Executive Master OSINT & Anti-Fraud Techniques

Introduction

OSINT, is the acronym for the English words Open Source INTelligence (from open sources), and identifies the process/activity of gathering information through the consultation of publicly accessible sources or open sources.

OSINT is the activity performed by Robert Redford's character, codenamed "Condor," in Sidney Pollack's 1975 film "Three Days of the Condor." Redford was a CIA analyst working in a clandestine office in New York City, where he read and analyzed the contents of books, newspapers, and magazines from around the world, seeking hidden meanings, secret codes, and suspicious individuals.

Today, this activity has spread not only among governments, police forces, intelligence agencies, etc., but also among private organizations such as large companies, banks, and financial intermediaries, which are increasingly using this methodology.
The functions most affected are: Internal Audit, Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Risk Management, Recruiters and Investigative Journalists.

The Master's Specialization will present basic and advanced concepts for personnel approaching the world of Intelligence and OSINT in particular for the first time.
The aim of the Master's program is to provide in-depth knowledge of disciplines related to the world of Intelligence, focusing on Open Source analysis methods and their practical applications. Given the predominantly practical component, each student must bring their own personal computer (BYOL - Bring Your Own Laptop).

Location

The Master is available and accessible in the following modes:
– Physical classroom
– Webinar classroom
– E-learning

Structure

17 Blended Modules (8 classroom + 8 e-learning) + Extra Conference.
The Master in OSINT lasts 5 months and is organized into 17 modules attended in blended mode.
Each module includes one day of classroom instruction and three weeks of e-learning. The e-learning module follows the classroom module, exploring the topics in greater depth and certifying skills through assessment tests, which take an average of approximately 10 minutes per day to complete.
The Master's program includes significant hands-on learning, with afternoons dedicated to practical analysis of real-world cases, proposed by the students themselves in the days preceding the program, and the subject of analysis and plenary discussion or exercises led by the instructor.

recipients
The functions most affected are: Anti-Money Laundering, Risk Management, Corporate Lending, Internal Audit, Compliance, Whistleblowing, HR Recruiters, Investigative Journalists, and Private Investigators.

Learning outcomes

The aim of the Master's Degree is to provide advanced technical and theoretical tools for conducting OSINT research on the Internet. At the end of the course, participants will be able to conduct OSINT analysis using both manual techniques and search tool which allow you to:

– find information about individuals and companies;
– evaluate its reliability;
- verify documents of individuals and companies;
– verify the identities of the subjects analyzed;
– verify the ownership of assets and patrimonies of individuals and companies;
– validate data/information for the purposes of correct Customer Due Diligence;
– validate data/information to proceed with a correct SOS;
– identify all social contacts of the subject being analyzed;
– identify all the social activities of the subject being analyzed;
– identify all the social interests of the subject being analyzed;
– produce reports and present results;

In summary, the OSINT Expert will be able to provide the Decision Maker with information that can enable appropriate and considered decisions.

Master's Diploma

At the end of the training course, each student will be able to obtain the Diploma (Parchment) of the OSINT Specialization Master's Degree and the Certificate, which will certify attendance of the training course and the acquisition of specialized skills verified through the tests carried out through a final written and oral exam and tests taken using the School's e-Learning platform.

Achievement is subject to the following conditions:
– regular attendance at classroom lessons;
– regular attendance of lessons on the E-Learning platform;
- passing the required written tests;
– passing the tests provided on the e-learning platform;
The issuing of the Diploma and other qualifications is, however, subject to regular attendance at lessons (at least 80% of the days).

Program

OSINT
- Introduction
– The World of Intelligence
– OSINT: history and definitions
– Characteristics and methodologies of Open Sources
– OSINT matrix
– Methodology, tools, techniques
– Flow charts and mind mappers
– Browser configuration and add-ons

TEAM WORK
– Division of participants into teams
– Team Leader role definition
– Evaluation of the target and available information
– Division of tasks and supervision

OPERATOR SAFETY
– virtual machine
– VPN
– tower
– tails
– fake profiles
– sock puppets
- sms
– VoIP
– fake email
– Moscow rules

SEARCH ENGINES:
– standard
– dedicated
– dorks
– alerts
– custom engines

STANDARD AND NON-STANDARD SOURCES
– Standard sources
– Other sources (Grey literature, Deep web)

VERIFICATION OF SOURCES AND VALIDATION OF INFORMATION
– Evaluation of sources and information
– Rating scales
– Evaluation method

OSINT Tools:
– Maltego
– Recon-ng
– Spiderfoot
– Mapping tools
– Map history
– Street view
– Web scraping: use of Google documents
– Web history
– DNS History

CREATING OSINT REPORTS
– Reporting
– Analysis of real reports

SOCIAL NETWORKS: APIs AND ONLINE TOOLS FOR FINDING INFORMATION ON:
- Facebook
– twitter
- WhatsApp
– Instagram
- Skype
– LinkedIn

GEOLOCATION: TOOLS AND METHODOLOGIES
– IP locator
- Wifi
– Exif data
– HLR
– IBAN

IMAGES AND FILES: METADATA
– Manual and tool-based metadata analysis
– Image analysis
– Logical analysis
– Technical analysis (Error level analysis)
– Reverse image search

MASTER'S FINAL EXAM:
– Written test
– Simulation of an OSINT investigation

Financing

The Master's degree can be financed thanks to the resources made available by the main Interprofessional Funds.