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OSINT Tools 1

We will explore a list of tools for OSINT
Sep 18 2023
3 min readHelpdesk, Tools
OSINT 1

Before starting.

Any tool shown here must be used with responsibility and extreme care, the malicious use of any of them is the responsibility of the user.


Shodan

Shodan is a search engine for the internet of things, it can search by IP and explore multiple devices on the network.

  • Ideal for server analysis
  • Offers filters for more specific searches
  • Use for security audits
  • Information gathering
  • Physical location of the server

Hunter

Hunter is a professional email search engine for workers, by entering an organization's domain it will return a list of emails associated with the domain and the source from which it was obtained.

Emailrep

Emailrep analyzes the entered email, provides information about the email such as its reputation and associated accounts, such as social networks among others.


Truecaller

Truecaller allows obtaining information from phone numbers.

  • Allows social engineering attacks
  • Allows SMS Gateway attacks (Only in some cases)

CLARIFICATION: I DO NOT RECOMMEND USING TRUECALLER AS A FIRST METHOD, AS TRUECALLER STORES YOUR LOCAL INFORMATION SUCH AS PHONE NUMBERS, NAMES AND ADDRESSES TO INCREASE ITS DATABASE AND THUS SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD.

Webmii

By entering the person's name, it gives an information score about them on the network.

Similar platforms:

Webmii
Webmii

Instantusername

By entering a username or nickname, it will appear on which platforms that user is registered.

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Reverse image analysis.

Yandex is a powerful search engine, it allows searching by an image and will return more accurate results.

Yandex


Data monitoring and analysis.

Chatwatch

It allows monitoring a WhatsApp number or multiple of them, if the line is colored in a dark purple it means that it is online, this serves to see if two people are interacting, it requires a paid account but its demo version allows its use with limitations.

More espionage utilities HERE

Intelx is a powerful intelligence tool that allows searching by dates, emails and more, additionally it provides information about leaked emails or accounts from databases.

Intelx

In addition to this, there are tools such as TheHarvester, Maltego, Osintagram, Phoneinfoga and more that can be used in your investigation, some of these are native in Kali or ParrotOS, this topic will be addressed in more depth in the entry for Osint-2.

This tool is not always reliable

TheHarvester
TheHarvester

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