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MUST-HAVE
RESOURCES
FOR
OPEN SOURCE
INTELLIGENCE
(OSINT)
Heath Adams
TCM Security
Founder
https://certifications.tcm-sec.com/
This is based off information we’ve listed on our
GitHub for our OSINT Security Fundamentals
Course.
Find the GitHub repo here:
https://github.com/TCM-Course-
Resources/Open-Source-Intellingence-
Resources
See the course curriculum here:
https://academy.tcm-sec.com/p/osint-
fundamentals
Get OSINT certified with the Practical
OSINT Research Professional (PORP):
https://certifications.tcm-sec.com/porp
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SOCK PUPPET RESOURCES
Intro to Creating an Effective Sock
Puppet (wayback archive) -
https://web.archive.org/web/202103
07173507/https://jakecreps.com/sock
-puppets/
The Art Of The Sock -
https://www.secjuice.com/the-art-of-
the-sock-osint-humint/
My Process for Setting up
Anonymous Sock Puppet
Accounts(reddit) -
https://www.reddit.com/r/OSINT/com
ments/dp70jr/my_process_for_settin
g_up_anonymous_sockpuppet/
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SOCK PUPPET (CONT.)
Fake Name Generator -
https://www.fakenamegenerator.com
This Person Does not Exist -
https://www.thispersondoesnotexist.
com/
Privacy.com -
https://privacy.com/join/LADFC *$5
credit given on signup
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NOTE-KEEPING TOOLS
KeepNote: http://keepnote.org
CherryTree -
https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree
Joplin - https://joplinapp.org
Notion - https://www.notion.so
OneNote - https://onenote.com
Greenshot - https://getgreenshot.org
Flameshot - https://github.com/flameshot-
org/flameshot
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SEARCH ENGINE OSINT
Google- https://www.google.com
Google Advanced Search -
https://www.google.com/advanced_search
Google Search Guide -
http://www.googleguide.com/print/adv_op_ref
.pdf
Bing - https://www.bing.com/
Bing Search Guide -
https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/bing-
google-advanced-search-operators/
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SEARCH ENGINE OSINT
(CONT.)
Bing Search Guide -
https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/bing-google-
advanced-search-operators
Yandex - https://yandex.com
DuckDuckGo - https://duckduckgo.com
DuckDuckGo Search Guide -
https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-
help-pages/results/syntax
Baidu - http://www.baidu.com
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IMAGE OSINT TOOLS
Google Image Search -
https://images.google.com
Yandex - https://yandex.com
TinEye - https://tineye.com
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EMAIL OSINT
Hunter.io - https://hunter.io/
Phonebook.cz - https://phonebook.cz
VoilaNorbert - https://www.voilanorbert.com
Email Hippo -
https://tools.verifyemailaddress.io
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EMAIL OSINT (CONT.)
Email Checker - https://email-
checker.net/validate
Clearbit Connect -
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail
/clearbit-connect-
supercha/pmnhcgfcafcnkbengdcanjablaab
jplo?hl=en
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PASSWORD OSINT
Dehashed - https://dehashed.com
WeLeakInfo - https://weleakinfo.to/v2
LeakCheck - https://leakcheck.io
SnusBase - https://snusbase.com
Scylla.sh - https://scylla.sh
HaveIBeenPwned -
https://haveibeenpwned.com
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USERNAME OSINT
NameChk - https://namechk.com
WhatsMyName -
https://whatsmyname.app
NameCheckup - https://namecheckup.com
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PEOPLE OSINT
WhitePages -
https://www.whitepages.com/
TruePeopleSearch -
https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/
FastPeopleSearch -
https://www.fastpeoplesearch.com/
FastBackgroundCheck -
https://www.fastbackgroundcheck.com/
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PEOPLE OSINT (CONT.)
Spokeo - https://www.spokeo.com
That's Them - https://thatsthem.com
Voter Records -
https://www.voterrecords.com
TrueCaller - https://www.truecaller.com
CallerID Test - https://calleridtest.com
Infobel - https://infobel.com
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SOCIAL MEDIA OSINT
Twitter Advanced Search -
https://twitter.com/search-advanced
Social Bearing - https://socialbearing.com
Twitonomy - https://www.twitonomy.com
Sleeping Time - http://sleepingtime.org
Mentionmapp - https://mentionmapp.com
Tweetbeaver - https://tweetbeaver.com
Spoonbill.io - http://spoonbill.io
Tinfoleak - https://tinfoleak.com
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SOCIAL MEDIA (CONT.)
Sowdust Github -
https://sowdust.github.io/fb-search
IntelligenceX Facebook Search -
https://intelx.io/tools?tab=facebook
Wopita - https://wopita.com
Code of a Ninja -
https://codeofaninja.com/tools/find-
instagram-user-id
InstaDP - https://www.instadp.com
ImgInn - https://imginn.com
Snapchat Maps -
https://map.snapchat.com
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WEBSITE OSINT TOOLS
BuiltWith - https://builtwith.com
Domain Dossier -
https://centralops.net/co
DNSlytics - https://dnslytics.com/reverse-
ip
SpyOnWeb - https://spyonweb.com
Virus Total - https://www.virustotal.com
Visual Ping - https://visualping.io
Back Link Watch -
http://backlinkwatch.com/index.php
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WEBSITE OSINT (CONT.)
View DNS - https://viewdns.info
Pentest-Tools Subdomain Finder -
https://pentest-tools.com/information-
gathering/find-subdomains-of-domain#
Spyse - https://spyse.com
crt.sh - https://crt.sh
Shodan - https://shodan.io
Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org
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BUSINESS OSINT TOOLS
Open Corporates -
https://opencorporates.com
AI HIT - https://www.aihitdata.com
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WIRELESS OSINT TOOL
WiGLE - https://wigle.net
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BUILDING AN OSINT LAB
VMWare Workstation Player -
https://www.vmware.com/ca/products/wor
kstation-player/workstation-player-
evaluation.html
VirtualBox -
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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WORKING WITH OSINT
TOOLS
breach-parse -
https://github.com/hmaverickadams/breach-
parse
Subfinder -
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder
Assetfinder -
https://github.com/tomnomnom/assetfinder
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WORKING WITH OSINT
TOOLS (CONT.)
httprobe -
https://github.com/tomnomnom/httprobe
Amass - https://github.com/OWASP/Amass
GoWitness -
https://github.com/sensepost/gowitness/
wiki/Installation
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