Imagery, People, and Signals Intelligence

Photographs can tell you a lot and threat actors collect imagery intelligence on their targets to identify their geo-locations and any sensitive data in the background of pictures that can be used to improve their operations. People around the world are always posting pictures of themselves, their family members, and their locations on social media platforms without fully understanding how adversaries can track their whereabouts.

In this chapter, you will learn how to analyze imagery and maps to identify the physical location of a target, and collect and analyze data from public databases to identify valid usernames and passwords of people. Additionally, you will learn how to perform wireless signals intelligence to identify wireless devices within an area and profile a targeted wireless network infrastructure.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Image and metadata analysis
• People and user intelligence
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