General Search & Investigation Engines

  • Google Dorking → Advanced Google queries to find sensitive files.
  • Shodan → Search engine for identifying connected devices (cameras, servers, IoT).
  • Censys → Alternative to Shodan for scanning online infrastructures.
  • The Wayback Machine → Access old versions of websites.
  • Whois Lookup → Retrieve information about domain owners.
  • Hunter.io → Find email addresses associated with a domain.
  • Criminal IP → Designed to collect and analyze threat intelligence by gathering real-time data on more than 4.2 billion IP addresses and cyber assets.

Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT)


  • Have I Been Pwned → Check if an email has been leaked in data breaches.
  • PeekYou → Find online profiles linked to a person.
  • Maltego → Powerful OSINT tool for data correlation and visualization.
  • Spokeo → Search for personal details via digital footprints.

Company & Infrastructure OSINT

  • Amass → Map subdomains and network infrastructure.
  • theHarvester → Gather emails, subdomains, and company-related data.
  • Spiderfoot → Automate OSINT data collection for specific targets.
  • FOCA → Extract metadata from online documents.

Image & Metadata Analysis

  • ExifTool → Extract metadata from images (location, camera details, etc.).
  • Google Reverse Image Search → Find where an image has been published online.
  • TinEye → Alternative to Google Reverse Image Search.
  • InVID → Verify the authenticity of videos and images.
  • FotoForensics → Detect image manipulation.

Geolocation & Mapping


OSINT Analysis & Automation

  • Recon-ng → Automate OSINT reconnaissance.
  • Mitaka → OSINT research tool for browsers.
  • Hunchly → Web evidence archiving for digital investigations.
  • Buscador → Linux distribution specialized in OSINT.