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Abstract:
This video is a walkthrough of an "easy" Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) challenge on the TryHackMe platform. The narrator starts with a single image file and uses its EXIF metadata to find a username ("OWoodflint") and GPS coordinates. This username serves as a pivot to discover the target's blog, Twitter, and GitHub profiles. Using information from these sources, the narrator successfully identifies the target's city, email, holiday destination, and avatar.
The primary difficulties encountered are finding the Wi-Fi SSID and the password. A notable detour involves a failed attempt to use Kali Linux tools to find the SSID, which is eventually located using the wigle.net database once a daily search limit resets. The final password is found only after using an in-game hint that directs the narrator to inspect the HTML source code of the target's blog, where it was left in a comment. The challenge serves as a practical demonstration of basic OSINT techniques.
An OSINT Challenge Walkthrough
0:55 Initial Breach via Metadata: The challenge begins with an image file. Its EXIF data provides the initial pivot points: GPS coordinates and a copyright tag containing the username "OWoodflint".
2:29 Information Aggregation: A search for "OWoodflint" reveals a personal blog, a Twitter account, and a GitHub profile belonging to the target, Oliver Woodflint.
3:16 Easy Wins: Information is quickly gathered from the aggregated sources. The GitHub profile states he is from London, the blog mentions a trip to New York, and his email is found in a repository's README file. His avatar is correctly guessed to be a "cat".
5:34 The SSID Problem: The target's Twitter provides a BSSID for a Wi-Fi access point. The narrator attempts to find the corresponding SSID using the wigle.net database but initially fails, hitting a daily search limit.
8:25 Failed Over-complication: In a misguided attempt to find the SSID, the narrator installs Kali Linux via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to use network analysis tools. This is overly complex and is abandoned after it fails to work. As far as I can tell, this was a complete waste of time.
12:50 SSID Found: The following day, with the search limit reset, wigle.net successfully locates the BSSID in London and reveals the network name (SSID) to be "Unilever WiFi".
18:11 Password Found in Source Code: After getting stuck, the narrator uses a hint: "Check the source code." By inspecting the HTML source of the target's blog, the password (pennystock.1!) is discovered hidden in a comment.
19:32 Conclusion: The narrator completes the challenge, expressing surprise at the amount of information that could be derived from a single image file by following a trail of digital footprints.