What Is It? I've created the WhatsMyName project on Github (https://github.com/WebBreacher/WhatsMyName) to help with #OSINT searches by using target user names. Here's how it works: We understand that people use the same username across multiple web sites. For example, I am "WebBreacher" on both the Github and BitBucket web sites. Some web sites make it... Continue Reading →
My 3 Favorite OSINT Videos
There are three quick and impactful videos that I like pointing people towards when they ask about how their personal data can be used against them. All are free on YouTube. Enjoy! Data to Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YRs28yBYuI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YRs28yBYuI Amazing mind reader reveals his 'gift' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pYHN9iC9I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7pYHN9iC9I See how easily freaks can take over your... Continue Reading →
Trump Twitter Bot
What I just made a thing on Twitter. It is a "bot". This python computer program runs on my computer and retweets Donald Trump's (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump) Twitter account only if the original tweet came from an Android device. Here's what it looks like for both a tweet from Trump and one that is probably not: Why... Continue Reading →
Changing your location manually in Chrome and Firefox
Our modern web browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox (as well as Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari) have the abilities to use our current location using a variety of techniques. Most of the time, the browser will prompt the user and ask for permission to use the current location on some web site. That... Continue Reading →
Bash Prompt -PS1
Some students in my SEC542 SANS class noted the funky Bash shell prompt I have for my terminal windows and wanted me to share it. So, this is a post to share it. My Bash shell prompt is: ┌─[HH:MM:SS]─[hostname: PresentWorkingDirectory] └──> $ and looks like this in the terminal when I took a pic of... Continue Reading →
Watching You Drink Beer
Announcement of a tool I wrote for OSINT beer drinking purposes. It grabs public data from the Untappd.com web site and analyzes drinking behavior.
Mind over body
This 5 minute clip from the 2006 movie "Facing the Giants" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805526/) recently made me think about my dedication and drive. It is "The Death Crawl Scene" where an unmotivated person shows himself and his team that if you cannot see the "finish line" you can push your body harder and farther than you thought you... Continue Reading →
Career Days
I have had (and continue to have) the pleasure of helping my two children learn and grow into the amazing, wonderful young adults that they are today. Every year their schools have "Career Days" where people in the community take some time away from their work and share with students what it is like to... Continue Reading →