Top 24 Open Source Intelligence Tools

Open source intelligence (OSINT) relies on having ready access to data stored on the web and other public sites. No list of OSINT tools is perfect, nor is it likely to be complete. Indeed, such is the pace of change that by the time you read this document some of our suggestions may have been surpassed or have ceased to exist.

Open Source Intelligence Methods and Tools focuses on building a deep understanding of how to exploit open source intelligence (OSINT) techniques, methods, and tools to acquire information from publicly available online sources to support intelligence analysis.

Nowadays, OSINT is widely adopted by governments and intelligence services to conduct their investigations and fight against cyber crime.

Benefits

• Huge amount of available information
• High computing capacity
• Big data and machine learning
• Complementary types of data
• Flexible purpose and wide scope

Many estimates show that 90 percent of useful information acquired by intelligence services comes from public sources (in other words, OSINT sources). Unlike Closed Source Intelligence or Classified Information which is secretive in nature, Open Source Intelligence is based on unclassified information which is freely available and within everyone’s reach.

The below listed tools is an indispensable list for anyone responsible for collecting online content from public data, and it is a must-have reference for any casual Internet user who wants to dig deeper into the Internet to see what information it contains.

S.No.	Tool	Link
1	OSINT Framework	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
2	CheckUserNames	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
3	HaveIbeenPwned	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
4	BeenVerified	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
5	Censys	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
6	BuiltWith	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
7	Google Dorks	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
8	Maltego	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
9	Recon-Ng	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
10	theHarvester	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
11	Shodan	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
12	Jigsaw	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
13	SpiderFoot	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
14	Creepy	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
15	Nmap	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
16	WebShag	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
17	OpenVAS	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
18	Fierce	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
19	Unicornscan	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
20	Foca	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
21	ZoomEye	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
22	IVRE	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
23	Metagoofil	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !
24	Exiftool	You Can, Log in or Register To View URLs Content !

As you can see, there are a lot of intelligence and info gathering tools out there. On this particular article, we mentioned only 24 of the most popular OSINT tools, but there is much more to discover. Start digging around and testing other useful infosec and security tools.