Penetration Test - Selecting_Pen_Testing_Tools(6)

Open-Source Research Tools

OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE (OSINT) TOOLS

Tool	Notes	URL
Whois	Domain details (contacts, name servers, etc.)	https://whois.icann.org/en (and many more)
Nslookup	DNS information	Installed or available on most OSs
Foca	Fingerprint Organizations with Collected Archives - finds document metadata.	https://github.com/ElevenPaths/FOCA
Theharvester	Gathers info from many sources (email, hosts, open ports, etc.)	https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester
Shodan	Finds Internet connected devices	https://www.shodan.io/
Maltego	Data mining for investigations	https://www.paterva.com/web7/buy/maltego-clients/maltego-ce.php
Recon-NG	Web reconnaissance	https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/reconng
Censys	Finds Internet connected devices	https://censys.io/

DEMO

whois google.com

nslookup google.com

QUICK REVIEW

• OSINT data can help fill in information gaps
• Some information is not based on IP addresses or domain names
• Be creative when exploring attack vectors for targets
• Targets can be devices, people, user accounts, and even facilities