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

Podcast: PrOTect It All (LS 27 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Open Source Intelligence Exposed: How Hackers Use Public Data to Target People, Passwords, and Critical SystemsPub date: 2025-11-04Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThink 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: How Open Source Intelligence fuels social engineering and insider threat campaigns. Why protecting systems isn’t enough - you must protect people. How to use Open Source Intelligence proactively for threat modeling and risk mitigation. Steps to monitor your digital footprint and reduce exposure before it’s too late. 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 Connect With Aaron Crow: Website: www.corvosec.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronccrow   Learn more about PrOTect IT All: Email: [email protected]  Website: https://protectitall.co/  X: https://twitter.com/protectitall  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PrOTectITAll  FaceBook:  https://facebook.com/protectitallpodcast    To be a guest or suggest a guest/episode, please email us at [email protected]   Please leave us a review on Apple/Spotify Podcasts: Apple   - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/protect-it-all/id1727211124 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1Vvi0euj3rE8xObK0yvYi4The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Aaron Crow | Operational Technology & Cybersecurity Host, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.