What is Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and what are the open source intelligence techniques? And what are the most popular open source intelligence tools and source of information?
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Open Source intelligence (OSINT) is an insight that organizations produce from publicly available information to address a specific intelligence requirements. It is an intelligence endeavor that makes use of information and programs readily available and distributed by the general public. It is collected, analyzed and disseminated to appropriate parties in an organization or the government. And it is used to collect information and the sources of information collection may include the following:
- Social media
- Domain Name System (DNS) and websites
- Attack surface data
- Physical observation
The Open Source Intelligence is quite often applicable in ethical hacking and penetration testing activities.
Some of the common Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools include:
- Shodan
- Maltego
- Recon-ng
- The Harvester
- Google Dorks
- Have I Been Pwnd?
- OSINT Framework
- TinEye
- Censys Search
- Nmap
- SpiderFoot
- More
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