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Adrian Alexandru Stinga
• May 28
If I can map your company in 30 minutes, so can a threat actor
Most cyberattacks don’t start with hacking.
They start with reconnaissance.
Before any intrusion attempt, attackers typically follow a structured workflow:
• Identify employees via OSINT (LinkedIn, public data)
• Acquire leaked credentials from breach databases & underground sources
• Test access through credential stuffing & reuse
• Launch highly targeted phishing (including family/social angles)
• Pivot through trusted vendors and supply chain relationships
All of this happens before touching your infrastructure directly.
At that point, the attack has already started — you just don’t see it yet.
The real question is not if your company is being profiled… but how easy it is to do it.
I’ve analyzed multiple real-world patterns from underground ecosystems the process is highly repeatable.
I help companies understand how they are mapped and targeted before an attack happens.
If you want to see your organization from an attacker’s perspective — DM me.
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