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In this episode, we're joined by Nico Dekens, aka Dutch_OSINTGuy where he talks about lessons in OSINT including the value of operational security, ethics and classes he teaches. He also tells us about his 5W1H method of performing an investigation. We also discussed some blog posts he wrote for ShadowDragon, including one about OSINT on people in heightened emotional states.

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Aidan Raney is the founder of Farnsworth Intelligence, an OSINT company that focuses on due diligence investigations, among others. Aidan freely shares content and tools, has been a volunteer with Trace Labs, teaches OSINT and OpSec.

He presented at both BSidesSF and ShmooCon about "Catching Some Phisherman" where he exposed a large phishing organization.

Aidan has experience with using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in OSINT and has also helped to catch vishing scammers.

Brian Harris from the Covert Access Team is a social engineer, a physical pentester and a member of the black team. If you've heard of blue team, purple team and red team but not black team, you can hear what that is about in this episode!

Brian explains why all businesses should have their physical access tested, regardless of whether they believe the tester would be successful. Also, is it fair to test the third party cleaning crew during a test? We talk about this and a lot more!

Nathaniel Fried is the CEO of OSINT Industries. He's also one of the founding members and current chair of UK OSINT, a non-profit public meetup group.

In this episode, we talk about ways to perform OSINT with only a single selector, such as an email address, a phone number or a username.

We also discussed how he discovered that Donetsk was using western-based IT tools, in spite of sanctions. Nathaniel walked through this investigation with his OSINT methods.

He explained his thoughts on how to get started in the OSINT world, recommendations on areas to focus on and also told us a brief story of how he did not get extradited to the Philippines.

Matt Linton (@0xMatt)is a Googler and former NASA employee and red teamer. He has some opinions on the way we do phishing testing today with comparisons to how fire safety evolved. Even better, he offers solid solutions on how we can do better phishing testing so that people better understand the expectations of them and to still keep the enterprise protected.

In this episode, we discuss a blog post that he wrote for Google. You can read the blog post here: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/05/on-fire-drills-and-phishing-tests.html

Jennifer is a hacker, a social engineer, a locksmith and a private investigator. In this episode, we talk about how she got into each of those fields and about her path to being a part of her company's red team. She has some great social engineering stories including where she's climbing through a ceiling!

Phil Eil is an investigative journalist who has written for publications such as Vice, Huffington Post, the Boston Globe and the Providence Phoenix. But there was always one story he wanted to write.

In his new book, Prescription for Pain, Phil documents the story of Dr. Paul Volkman, a midwestern physician who was convicted of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, plus additional charges.

Phil tells us about the story but also describes the various less-common investigative (OSINT) tools that he used to tell the story.

This is the second part of a two-part podcast episode with Alethe Denis. If you missed the first part, you'll want to go back and listen to that first as this episode picks up, mid-story where Alethe has just caught the eye of a security guard during a social engineering engagement. Can she evade the guard or will the job come to an end?

Alethe is a senior security consultant with Bishop Fox, has given presentations to multiple conferences, including a keynote on redteaming. Alethe was also the featured guest on one of the most popular episodes of Darknet Diaries.

Alethe Denis is the first ever three-time guest to the Layer 8 Podcast. When Alethe comes on, we can swap stories for hours. And we did! This is part 1 of a two-part episode, as Alethe had so many great stories to share.

For this episode, she talks her way into buildings, tells us how she prepares her OSINT and when she knows it's time to go into the building.

Check back in two weeks for part 2!