Public sources only. Family, health, personal finances and home address are filtered out at collection. The profile records which categories were dropped.
Before you start
- The person’s full name and company. An email address or LinkedIn URL improves certainty.
- The name, email and reference of the person who authorised the research.
- Research needs a search service that DeepBlocker switches on per deployment. Without it the page refuses with “No research provider configured”. See Troubleshooting.
Steps
1
Open Research
In the console, open Red Team, then Research (OSINT). On the Campaigns page, Research a target first goes to the same place. On a contact, Research this contact (OSINT) opens a smaller form that links the result to that contact.Click New research.
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Enter the person
3
Record the authorisation
Fill in Authorized by (full name), Authorizer email and, if you have one, Engagement / SOW / ticket reference (optional). Then tick: “I confirm I am authorized to run this research and have a lawful basis for it. Public professional context only. The Analyze and suggest attacks step sends the profile facts to an AI provider to infer a psychographic read; see the engagement DPIA.”Click Research target. The page says “This can take up to a minute.”
4
Confirm the person
The profile opens with Identity certainty as a percentage. At 70% or more it shows Confident. Below that the page says “Confirm this is the right person before using it.” Read the profile, then click This is the right person. Nothing can be launched from an unconfirmed profile.
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Read the profile
A short bio sits at the top. Three tabs follow.
The bars measure how much an attacker can learn. They never score anything sensitive.
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Get suggested attacks
On the Attacks tab, under What should the attack get them to do? (the objective), write the goal, for example “approve an MFA prompt”. Click Analyze & suggest attacks. Each suggestion shows a title, the cover story, which facts it uses, a difficulty, why it fits this person, and an Opener.Click Use this angle to open a pre-filled autonomous campaign. Or use the generic drafted scenario offers Use generic draft instead. Both are disabled until the person is confirmed.
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Launch the campaign
The new campaign opens as Autonomous (AI-driven) with the objective and opener filled in, and Remember targets across campaigns on so the caller reads the facts found here. You still pick the attacker, the number and the people, and record the authorisation. See Run an autonomous campaign.
Linking a profile to a person
Link to a contact attaches the profile to someone on your People list. The dialog says: “Attach this research to a contact so a campaign can use it. This replaces any profile already linked to that contact.” Create a contact from this profile makes a new contact with the name and company filled in and links it at once.Past research and deletion
Past research lists your profiles with the date and the certainty. Each has a link icon and a delete icon. Deleting cannot be undone. Every profile carries an expiry date 90 days after it is created. Automatic deletion at that date is not switched on yet, so delete a profile yourself when you no longer need it, or write to contact@deepblocker.ai.Problems
It says No research provider configured
It says No research provider configured
The search service is not switched on for your deployment. Write to us. See Support and contact.
It says Confirm this is the right person before choosing an attack angle
It says Confirm this is the right person before choosing an attack angle
Identity certainty is below 70%. Read the profile, then click This is the right person.
It says Enter a LinkedIn profile URL
It says Enter a LinkedIn profile URL
The address must be a member profile, of the form
https://www.linkedin.com/in/<name>. A company page is not accepted.It says No recent public events found
It says No recent public events found
Nothing recent was found in public sources. The draft scenario is generic. Add context to the campaign before launching, or try with an email or LinkedIn URL.
It says These suggestions are for a different target
It says These suggestions are for a different target
You opened another profile after generating suggestions. Click Analyze & suggest attacks again on the profile you want.