OSINT is a rapidly evolving approach to intelligence collection, and its wide application makes it a useful methodology for numerous practices, including within the criminal investigation community.The Tao of Open Source Intelligence is your guide to the cutting edge of this information collection capability.
Cover
Title
Copyright
Preface
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: “What Can Open Source Intelligence Do For Me?”
Four key concepts
What to expect from the rest of this book
Chapter 1: The Surface Web
Web browsers – the first steps
Flexibility
Extendibility with Add-Ons
Speed
Search engines
Search engines – meta search engines
Cyber geography
(Slightly below) the Surface Web
Metadata (subsurface data)
Specialist search syntax
Specialist web investigation tools
Suggested search and the knowledge of the crowd
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Deep Web
The Deep Web and social media technology
The core principles of networks and how they affect investigations on Deep Web social media platforms
Theory into practice
Platform-specific search tools
The importance of identity online
Final theoretical points
Conclusion
Chapter 3: The Dark Web
What is the Dark Web and where did it come from?
The importance of The Onion Router (TOR) to the Dark Web
The .onion pseudo-Top Level Domain
So much for the theory – now what?
Ticket to ride – now where?
Investigating the Dark Web
Tor2web and the growth of the ‘Borderlands’
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Internet Security for the Smart Investigator
Security: two brief principles
Creating a dedicated research infrastructure
Giving away your identity on the Internet
Going underground – Virtual Private Networks
Advanced concepts of surveillance and detection
Leaving no trace (mitigating scenario 2):
Counterintelligence within OSINT
Encryption
Smart security – using the appropriate solution at the appropriate time
OSINT is a rapidly evolving approach to intelligence collection, and its wide application makes it a useful methodology for numerous practices, including within the criminal investigation community.The Tao of Open Source Intelligence is your guide to the cutting edge of this information collection capability.
Table of contents
Cover
Title
Copyright
Preface
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: “What Can Open Source Intelligence Do For Me?”
Four key concepts
What to expect from the rest of this book
Chapter 1: The Surface Web
Web browsers – the first steps
Flexibility
Extendibility with Add-Ons
Speed
Search engines
Search engines – meta search engines
Cyber geography
(Slightly below) the Surface Web
Metadata (subsurface data)
Specialist search syntax
Specialist web investigation tools
Suggested search and the knowledge of the crowd
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Deep Web
The Deep Web and social media technology
The core principles of networks and how they affect investigations on Deep Web social media platforms
Theory into practice
Platform-specific search tools
The importance of identity online
Final theoretical points
Conclusion
Chapter 3: The Dark Web
What is the Dark Web and where did it come from?
The importance of The Onion Router (TOR) to the Dark Web
The .onion pseudo-Top Level Domain
So much for the theory – now what?
Ticket to ride – now where?
Investigating the Dark Web
Tor2web and the growth of the ‘Borderlands’
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Internet Security for the Smart Investigator
Security: two brief principles
Creating a dedicated research infrastructure
Giving away your identity on the Internet
Going underground – Virtual Private Networks
Advanced concepts of surveillance and detection
Leaving no trace (mitigating scenario 2):
Counterintelligence within OSINT
Encryption
Smart security – using the appropriate solution at the appropriate time
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