available online. In many cases, the first stage of any security assessment—that is, reconnaissance—is not given enough attention by security professionals, hackers, and penetration testers. Often, the information openly present is as critical as the confidential data.

Hacking Web Intelligence shows you how to dig into the Web and uncover the information many dont even know exists. The book takes a holistic approach that is not only about using tools to find information online but also how to link all the information and transform it into presentable and actionable intelligence. You will also learn how to secure your information online to prevent it being discovered by these reconnaissance methods.

Hacking Web Intelligence is an in-depth technical reference covering the methods and techniques you need to unearth open source information from the Internet and utilize it for the purpose of targeted attack during a security assessment. This book will introduce you to many new and leading-edge reconnaissance, information gathering, and open source intelligence methods and techniques, including metadata extraction tools, advanced search engines, advanced browsers, power searching methods, online anonymity tools such as TOR and i2p, OSINT tools such as Maltego, Shodan, Creepy, SearchDiggity, Recon-ng, Social Network Analysis (SNA), Darkweb/Deepweb, data visualization, and much more.

• Provides a holistic approach to OSINT and Web recon, showing you how to fit all the data together into actionable intelligence
• Focuses on hands-on tools such as TOR, i2p, Maltego, Shodan, Creepy, SearchDiggity, Recon-ng, FOCA, EXIF, Metagoofil, MAT, and many more
• Covers key technical topics such as metadata searching, advanced browsers and power searching, online anonymity, Darkweb / Deepweb, Social Network Analysis (SNA), and how to manage, analyze, and visualize the data you gather
• Includes hands-on technical examples and case studies, as well as a Python chapter that shows you how to create your own information-gathering tools and modify existing APIs

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv
About the Authors, Page xv
Acknowledgments, Page xvii
Chapter 1 - Foundation: Understanding the Basics, Pages 1-13
Chapter 2 - Open Source Intelligence and Advanced Social Media Search, Pages 15-32
Chapter 3 - Understanding Browsers and Beyond, Pages 33-52
Chapter 4 - Search the Web—Beyond Convention, Pages 53-75
Chapter 5 - Advanced Web Searching, Pages 77-99
Chapter 6 - OSINT Tools and Techniques, Pages 101-131
Chapter 7 - Metadata, Pages 133-146
Chapter 8 - Online Anonymity, Pages 147-168
Chapter 9 - Deepweb: Exploring the Darkest Corners of the Internet, Pages 169-185
Chapter 10 - Data Management and Visualization, Pages 187-201
Chapter 11 - Online Security, Pages 203-216
Chapter 12 - Basics of Social Networks Analysis, Pages 217-227
Chapter 13 - Quick and Dirty Python, Pages 229-252
Chapter 14 - Case Studies and Examples, Pages 253-266
Chapter 15 - Related Topics of Interest, Pages 267-274
Index, Pages 275-281