Book cover for The OSINT Handbook: The Complete Guide to Digital Investigation: Intelligence Techniques to Find People, Verify Companies, and Track Public Data Online (The Modern Sherlock Holmes) by Oliveira

The OSINT Handbook

The Complete Guide to Digital Investigation: Intelligence Techniques to Find People, Verify Companies, and Track Public Data Online (The Modern Sherlock Holmes)

2026 Released
86 Pages
1-2 Hours
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Independently PublishedISBN 9798248748532

Do you know what the internet knows about you? Or about others?

In a world where everyone leaves digital footprints, the ability to find the truth has become the 21st century's most valuable superpower. The OSINT Handbook is your passport into the world of Open Source Intelligence.

Forget hacker movies with green screens breaking into mainframes. Real investigation happens in broad daylight, using data that is public but hidden from those who don't know where to look.

In this practical guide, you will learn:

  • Operational Security (OpSec): How to investigate without being detected and create anonymous identities.

  • Google Dorking: Secret commands to find confidential documents and hidden files.

  • Geolocation (IMINT): How to discover exactly where a photo was taken just by analyzing the background.

  • People Profiling: How to cross-reference emails, usernames, and social media to build a dossier on anyone.

  • Corporate Intelligence: How to verify if a company or website is a scam before doing business.

Whether you are a lawyer seeking evidence, a journalist fact-checking sources, an IT professional, or just someone who values their safety and curiosity, this book will transform the way you navigate the web.

Uncover what is hidden in plain sight.

Oliveira

Katrina-Ann R. Kapā'anaokalāokeola Nākoa Oliveira is associate professor of Hawaiian language and the director of Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian language, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

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