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OSINT Crash Course

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This is an intensive 4-hour crash course on open-source intelligence (OSINT), designed to transform your online investigation, threat hunting, and privacy capabilities.

Course Length: 4 Hours

Includes a Certificate of Completion



Next scheduled date: September 8th, 2026 @ 12:00 PM ET

Description

Ready to sharpen your digital detective skills and open your mind to new possibilities? This is an intensive 4-hour crash course on open-source intelligence (OSINT), designed to transform your online investigation, threat hunting, and privacy capabilities. You’ll be exposed to essential OpSec and efficiency techniques, including sock puppets and professional reporting with mind maps.

The course dives deep into people searches, uncovering hidden digital footprints across social media and alternative search engines. You’ll also learn to analyze businesses and websites, explore public breach data, navigate government records, and even interrogate payment apps and web portals for hidden information. This hands-on experience includes real-world challenges, all designed to make you an OSINT powerhouse. No prior knowledge is needed, just a laptop and a desire to excel.

Who Should Take This Workshop

Anyone wanting to level up their online investigations and privacy skills: pentesters, cybersecurity analysts, journalists, law enforcement, investigators, sales, recruiters, and so forth.

What You’ll Learn

  • Learn ways to think outside the box
  • Get exposure to real problems solved with open data
  • Find creative ways to solve difficult problems
  • System Requirements
    • Any laptop with at least 16 GB RAM
    • Internet access
    • Browser (preferably FireFox)
    • Mind Mapping Tool: Obsidian (https://obsidian.md/)
    • No prior knowledge is required

Syllabus

The following topics will be discussed, with examples:

  1. OpSec + Efficiency
    1. Browser plugins
    2. Sock puppet creation process
  2. Reporting
    1. Note taking
    2. Mind Maps
    3. Sample Reports
  3. People Search
    1. Dorking
    2. Bookmarks
    3. Names, emails, addresses, phone number lookups
    4. Username enumeration
    5. Twitter date search
    6. Social media hunting
    7. Alternate search engines
  4. Business + Websites
  5. Exercises / Challenges
    1. We solve challenges together covering various categories
  6. Breaches
    1. Public breach searches
  7. Gov Records
    1. Courts
    2. Housing
    3. Voting
    4. Loans
  8. Application Exploitation
    1. Payment apps
    2. Insurance websites
    3. Web portals
    4. Vehicle plate lookups

FAQ

Difficulty

Intermediate

About the Instructor

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"I specialize in OSINT, Privacy, and Cybersecurity."
Bio

Mishaal is a highly respected figure in cybersecurity, with expertise in ethical hacking, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), social engineering, and privacy. Mishaal’s engaging approach involves live demos, making cybersecurity accessible and enjoyable, while his strength lies in rapidly enhancing organizations’ security posture, saving time and budget.

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OSINT Crash Course

Live Training Mishaal Khan

  • Certificate of completion
  • 6 months class recording access via Discord

For tuition assistance with this course please send an email to: [email protected] 

$25
September 8, 2026 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET
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