AI agents are changing the face of reconnaissance, using public sources to build detailed organizational profiles in minutes. In his guest article for The AI Journal, Josh Taylor explains how these bots work, what they look for, and how organizations can protect themselves.
Originally published in The AI Journal.
Excerpt: " Psychologically, we’re wired for connection and transparency, and these two qualities are then exploited by OSINT bots. Most people aren’t trained to think like adversaries. They don’t recognize that a birthday post could validate a password reset attempt or that a post about the security team meeting up after work presents an opening for attackers.”