New updated edition 2025 - 2026 !The definitive handbook of business intelligence. Offensive Intelligence is a compendium of tips, tools and techniques for finding out everything about everyone, in the corporate world and beyond. Who are the readers of "Offensive Intelligence"?
Investigators. Journalists. Strategic intelligence professionals. Lawyers. Accountants. Tax auditors. Security managers. Fraud professionals. Executives of small to medium-sized companies. Financial, marketing or recruitment managers. Debt collection specialists. Investors looking for tools to secure their projects.
This book is for you if you want to:
Master Google Hacking and in-depth Google research techniques. Uncover hidden information, poorly protected documents and databases. Walk in the Darkweb without (too much) risk. Know everything about your competitors' or partners' projects. Learn how to use OSINT tools (open source intelligence) for finding business data. Become familiar with spy equipment (basic level). Find a person anywhere in the world. Locate a place from a picture. Test facial recognition (it's just amazing). Understand how easy it is to usurp an identity. Use the most recent methods to track the best candidates for a job. Find out everything about the financial health of a company. Find unlikely information on social networks. Detect lies. Learn the techniques of field investigation.
This is a book for learning. It is not written to be read but to be experienced. Philippe Dylewski trained as a psychologist. He ran a human resources consultancy before becoming a private detective, specializing in the search for missing persons. Later, he developed a business intelligence practice. Based in Thailand, he coordinates the activities of an international network of private investigators. He published his first book in France in 2009 and hasn't stopped writing since.
