Gathering Sensitive Information: How a Hacker Doesn't Get DoXed « Null Byte :: WonderHowTo

before I move on to more exciting areas in this series, I want to also point out some things to protect your information & how to not get DoXed.Where Is Your Information?In order to protect your information, you first need to understand where it is. And maybe even why it's there. So let's take a look at some of your basic information that every persons have.Full nameYour name is stored everywhere, meaning every social media account you own, and bank accounts, emails, literally everything.Birth date, phone number & e-mailThis is also pretty basic, and will also be stored many places. Again social accounts bank accounts and much more.Let's move to some more complex information.Bank account infoThis is obviously not stored everywhere, and most likely one place, maybe two at most. This also makes it hard to obtain for a random individual.So now you have gotten a picture of where i'm heading with this.Where Will a Hacker Look?Again, you need to put yourself in the shoes of a curious hacker wanting to obtain your personal information, and thereby you will know much better how to protect your info.He will obviously look everywhere, but he will first use the information he have already and from that information, determine where he should start looking.Lets say our target in this case is our friendMichael Oregonand we only have his name, and seen his face. First thing he will do is probably do a few advanced search queries onGoogle&Yahoopossibly also. An example could be@MichaelOregonThis will display everything containing those two words, especially social media accounts. Now the hacker will have to do some digging.Now we have successfully found a facebook. Good idea would be to go to his profile and see if he has some information on hisAboutpage. YES he did. Lucky for us now we also have hiscity, which then also gives us thecountry, zip code & country code. Already now we have very valuable information on our target.Our intention here is to complete a DoX of Michael Oregon, so lets see what we have so far.Michael Oregon.Protecing Your Personal Information:How can you protect your info when you have 10 social media accounts 3 emails, bank account, address and lots more? You can't. However, you can limit the amount of information you provide to the World Wide Web, and make it harder for curious information seekers to find your info. How will we go about this?Social Media PlatformsTo protect your info, you need to look at the social medias you have, and see how much info you actually filled in your account, and ask yourself?"If I delete some irrelevant info from my account, will I still be able to use it?"If the answer is yes, go ahead and put away that info. This depends on your social media account and what it asks for.Keep in mind, some websites do need specific info for you to be able to operate your account properly, and if removing that info it could result in some issues. However it all depends.So, remove any irrelevant info from all your accounts, because we all know how companies harvest as much info on people as they can possibly get, and you may need to fill in such info when signing up, however you can go ahead and remove that after signing up.NextEmailsBe careful here, because Facebook, Gmail, and Yahoo are the 3 main places it would be ideal to look for an email, and I personally know several methods of obtaining email addresses from these companies, without the individuals consent. Make sure you can "hide" your email, sorta say. So that if an information seeker should seek in that place, he will have no luck.Additional PrecautionsAnything else done after this towards protecting your info, are the basics precautions anyone would take towards protecting their information.Dont click random linksDont become a victim of phising emailsTwo basic and common examples one would use to obtain information.Our Goal for This Series:That is to point out important pointers on how to protect your info online & we will do this by demonstrating it onMichael Oregon, so keep following this series, as we are desperately trying to DoXMichael Oregon.Want to start making money as a white hat hacker?Jump-start your hacking career with our2020 Premium Ethical Hacking Certification Training Bundlefrom the newNull Byte Shopand get over 60 hours of training from cybersecurity professionals.Buy Now (90% off) >Other worthwhile deals to check out:97% off The Ultimate 2021 White Hat Hacker Certification Bundle99% off The 2021 All-in-One Data Scientist Mega Bundle98% off The 2021 Premium Learn To Code Certification Bundle62% off MindMaster Mind Mapping Software: Perpetual LicenseRelatedHow To:Gathering Sensitive Information: Basics & Fundamentals of DoXingHow To:Gathering Sensitive Information: Using Advanced Search QueriesNews:Many Lookup EnginesHack Like a Pro:How to Use Maltego to Do Network ReconnaissanceHow To:Gathering Sensitive Information: Scouting Media Profiles for Target InformationHacking Windows 10:How to Steal & Decrypt Passwords Stored in Chrome & Firefox RemotelyNews:8 Tips for Creating Strong, Unbreakable PasswordsHack Like a Pro:The Hacker MethodologyNews:Apple's iOS 7.1.1 Update Is Now Available: Why It's a Bigger Deal Than You ThinkHow To:Perform Directory Traversal & Extract Sensitive InformationHack Like a Pro:Digital Forensics for the Aspiring Hacker, Part 15 (Parsing Out Key Info from Memory)Hack Like a Pro:Digital Forensics for the Aspiring Hacker, Part 11 (Using Splunk)News:The Sensors in Your Phone Are Giving Hackers Your Passwords & Other Secret InformationHow To:Purge Your Inbox of Account Passwords with Dashlane's Email Security ScannerHack Like a Pro:How to Exploit SNMP for ReconnaissanceHow To:Dox AnyoneHow To:Install Gitrob on Kali Linux to Mine GitHub for CredentialsHow To:Remove sensitive information in Adobe Acrobat 9 ProHow To:Quickly Gather Target Information with Metasploit Post ModulesHow To:Why You Should Study to Be a HackerHacking Windows 10:How to Find Sensitive & 'Deleted' Files RemotelyHow To:Over 4 Million Snapchat Accounts Have Been Compromised—Is Yours One of Them?How To:Encrypt Your Sensitive Files Using TrueCryptDon't Get Doxed:5 Steps to Protecting Your Private Information on the WebHow To:enable & disable Page File EncryptionHow To:How Hackers Use Your IP Address to Hack Your Computer & How to Stop ItHow To:Noob's Introductory Guide to Hacking: Where to Get Started?News:Gathering Data for Fun and ProfitNews:The Girdle Of Venus - PalmistryHow To:Chain VPNs for Complete AnonymityNews:Social Hacking and Protecting Yourself from Prying EyesNews:New Variant of Zeus Trojan Loses Reliance On C&C ServerNews:Achieve Results YouTube ChannelWeekend Homework:How to Become a Null Byte Contributor (3/9/2012)How To:Don't Get Caught! 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