Leveraging OSINT and Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning to Identify and Protect Vulnerable Sections of Society

The internet today is the global hub for immeasurable amounts of data storage and sharing. But certain sections of society are extremely vulnerable to cyberbullying, harassment, and cyberstalking on this massive information-sharing forum. Due to these psychological attacks, laws are being made and modified to better protect these vulnerable sections of the society against these attacks which also fall under the purview of cyberthreats. Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) is the publicly available data like newspaper clipping and social media posts that can processed using tools to gather information. Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI and ML) is a technology that aims to make computers more human like by making them learn human behavior. In this paper, we analyze the various possible solutions available and proposed to tackle cyberthreats against women and children. The prospects involve the open-source intelligence technology along with artificial intelligence to detect and tackle cases of breach in cybersecurity to protect the vulnerable sections of society.