OSINT Hacks on Mining the Russian Internet

Last Updated on Friday, 5 February 2010 10:21 Written by Jeffreycarr Friday, 5 February 2010 10:21

I’m very excited about launching OSINT Hacks on Mining the Russian Internet, which will teach attendees the sources and methods that GreyLogic/Project Grey Goose investigators use to conduct OSINT via the Russian Internet. This two day course will be offered through the IO Institute and will immediately follow InfoWarCon on May 17th and 18th.

Description: Open source intelligence collection on the Russian Internet (Runet) can be challenging at best. U.S. IP addresses are sporadically blocked from accessing certain Russian forums and websites. Google has very limited data indexed on Runet. Machine translation from Russian to English is frequently poor or barely adequate. Personal identifying information is prioritized differently in the Russian Federation than in the United States.There is an entirely new universe of social networking and gaming sites to mine that are exclusive to Runet and which are loaded with valuable information on Russian Ministry of Defense key assets (locations of nuclear bases, submarine schedules, Spetsnatz deployments, etc.).

The OSINT Hacks course will teach you how to maximize your intelligence gathering resources and mine a rich variety of high value data from the closely monitored and tightly controlled Russian Internet through a combination of actual Project Grey Goose case studies and new resources developed by GreyLogic for this course.

Also, if your agency or company would like me to teach this course at your facility, the IO Institute has agreed to extend that option to you as long as you can provide a minimum of six registrants. You can also pick the dates that are most convenient for your group.

I’ve recently posted about the need for a new Cyber Intelligence model here and here. This course will provide you with the essential knowledge you need to implement those changes at your organization or agency. Each attendee will also receive a free copy of Inside Cyber Warfare for preliminary reading before the course begins.