Course Overview

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping cybersecurity by automating information gathering, accelerating analysis, and enhancing offensive and defensive security operations. From reconnaissance and open-source intelligence to code generation and media analysis, AI enables security professionals to perform tasks more efficiently while uncovering insights that would otherwise require significant manual effort. This course introduces practical AI applications that support ethical hacking, OSINT investigations, and cybersecurity research. This course begins with the fundamentals of reconnaissance, OSINT, AI considerations, legal responsibilities, and setting up a virtual lab environment. It then explores browser configuration, pre-engagement planning, and a wide range of AI-powered tools for report writing, web scraping, PDF analysis, domain reconnaissance, coding assistance, and search automation. The course continues with AI applications in social engineering, phishing simulations, image analysis, geolocation, AI-generated content detection, and penetration testing automation. Finally, learners discover offline AI deployment using Ollama, additional AI resources, and best practices for incorporating AI into cybersecurity workflows. By the end of this course, you will confidently apply AI tools to streamline reconnaissance, OSINT, ethical security testing, and cybersecurity investigations.

What You Will Learn

  • Understand the fundamentals of AI-powered reconnaissance and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) for cybersecurity investigations.
  • Use AI tools to automate research, code generation, reporting, and information analysis for security assessments.
  • Analyze and simulate social engineering, phishing, and AI-generated content while applying ethical security practices.
  • Leverage AI for image analysis, geolocation, domain reconnaissance, and penetration testing workflows.
  • Deploy and integrate AI solutions, including offline models, to enhance modern cybersecurity operations.

Program Curriculum

  • AI Recon Intro
  • Disclaimer
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Major AI
  • AI Myths
  • AI Training
  • Teachable Machine
  • Ollama
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • AI Safety
  • AI Poisoning and SE
  • AI Is Not a Doctor
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • AI Generated Images
  • AI Pose Change
  • AI Deepfakes
  • AI Voice Cloning
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • AI Report Writing
  • Document Analysis
  • AI Sentiment Analysis
  • Charts Templates and Research
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Identify Phishing with AI
  • How AICAN be Used to Identify Bad Links
  • AI in Security
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Project Ava and AI Marriage
  • Moltbook
  • Additional Unusual AI Use
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • Was It Written by AI
  • Deepware AI
  • Chapter 8 Quiz

  • Business Searches with AI
  • AI Phishing
  • Image Enhancement AI
  • AI Programming and Guard Rails
  • Chapter 9 Quiz
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Instructor

Jeff Minakata

Jeff Minakata has worked in the IT industry for over 22 years. He holds various cybersecurity certifications, networking certifications, and engineering certifications such as C|OSINT Certified, trained in CEH v8, CEH v9, CEH v11, CISP, Metasploit certified, Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE), MCSI OSINT Practitioner, and CWA certified. He is an Online Instructor for OSINT, ethical hacking, and network security. He has contracted courses for EC-Council, Udemy, and has written articles for Hackin9 and eForensics magazine. Jeff currently works on the computer networking side and teaches ethical hacking, OSINT, and cybersecurity online. He is passionate about helping people understand OSINT, ethical hacking, and cybersecurity.

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