{"title":"Vinny Troia","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinny Troia delves into the dark intersections of technology and crime, offering gripping narratives that explore cybercrime and the shadowy world of hackers. His work blends investigative insight with the tension of crime thrillers, creating compelling stories that unravel complex digital mysteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a compelling mix of technical detail and suspense, with titles that illuminate the challenges of hunting cyber criminals and the blurred lines between online and real-world dangers. 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Drawing from years of hands-on experience in digital forensics, dark web investigations, and adversarial engagement, Troia explores how publicly available and commercially available information—PAI and CAI—are rapidly becoming the backbone of modern intelligence operations, and how a human intelligence network of known cyber criminals helped identify and stop one of the largest data breaches in known history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the legal, operational, and ethical dimensions of collecting and exploiting data from the darkest corners of the internet, including leaked databases, breached credentials, and hidden criminal networks. It breaks down how to discover, process, validate, and operationalise this data in real-world contexts—from attribution and threat actor profiling to national security use cases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll explore the evolution of OSINT within the Department of Defence and the Intelligence Community through exclusive, first-hand accounts from senior officials who helped define its path. You'll also learn how AI and automation tools are being used to validate data at scale, detect disinformation, and supercharge open-source investigations. The book also covers how data is stolen and what happens to it after the theft. Through his direct account as Reddington, Troia provides actual unedited conversations with the cyber criminals responsible for a hack targeting more than 160 companies, including his own interactions leading to the hack, the extortion negotiation and responses with each of the affected organisations, and how the hackers were ultimately brought to justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom discussions of the legal grey areas of data collection, ransom negotiations, and first-hand perspectives of his interaction with well-known hackers, \u003ci\u003eGrey Area\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling and honest account of the realities of the dark web, data theft, and ways in which the intelligence community should be leveraging these methods to help strengthen our national security.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside the book:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBlow-by-blow accounts of one of the largest data breaches in recorded history\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eInterviews and commentary from high-level officials at the CIA, ODNI, DIA, and DOD\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eInformed, insightful commentary on how cybersecurity professionals are using dark web open-source intelligence to strengthen national security, and our country's defences against hackers and foreign adversaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRevealing interviews with experienced hackers who explain a variety of approaches, philosophies, and strategies for combatting and recovering from data breaches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrey Area\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for cybersecurity professionals, intelligence analysts, investigators, and policy leaders navigating the complex intersection of dark web data, national security, and open-source intelligence. 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OSINT refers to the techniques and tools required to harvest publicly available data concerning a person or an organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith several years of experience tracking hackers with OSINT, the author whips up a classical plot-line involving a hunt for a threat actor. While taking the audience through the thrilling investigative drama, the author immerses the audience with in-depth knowledge of state-of-the-art OSINT tools and techniques. Technical users will want a basic understanding of the Linux command line in order to follow the examples. However, a person with no Linux or programming experience can still gain a lot from this book through the commentaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book’s unique digital investigation proposition is a combination of story-telling, tutorials, and case studies. The book explores digital investigation from multiple angles:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThrough the eyes of the author, who has several years of experience in the subject.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThrough the mind of the hacker who collects massive amounts of data from multiple online sources to identify targets as well as ways to hit the targets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThrough the eyes of industry leaders.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is ideal for:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eInvestigation professionals, forensic analysts, and CISO\/CIO and other executives wanting to understand the mindset of a hacker and how seemingly harmless information can be used to target their organisation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSecurity analysts, forensic investigators, and SOC teams looking for new approaches on digital investigations from the perspective of collecting and parsing publicly available information.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCISOs and defence teams will find this book useful because it takes the perspective of infiltrating an organisation from the mindset of a hacker. 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