Top 24 Open Source Intelligence Tools

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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	Click Here
2	CheckUserNames	Click Here
3	HaveIbeenPwned	Click Here
4	BeenVerified	Click Here
5	Censys	Click Here
6	BuiltWith	Click Here
7	Google Dorks	Click Here
8	Maltego	Click Here
9	Recon-Ng	Click Here
10	theHarvester	Click Here
11	Shodan	Click Here
12	Jigsaw	Click Here
13	SpiderFoot	Click Here
14	Creepy	Click Here
15	Nmap	Click Here
16	WebShag	Click Here
17	OpenVAS	Click Here
18	Fierce	Click Here
19	Unicornscan	Click Here
20	Foca	Click Here
21	ZoomEye	Click Here
22	IVRE	Click Here
23	Metagoofil	Click Here
24	Exiftool	Click Here

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.