OSINT Bible 4. Internet Search
4.1 GOOGLE DORKS – 20 ESSENTIALS
Objective Dork Example
Government PDFs 'site:gov filetype:pdf "contract"' Mexico
Exposure 'intitle:"index of" passwords.txt' —
IP Cameras 'inurl:viewer/live/index.html' —
Emails 'site:linkedin.com "@company.com"' —
Subdomains 'site:*.target.com -www' —
4.2 ALTERNATIVE SEARCH ENGINES
- DuckDuckGo "bangs" https://duckduckgo.com/bang → '!archive'
- Yandex https://yandex.com → best results CIS
- Baidu https://baidu.com → Asia
- Startpage https://startpage.com → no logs
- Shodan https://shodan.io → IoT, ICS, SCADA
- Censys https://censys.io → cert + banner
- FOFA https://fofa.info → China, free API
- ZoomEye https://zoomeye.org → similar to Shodan
- BinaryEdge https://binaryedge.io → global scanning
- Hunter.io https://hunter.io → corporate emails
- PublicWWW https://publicwww.com → search in source code
- SearchCode https://searchcode.com → search in 75B lines of code
- SimilarSites https://www.similarsites.com → similar sites
- Netlas https://netlas.io → internet intelligence
- CriminalIP https://www.criminalip.io → search in connected internet
- NerdyData https://www.nerdydata.com → website technologies
- GreyNoise https://www.greynoise.io → internet noise
- Intezer Analyze https://analyze.intezer.com → malware analysis
- Kaspersky OpenTIP https://opentip.kaspersky.com → threat scanning
- VirusTotal https://virustotal.com → file/URL analysis
- AlienVault OTX https://otx.alienvault.com → threat exchange
- ExploitDB https://www.exploit-db.com → exploit database
- MalwareBazaar https://bazaar.abuse.ch → malware samples
- Malware Domain List https://www.malwarepatrol.net → malicious domains
- PhishTank https://www.phishtank.com → phishing URLs
- URLhaus https://urlhaus.abuse.ch → malware URLs
- ThreatMiner https://www.threatminer.org → threat intelligence
- YARAify https://yaraify.abuse.ch → YARA rules
- PulseDive https://pulsedive.com → IOC search
- ThreatFox https://threatfox.abuse.ch → malware IOCs
- Breach Directory https://breachdirectory.org → breach searches
- Have I Been Pwned https://haveibeenpwned.com → breach verification
- DNSViz https://dnsviz.net → DNSSEC visualization
- DNS Twister https://dnstrails.report → similar domains
- DNSdumpster https://dnsdumpster.com → DNS enumeration
- SpyOnWeb https://spyonweb.com → related sites
- Yark https://github.com/Owez/yark → archive YouTube
- CovertAction https://covertactionmagazine.com → investigative journalism
- Trellix Research https://www.trellix.com/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research.html → threat research
- CP Research https://research.checkpoint.com → Checkpoint research
- Wikistrat https://www.wikistrat.com/blog → collaborative analysis
- PolySwarm https://polyswarm.network → threat scanning
- HackerOne Hacktivity https://hackerone.com/hacktivity → public vulnerabilities
- WikiLeaks https://wikileaks.org → leaked documents
- Talos Reports https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports → vulnerability reports
- MalAPI https://malapi.io → malware APIs
- UserSearch https://usersearch.org → user search
- SecureList https://securelist.com → Kaspersky blog
- SPLC Hate Map https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map → hate map
- ICSR https://icsr.info → radicalization studies
- Militant Wire https://www.militantwire.com → militancy analysis
- START Publications https://www.start.umd.edu/publications → terrorism publications
- SPLC Resources https://www.splcenter.org/resources → SPLC resources
- Tracking Terrorism https://trackingterrorism.org → terrorism tracking
- Mapping Militants https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants → mapping militants
- Naval Institute https://news.usni.org → naval news
- Institute of International Relations https://www.iir.cz/en → international relations
- Janes https://www.janes.com → defense intelligence
- TASS News https://tass.com → Russian news
- Sputnik News https://sputnikglobe.com → Sputnik news
- PIPS https://www.pakpips.com → Pakistan peace studies
- PICSS https://www.picss.net → Pakistan conflict studies
- Reuters https://www.reuters.com → news agency
- RT https://rt.com → Russia Today
- InternetActivism https://internetactivism.org → humanitarian tools
- IISS https://iiss.org → international studies institute
- CFR https://cfr.org/newsletters → council on foreign relations
- SciHub https://sci-hub.ru → access to scientific papers
- ResearchHub https://www.researchhub.com → research discussion
- IDCrawl https://www.idcrawl.com → people search
- Osint Industries https://osint.industries → email/phone search
- ESPY http://espysys.com → phone search
- SUNDERS https://sunders.uber.space → surveillance cameras
- Privacy Watch https://privacywatch.app → OSINT tools
- Deepinfo https://deepinfo.com → internet intelligence
- Session https://getsession.org → private messaging
- Consortium News https://consortiumnews.com → independent journalism
- Tutanota https://tutanota.com → encrypted email
- Committee to Protect Journalists https://cpj.org → journalist protection
- SecurityWeek https://www.securityweek.com → security news
- NCRI https://networkcontagion.us → network contagion research
- Geopolitical Economy Report https://geopoliticaleconomy.com → geopolitical reports
- The Grayzone https://thegrayzone.com → independent journalism
- The Moscow Times https://www.moscowtimes.ru → Russian news
- FlightAware https://www.flightaware.com → flight tracking
- FlightRadar24 https://www.flightradar24.com → flight radar
- MarineTraffic https://www.marinetraffic.com → maritime traffic
- VesselFinder https://www.vesselfinder.com → ship search
- NewspaperArchive https://newspaperarchive.com → newspaper archives
- The Indian Express https://indianexpress.com → Indian news
- Daily Excelsior http://www.dailyexcelsior.com → Jammu Kashmir news
- DNA India https://www.dnaindia.com → Indian news
- Greater Kashmir https://www.greaterkashmir.com → Kashmir news
- Nagaland Post https://www.nagalandpost.com → Nagaland news
- RFE/RL https://www.rferl.org → Radio Free Europe
- Akto https://www.akto.io → API security
- Generated Photos https://generated.photos → AI photos
- Factinsect https://factinsect.com → AI fact-checking
- HDRobots https://hdrobots.com → AI tools directory
- Channel 4 News https://www.channel4.com/news → British news
- ThreatMon Reports https://threatmon.io/reports → threat reports
- 0t.rocks Search https://search.0t.rocks → people search
- Israel Datasets https://data.gov.il/dataset → Israeli datasets
- Simplex 3D https://simplex3dx.co.il/?en → 3D maps Israel
- AI Dubbing https://elevenlabs.io/dubbing → AI dubbing
- Budget Key https://next.obudget.org/?lang=en → Israel budget
- Ship Spotting https://www.shipspotting.com → ship photos
- Broadcastify https://www.broadcastify.com → police audio
- OpenCelliD https://www.opencellid.org → cell tower database
- AviationStack https://aviationstack.com → aviation API
- DigitalSide TI https://osint.digitalside.it → threat intelligence
- DocumentCloud https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/ → document management
- IDRW https://idrw.org → Indian defense
- XFE https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com → X-Force exchange
- Scumware https://www.scumware.org → malware research
- Ukraine Live Cams https://nagix.github.io/ukraine-livecams → Ukraine cameras
- TWN http://www.the-webcam-network.com → webcam network
- Opentopia http://www.opentopia.com → public webcams
- Transparency https://www.transparency.org → anti-corruption
- Maigret https://github.com/soxoj/maigret → user search
- OCCRP https://www.occrp.org/en → organized crime
- Qdorks https://qdorks.com → dork generator
- Radio Garden https://radio.garden → world radios
- LolArchiver OSINT https://osint.lolarchiver.com → OSINT search
- BreachBase https://breachbase.com → breach base
- WorldCam https://worldcam.eu → world webcams
- Webcam Galore https://www.webcamgalore.com → webcams
- WiFi Map https://www.wifimap.io → WiFi hotspots
- OpenTrafficCamMap https://otc.armchairresearch.org/map → traffic cameras
- KrooozCams https://www.kroooz-cams.com → cruise webcams
- Skyline Webcams https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcm → skyline webcams
- Pictimo https://www.pictimo.com → world webcams
- Instances.social https://instances.social → Mastodon recommender
- CamHacker https://www.camhacker.com → public webcams
- Labs TIB Geoestimation https://labs.tib.eu/geoestimation → geographic estimation
- Picarta https://picarta.ai → photo location prediction
- Tiny Scan https://www.tiny-scan.com → URL scanning
- ZeroDay https://www.zero-day.cz → zero-day vulnerabilities
- Predicta Search https://predictasearch.com → digital search
- Ventusky https://www.ventusky.com → weather maps
- OSV https://osv.dev → open source vulnerabilities
- Certs https://certs.io → certificate information
- Coalition ESS https://ess.coalitioninc.com → exploit scoring
- Validin https://app.validin.com → attack surface mapping
- CastrickClues https://castrickclues.com → OSINT search
- CIRCL PDNS https://www.circl.lu/services/passive-dns → passive DNS
- InTheWild https://inthewild.io → exploits in wild
- TheWebCo https://thewebco.ai → people intelligence
- 360 Quake https://quake.360.net → cyberspace mapping
- Cloudflare Radar https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic → internet trends
- Crisis24 https://crisis24.garda.com → security risk management
- arXiv https://arxiv.org → scientific papers
4.3 ARCHIVES AND SNAPSHOTS
- Wayback Machine https://archive.org/web
- CachedView https://cachedview.com (Google + Archive.is)
- URLScan https://urlscan.io → capture + DOM + requests
- Ubikron https://ubikron.com → AI-powered evidence collection & entity extraction
- Screenshot Guru https://screenshot.guru → screen test
- Stored Website https://stored.website → cached pages
- ThreatMiner https://www.threatminer.org → IOC context
- YARAify https://yaraify.abuse.ch → YARA rules
- PulseDive https://pulsedive.com → IOC search
- ThreatFox https://threatfox.abuse.ch → malware IOCs
- Breach Directory https://breachdirectory.org → breaches
- Have I Been Pwned https://haveibeenpwned.com → breach verification
- DNSViz https://dnsviz.net → DNSSEC
- DNS Twister https://dnstrails.report → similar domains
- DNSdumpster https://dnsdumpster.com → DNS enumeration
- SpyOnWeb https://spyonweb.com → related sites
- Yark https://github.com/Owez/yark → archive YouTube
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