Essential OSINT Tools and Frameworks

Search Tools

• Advanced Search Operators: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo advanced search techniques
• Specialized Search Engines: Shodan (IoT devices), Censys, ZoomEye
• Meta Search Tools: Searx, Carrot2, Startpage

Social Media Intelligence Tools

• Social Analyzer: Profile discovery across platforms
• Twint: Twitter scraping without API
• Sherlock: Username search across platforms
• Instagram OSINT Tools: Osintgram, InstaLoader
• LinkedIn Tools: LinkedInt, ScrapedIn

Domain and Network Intelligence

• WHOIS Tools: DomainTools, whois.domaintools.com
• DNS Analysis: DNSDumpster, SecurityTrails
• Subdomain Enumeration: Sublist3r, Amass, subfinder
• Certificate Analysis: Censys, crt.sh
• Email Verification: Hunter.io, Email Hippo

Data Aggregation and Analysis

• Maltego: Data mining and link analysis
• SpiderFoot: OSINT automation platform
• Recon-ng: Web reconnaissance framework
• TheHarvester: Email, subdomain, and name harvester
• OSINT Framework: Collection of OSINT resources

Image and Media Analysis

• Reverse Image Search: Google Images, TinEye, Yandex Images
• EXIF Data Analysis: ExifTool, online EXIF viewers
• Geolocation Tools: GeoEstimation, GeoGuessr

Archived Content

• Web Archives: Wayback Machine, archive.today
• Cached Content: Google Cache, Bing Cache
• Historical DNS: SecurityTrails Historical DNS