Shreyash Khobragade Top 5 OSINT Tools

Shreyash 13 September 2023

For the first list will start by using kali linux pre-installed osint tools.

1) TheHarvester

TheHarvester is a tool to gather email address,subdomains and ASN records using search engines and third party api’s !

Example usage : theHarvester -d fbi.gov -b all

Flags explanation : -d *provide the domain name of the target* and -b *Provide the source to search with or all to use all the sources*

2) Metagoofil

Metagoofil extract documents from websites using search engines.

It can extract “pdf,doc,xls,ppt,odp,ods,docx,xlsx and pptx”.

Example usage : metagoofil -d fbi.gov -t pdf-l 50 -o results/

Flag explanation : -d *target domain* -t *document type* -l *max search results* -o *output directory*

3) Spiderfoot

Spidefoot is an ALL in One osint tool.

It is similar to maltego.

You can search for emails,subdomains,ip’s, employee names , reverse ip etc……

4) Recon-ng

recon-ng is a flexibale tool with api and database support.

It is very useful when doing information gathering on domains,ip’s and employee emails.

5) Maltego

Maltego it is similar put superior to spiderfoot.

Maltego is one of the best when it comes to osint , has been and still being used by LE to conduct osint activities.

I recommend you this tool 75% as it is now being a lil too cocky for CE (free edition).

Stay safe and enjoy