Open Source Intelligence Exposed: How Hackers Use Public Data to Target People, Passwords, and Critical Systems

Episode 79 November 04, 2025 00:24:25
Open Source Intelligence Exposed: How Hackers Use Public Data to Target People, Passwords, and Critical Systems
PrOTect It All
Open Source Intelligence Exposed: How Hackers Use Public Data to Target People, Passwords, and Critical Systems

Nov 04 2025 | 00:24:25

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Hosted By

Aaron Crow

Show Notes

Think your company’s private data is safe? Think again.

In this episode of Protect It All, host Aaron Crow pulls back the curtain on one of cybersecurity’s most underestimated frontiers - Open Source Intelligence. He reveals how attackers leverage publicly available data from LinkedIn profiles to leak passwords, mapping out targets, infiltrating systems, and exploiting the human attack surface.

Drawing from real-world incidents and years of experience across IT and OT security, Aaron explains:

Whether you’re a cybersecurity professional, executive, or simply digital-curious, this episode will change how you think about “public information.”

Tune in to learn how Open Source Intelligence can both expose and empower your cybersecurity strategy - only on Protect It All.

Key Moments: 

06:17 Securing Domain Admin Accounts

09:09 Proactive Employee Security Monitoring

12:19 "Protecting Human Attack Surfaces"

16:48 "Enhancing Cybersecurity with Open Source Intelligence

18:49 Exposed Data Response Process

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