Security News > 2023 > August > 8 open-source OSINT tools you should try

Open-Source Intelligence refers to gathering, assessing, and interpreting public information to address specific intelligence queries.

The OWASP Amass project performs network mapping of attack surfaces and external asset discovery using open-source information gathering and active reconnaissance techniques.

Sherlock allows you to search social media accounts by username across social networks.

The analysis and public extracted information from this OSINT tool could help investigate profiles related to suspicious or malicious activities such as cyberbullying, cyber grooming, cyberstalking, and spreading misinformation.

TheHarvester is a simple to use, yet powerful tool designed to be used during the reconnaissance stage of a red team assessment or penetration test.

The tool gathers names, emails, IPs, subdomains, and URLs by using multiple public resources.

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