Challenge

HackerJournal holds a special place in my heart. It’s one of the first hacking magazines I read as a kid, diving into its pages to fuel my passion for hacking and technology. For enthusiasts, it was a real gateway into the world of ethical hacking and cybersecurity. The Article: “I Know Where You Post From” Specifically, the article I worked on in collaboration with Unlock Security, titled “So da dove posti” (I Know Where You Post From), appears on page 36. It details the process I followed to geolocate an individual using only open source intelligence (OSINT) techniques, starting from a single public photo. ...

Inspired by the numerous challenges from Gary Ruddell, Unlock Security introduced a very fun OSINT challenge that I managed to solve: no contextual information, just a single blurry photo with few visible details. 🔎 The Challenge: Can you determine the location where this photo was taken? Step 1: Using Facial Recognition To begin, I used facecheck.id, an online facial recognition tool, to check if the person in the photo appears on any public platform or social media. ...