IT Forensics · OSINT
Checking company websites for hidden content using OSINT – Forensically detecting unlinked and concealed content
Websites sometimes contain sections that are not linked to or are inadequately protected, such as test environments or old subpages, which are nevertheless accessible to the public.
As part of existing security investigations, we carry out a structured search to determine whether any publicly accessible, unlinked content can be found for a relevant website.
Why LanCologne?
Since its foundation, LanCologne has specialised in professional IT forensics. Our staff have decades of experience in the field of information technology and assist companies, solicitors, private individuals and, on a regular basis, the courts in the technical investigation of complex digital matters.
Our OSINT investigations are always carried out as a complementary component to existing IT forensic, legal or internal corporate enquiries. Every step of the investigation and every piece of digital evidence found is documented and, where technically possible, archived to ensure traceability even if the original online content is subsequently altered or deleted.
Our services
We use SpiderFoot and structured manual research to investigate publicly accessible, unlinked sections of a relevant website and document the results in a manner that is forensically verifiable.
Typical areas of application
This is how a scan for hidden web content works
Publicly accessible search engine indexes and technical methods are used to identify content on the relevant website that is not linked to but is publicly accessible; any such content found is documented.
Why is the examination of hidden web content relevant from a forensic perspective?
Areas that are not linked to but are publicly accessible often pose an underestimated security risk, for example through test environments that have been left accidentally accessible.
The forensic documentation of a discovery helps the affected company to take appropriate countermeasures in a timely manner.
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Do you require a professional OSINT investigation into „checking company websites for hidden content using OSINT"? LanCologne can assist you with the transparent, documented analysis of publicly available digital sources to complement your IT forensic, legal or internal corporate investigations.