OSINT

Credits: Sunny Gandhi We delete photos, or delete or deactivate old accounts thinking they’re gone. Every click, search, and scroll leaves a mark that quietly persists in digital corners we rarely see. In today’s hyperconnected world, your online traces aren’t limited to posts or comments. They also include invisible data collected across the web: Cookies & Tracking Pixels: Small files and scripts that track your browsing habits. Data Brokers & Corporate Servers: Companies

Hey everyone! Today, let’s learn about canary tokens. It would be short and sweet, as many of us are enjoying our exam season. But it is still super interesting! I have made sure you won’t miss out on our fun Thursday reads! Canary tokens are digital tripwires. Tripwires are nothing but a trigger which gets activated when something unexpected happens. For example, hiding a secret code in a document or system. If someone tries to decode it or access it without permission, it a

Hey there, It’s Aastha checking in. Though temporarily parted from my trusty laptop, I just can’t bring myself to skip Thursdays. It’s not a rule or anything, just a personal commitment. Anyway, today’s topic is pretty straightforward, known and easy but still important. So, don’t skip out on this basic yet crucial blog post. What is OSINT? OSINT, or Open-Source Intelligence, involves gathering information from publicly available sources like social media, websites, and onlin

What is cyber threat intelligence? Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is one of the latest buzzwords in cybersecurity domain. Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) is the gathering of information from various sources about current or potential threats to an organization. Despite its broad scope & high importance, but it hasn’t reached maturity; nevertheless, it is used by governments, financial services, banking, insurance, ecommerce, healthcare, energy enterprise etc. Okay, we all kn

ExifTool is a command-line application developed by Phil Harvey that allows users to find the metadata of various types of digital files, with a primary focus on image files. The term “Exif” stands for Exchangeable Image File Format , which is a standard used to store metadata in image files. However, ExifTool can handle a wide range of metadata formats found in various file types, including images (JPEG, TIFF, PNG, etc.), audio files (MP3, WAV, etc.), video files (MP4, AVI,