Posted on October 14th, 2012
LinkedIn has become a huge source of personal information during OSINT searches. Recently, LinkedIn has blocked full profile views for free users. It is also becoming more difficult to see profile content of people that you are not connected to through the social network. The below techniques will aid in viewing profiles.
Searching by company
If you are searching for employees of a specific company, searching the company name often provides numerous profiles. Clicking on any of these profiles presents a very limited view, such as the example below.
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You are now required to upgrade to a full premium account in order to get further information. Instead, copy the entire job description under the ?LinkedIn Member? title. In this example, it is ?Marketing Specialist at REDACTED Inc.?. Use this in a custom Google search as displayed in the example below.
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PDF Profile View
Each result will link to a profile that should allow for a more detailed view. This will also usually work without being logged in. After you have identified a specific target, log into LinkedIn and search for the subject?s name. Open the profile and review the information. Some profiles will mask some details if you are not connected to the person. When this happens, select the down arrow next to the blue ?Connect? button and select ?Export to PDF?. This will open a document that should have the full content in resume format. Below is a small section of this content.
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The next blog post will identify how to identify bulk cell phone numbers by matching them to Facebook profiles. This can help law enforcement identify cash cell phones that appear in CelleBrite reports.
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