Using FOCA to collect Metadata about an organization

        Metadata is data about data. I’ve covered this subject before, and will link to other videos and articles at the end of this presentation. Larry, Carlos and Tom have all been an inspiration for this video, and I will link you off to some of their stuff as well.

        Applications can add all sorts of data into the documents they create or edit. DOC, PDF, XLS and other file types can contain all sorts of extra data, like usernames, network paths, printers and application version numbers. This sort of information is great for doing initial research about an organization before doing a pen-test. This video with cover using FOCA, pointing it at a domain name, and grabbing metadata from doc, ppt, pps, xls, docx, pptx, ppsx, xlsx, sxw, sxc, sxi, odt, ods, odg, odp, pdf and wpd files.

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