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OSINT Investigation — Track Anyone with Public Information

Anuj Singh (Admin) 31 March 2026 764 views

OSINT — The Art of Digital Investigation

OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) uses freely available public data to build a complete profile of a target. Governments, corporations, and hackers all use it.

People OSINT

  • Google Dorking: "John Doe" site:linkedin.com
  • Sherlock: Find username across 400+ platforms
  • Social Media: Instagram OSINT, Twitter analysis
  • Reverse Image Search: Google Images, TinEye, PimEyes
  • Phone Numbers: Truecaller, PhoneInfoga
  • Email: Hunter.io, Have I Been Pwned

Company OSINT

  • DNS: Subdomain enumeration, DNS records
  • Technology: Wappalyzer, BuiltWith
  • Employees: LinkedIn scraping
  • Code: GitHub dork for leaked secrets
  • Documents: Google dorks for exposed files

Google Dorking Examples

# Find exposed login pages
site:target.com inurl:admin OR inurl:login

# Find exposed documents
site:target.com filetype:pdf OR filetype:xls

# Find exposed config files
site:target.com ext:env OR ext:yml "password"

# Find cameras
inurl:"/view.shtml" "Network Camera"

OSINT Careers

  • 🔍 OSINT Analyst: ₹8-18 LPA
  • 🔍 Threat Intelligence Analyst: ₹12-25 LPA
  • 🔍 Due Diligence Investigator: ₹10-20 LPA

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