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Course Overview

In the digital age, information is more accessible than ever, making reconnaissance a critical phase in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity strategies. This course delves into Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and reconnaissance techniques used by ethical hackers, penetration testers, and cybersecurity professionals. Understanding how attackers gather information is key to building stronger defenses and identifying exposure points in personal, corporate, and network environments.

This course begins with an introduction to reconnaissance and progresses into setting up a secure virtual lab environment, including VPN configuration, DNS leak prevention, and using sock puppets. You'll then explore people search techniques using search engines, breach data, and tools like Maltego. In the social media chapter, you’ll uncover information through reverse image searches, archived data, and satellite mapping tools. Website and server scanning is covered through tools such as Nmap, Metagoofil, Shodan, and Spiderfoot. You will also learn how attackers and researchers gather infrastructure data using DIG and BuiltWith. The course concludes with essential employee best practices for social media, phishing awareness, and password hygiene, followed by strategies to build strong network defenses with firewalls, IDS/IPS, policies, and auditing.

By the end, you'll understand how digital footprints are traced and learn methods to identify, reduce, and secure your personal and organizational online exposure.

What You Will Learn

  • What is reconnaissance and why it is important
  • Tool and techniques used in reconnaissance
  • How to use reconnaissance tools to defend in different scenarios
  • How to perform a network scan
  • Understand Google hacking and social media reconnaissance

Program Curriculum

  • Disclaimer
  • What is Reconnaissance?
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Setting Up Our Virtual Environment
  • VPNs and DNS Leaks
  • Sock Puppets
  • Some Basic Linux Commands
  • Chapter 2 Lab
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • People Search Engines
  • Data Breaches
  • Password Hashes
  • Maltego: Scanning with Maltego
  • Chapter 3 Lab
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Searching Social Media
  • Internet Archive
  • Maigret: Finding Accounts with Maigret
  • Reverse Image Searches
  • Streets and Maps: Researching with Satellites
  • Chapter 4 Lab
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Glassdoor: A Deeper Look Into a Company
  • Nmap/Zenmap Scanning
  • Metagoofil: Sensitive Document Searching
  • Shodan: The Hacker’s Search Engine
  • BuiltWith
  • Spiderfoot: Spidering with Spiderfoot
  • DIG: Digging Into a Domain With DIG
  • Chapter 5 Lab
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Posting on Social Media
  • Passwords and 2FA
  • Reporting
  • Phishing
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Web Domain Lockdown
  • Firewalls
  • Policies
  • IDS/IPS
  • Auditing
  • Policies Examples
  • Chapter 7 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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