For this very special episode, cohosts Deepak Mehta and Syed Ali Turab welcome guest speakers Valeryia Dockrell, Alex Koutsoukos, and Aaron Barnes to talk about OSINT.

Reach out to Valeryia - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vdockrell/

Reach out to Alex - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-koutsoukos/

Reach out to Aaron - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osint-investigations/

Tracelabs - https://www.tracelabs.org

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

0:35 - Agenda

1:10 - Introducing Aaron Barnes

1:47 - Introducing Valeryia Dockrell

3:17 - Introducing Alex Koutsoukos

5:17 - Inspiration

6:30 - What tools Aaron uses for OSINT?

9:00 - What resources Valeryia leverages?

10:47 - What tools and resources Alex uses?

14:06 - Privacy and Ethical aspects of OSINT

16:36 - Misuse of Information and Ramifications

18:03 - GDPR

20:10 - GDPR still applies to North America

22:04 - Breach of Privacy

26:00 - How to get into OSINT as a beginner?

27:34 - Getting connected with the community

30:00 - Twitter, Medium

31:20 - Aaron’s future plans

32:33 - Valeryia’s future plans

34:10 - Alex’s future plans

35:20 - Aaron’s process during an OSINT CTF

36:45 - Aaron’s setup

37:40 - Valeryia’s process during an OSINT CTF

39:40 - Alex’s process and setup during an OSINT CTF

42:20 - Effective Note-taking

42:40 - Leveraging VPNs

44:40 - Masking your traffic

46:00 - Misuse of information and its consequences

47:00 - Facebook data privacy issues

48:00 - Purpose is key

48:50 - Looking forward to the next OSINT CTF