Every day I write about #osint (Open Source Intelligence) tools and techniques. Also little bit about forensics and cybersecurity in general. Work in https://t.me/netlas
Guide: OSINT gathering on the X platform (Twitter)
- Inspecting X accounts
- X username
- X name
- X profile and header images
- User bio
- Search on X
- X advanced search operators
- Using Google Dorks to search X
https://www.authentic8.com/blog/osint-gathering-x-twitter
Author twitter.com/DarknessGate
#socmint
"OSINT phone numbers like a pro. Best tools and methods revealed." by twitter.com/OsintTeamBlog
- Google Dorks
- Reverse lookup tools
- Phone number hints
- Online reverse lookup tools
- CLI tools
- Breach databases
- Telegram bots
https://www.osintteam.com/osint-phone-numbers-like-a-pro-best-tools-and-methods-revealed/
APIFY social media scrapers
400+ online tools (actors) for scraping data from Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and other social media.
console.apify.com/store-search?category=SOCIAL_MEDIA
Free trial
#socmint #osint
How to Analyze Facebook Posts Using AI
Guidelines that also apply to posts on other social networks and other large amounts of textual information.
https://www.digitaldigging.org/p/how-to-analyze-facebook-posts-using
Author twitter.com/henkvaness
#osint #socmint #ai
FUZZULI
A simple tool to find backup files on a specific domain.
It dynamically generates wordlists from thousands of archive names based on the domain and searches those names in just a few seconds.
https://github.com/musana/fuzzuli
Creator twitter.com/musana Tip by twitter.com/fattselimi
#go #osint
60 indicators to find potentially related sites
informationlaundromat.com analyses the html code of a website and extracts 60+ indicators from it to help find other related sites (using IP search engines like Shodan, Netlas, Censys or source code search engines like PublicWWW).
https://osinttools.io/
Introducing OSINTtools.io: Best OSINT tools directory
Right now, its just the MVP, we are working on making it a Nextgen OSINT tools directory which will be completed soon.
#osint #socmint #osinttools #intelligence #webint #geoint
Amazon Wedding
Allows to use a person's name to find their wedding date, their partner's name and a list of gifts they would like to receive.
Surprisingly, this service is used by a huge number of people.
https://www.amazon.com/wedding/search
#osint
Open Directory Search Tools
List by opendirectories subreddit:
- Search And index Engines
- Search GDrive
- Search Open Directory
- Archiving And Searching Engines
- FTP Indexers
- Multiple torrent sites search
https://www.reddit.com/r/opendirectories/comments/lj0a1e/my_favorite_open_directory_search_tools/
#osint
Arabic Dialects Translator
Online tool for translating texts from 20+ different Arabic dialects.
I hope it will help me understand comrades from Sudan, Libya and Algeria who try to write to me in DM using Google Translate.
https://klemy.qodek.net/staging
Tip by twitter.com/SchiphorstSkip 💓
Open Directory Search Tool
A simple online tool that generates queries to Google to search for audio, video, ebooks and archives in open directories on different servers.
opendirsearch.abifog.com
Tip by twitter.com/DarkWebInformer
Similar tool ewasion.github.io/opendirectory-finder/
Deep Dive into Discord: OSINT Techniques (by Nina Maelainine)
- Discord Server Directories
- Bot Directories and Resources
- Specialized Tools
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#osint #socmint
All text in NYC
Interesting example of a text search service for inscriptions on the walls of Brooklyn.
It is a pity that there is no such service for all cities of the world (Overpass Turbo only allows to find a small portion).
alltext.nyc
Tip by twitter.com/digitalWestie
Pentest GPT
AI assistant that can run different #pentest tools. Available for free:
- CVEMap
- Subdomain Finder
- Link Finder
- WAF Detector
- Whois Lookup
Nuclei, SQLi Exploiter, Katana, and Linux terminal commands are available in the PRO version.
pentestgpt.ai
Secret Files Exposed: How to Find Hidden Documents on the Web
A short Guide by Nina Maelainine on how to search for sensitive files using Google and analyse their metadata.
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#osint
These are the Tools Open Source Researchers Say They Need
Results from a survey of 500 people who use a variety of online research tools.
Will be useful to read for those involved in the development and promotion of #osint tools.
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/08/12/these-are-the-tools-open-source-researchers-say-they-need/
Author twitter.com/Johanna_Wild
7 free online #OSINT Tools
GHUNT - Google account info
Sherlock - nickname enumeration
Holehe - search accounts by email
Ignorant - search accounts by phone
Whois domain lookup
WhatsApp profile info
HudsonRock - email leaks lookup
osint.rocks
Tip by twitter.com/0xtechrock
Overlooked OSINT in the U.S. Court System
An article on how public records of court cases on state websites can be useful for #OSINT + a great list of resources.
https://osint2h22v.substack.com/p/the-amazing-overlooked-osint-in-the
Author twitter.com/DeepWebOsint
3 main techniques for automating document search and analysis on a company’s website
In this article I explain the usefulness of the wget flags --no-parents and --spider for #osint + ways to search for dirs on the site and automatically analyse files.
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Get Whatsapp Profile Information by phone number
ID, description, email, website, location etc
(works not only for business but also for personal accounts, WhatsApp Login no required)
whatsapp.checkleaked.cc
#osint #socmint
A detailed review of informationlaundromat.com, a service that helps identify connections between websites using different methods:
- content similarity analysis
- metadata similarity analysis
- ranking technical website indictors
https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/p/a-look-at-the-information-laundromat
by twitter.com/CraigSilverman
GeoHints
A large reference with pictures of items from different countries:
- license plates
- post boxes
- house numbers
- side walks
- traffic lights
and more.
geohints.com
#osint #GEOINT
Tip by twitter.com/ronkaminskyy
Search Deck
- quickly search Google/Bing using advanced search operators
- bookmark search queries and results
searchdeck.onrender.com
#osint
spokenai.io
AI translator that can translate different dialects.
140 Languages+
130 Dialects+
Creator twitter.com/Spoken_AI
#socmint
PinClicks
New tool to find content on Pinterest (500+ million users worldwide) by keywords and rate its popularity (saves, reactions, comments, creation date).
Free trial.
pinclicks.com
Creator twiiter.com/tonythill
#socmint
Simple tip from twitter.com/bugcrowd which will allow to find domains belonging to a certain company as well as phishing domains:
"© [COMPANY]. All rights reserved." -site:*.companysite com
sploitify.haxx.it
Curated list of public server-side exploits. Search by keyword, filter by vulnerability type, service affected and OS. Detailed description for each exploit (with PoC, Nuclei template or Metasploit module).
Creator twitter.com/haxxm0nkey
Tip by twitter.com/akaclandestine
Dork King
Enter your target domain and get quick links to find pages with SQL Errors, backup files, backdoors, open redirects, log files and more.
https://dorkking.blindf.com/
Creator twitter.com/dirtycoder0124
Good advice on finding sensitive data on the target site from twitter.com/NoRed0x (view pic)
If you don't know why wordlists are needed for #osint, how to use them and where to get them, then read this article:
https://osintteam.blog/how-to-use-gobuster-for-osint-905bc9360024
Measuring Up: How to Calculate the Size of Objects in Open Source Material
- Explaining Perspective
- An Overview of Measurement Tools and Methods
- SunCalc: Establishing a Correlation Between Shadow Length and Object Height
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2023/09/07/measuring-up-how-to-calculate-the-size-of-objects-in-open-source-material/
Author twitter.com/georgeskatzes