Learn how your online activity can be used against you and the steps you can take right now to safeguard your privacy. If i’ve been doxed or added to a watchlist, how long will it last? Learn how attackers gather personal data and how cybersecurity professionals defend against doxxing using ethical osint skills.
What Is Doxxing: How Doxxing Works & How to Prevent It | Avast
Doxxing methods doxxing is the act of gathering and publishing someone's private information online
Below are the most common methods used by doxxers, along with tools and techniques to execute them
Data sniffing intercepting data transmitted over unsecured networks using tools like wireshark or cain & abel Often used to capture login credentials, emails, or sensitive files Bad actors can use any number of these methods (or even just one) to gather information about the people they want to dox What information is leaked in a doxxing attack
Doxxing covers a wide umbrella Being ‘doxxed’ could mean someone posts a link to a public record containing your personal information. You may see your name and pii circulating on social media, websites, or watchlists Receive an influx of abusive and threatening emails, calls, texts, social media messages, and/or physical mail
And/or see or hear about people showing up at your home, work, or events
