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Michael Bazzell's cybersecurity books

Michael Bazzell is a former FBI cyber-crime investigator and the author of the field's most-used OSINT manuals. He rewrites OSINT Techniques almost every year to keep pace with a fast-moving surface, and Extreme Privacy is its mirror image, written from the defender's side.

  1. 01 · 2024

    Extreme Privacy

    What It Takes to Disappear

    Michael Bazzell's defender-side companion to OSINT Techniques: a step-by-step program for removing yourself from data brokers, public records, and the everyday surveillance economy without going off-grid.

    Intermediate
    5/5· Privacy· Operational Security· OSINT
  2. 02 · 2024

    OSINT Techniques

    Resources for Uncovering Online Information

    Michael Bazzell's relentlessly updated technical manual for finding people, accounts, breach data, geolocation evidence, and online identifiers — the de facto reference of the modern OSINT field.

    Intermediate
    5/5· OSINT· Investigations· Privacy