theHarvester/README.md

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What is this?
-------------
theHarvester is a simple to use, yet powerful tool designed to be used during the reconnaissance stage of a red<br>
team assessment or penetration test. It performs open source intelligence (OSINT) gathering to help determine<br>
a domain's external threat landscape. The tool gathers names, emails, IPs, subdomains, and URLs by using<br>
multiple public resources that include:<br>

Passive:
--------
* anubis: Anubis-DB - https://github.com/jonluca/anubis

* bevigil: CloudSEK BeVigil scans mobile application for OSINT assets and makes them available through an API - https://bevigil.com/osint-api

* baidu: Baidu search engine - www.baidu.com

* binaryedge: List of known subdomains from www.binaryedge.io

* bing: Microsoft search engine - www.bing.com

* bingapi: Microsoft search engine, through the API (Requires an API key, see below.)

* bufferoverun: Uses data from Rapid7's Project Sonar - www.rapid7.com/research/project-sonar/

* censys: [Censys search engine](https://search.censys.io/), will use certificates searches to enumerate subdomains and gather emails (Requires an API key, see below.) - [censys.io](https://censys.io/)

* certspotter: Cert Spotter monitors Certificate Transparency logs - https://sslmate.com/certspotter/

* crtsh: Comodo Certificate search - https://crt.sh

* dnsdumpster: DNSdumpster search engine - https://dnsdumpster.com

* duckduckgo: DuckDuckGo search engine - www.duckduckgo.com

* fullhunt: The Next-Generation Attack Surface Security Platform - https://fullhunt.io

* github-code: GitHub code search engine (Requires a GitHub Personal Access Token, see below.) - www.github.com

* hackertarget: Online vulnerability scanners and network intelligence to help organizations - https://hackertarget.com

* hunter: Hunter search engine (Requires an API key, see below.) - www.hunter.io

* intelx: Intelx search engine (Requires an API key, see below.) - www.intelx.io

* omnisint: Project Crobat, A Centralised Searchable Open Source Project Sonar DNS Database - https://github.com/Cgboal/SonarSearch

* otx: AlienVault Open Threat Exchange - https://otx.alienvault.com

* pentesttools: Powerful Penetration Testing Tools, Easy to Use (Requires an API key, see below.) - https://pentest-tools.com/home

* projecdiscovery: We actively collect and maintain internet-wide assets data,
  to enhance research and analyse changes around DNS for better insights (Requires an API key, see below.) - https://chaos.projectdiscovery.io

* qwant: Qwant search engine - www.qwant.com

* rapiddns: DNS query tool which make querying subdomains or sites of a same IP easy! https://rapiddns.io

* rocketreach: Access real-time verified personal/professional emails, phone numbers, and social media links. - https://rocketreach.co

* securityTrails: Security Trails search engine, the world's largest repository of historical DNS data<br>
  (Requires an API key, see below.) - www.securitytrails.com

* shodan: Shodan search engine, will search for ports and banners from discovered hosts (Requires an API key, see below.) - www.shodanhq.com

* sublist3r: Fast subdomains enumeration tool for penetration testers - https://api.sublist3r.com/search.php?domain=example.com

* threatcrowd: Open source threat intelligence - www.threatcrowd.org

* threatminer: Data mining for threat intelligence - https://www.threatminer.org/

* urlscan: A sandbox for the web that is a URL and website scanner - https://urlscan.io

* vhost: Bing virtual hosts search

* virustotal: virustotal.com domain search

* yahoo: Yahoo search engine

* zoomeye: China version of shodan - https://www.zoomeye.org


Active:
-------
* DNS brute force: dictionary brute force enumeration
* Screenshots: Take screenshots of subdomains that were found

Modules that require an API key:
--------------------------------
Documentation to setup API keys can be found at - https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/wiki/Installation#api-keys

* bevigil - Free upto 50 queries. Pricing can be found here: https://bevigil.com/pricing/osint
* binaryedge - $10/month
* bing
* censys - API keys are required and can be retrieved from your [Censys account](https://search.censys.io/account/api).
* fullhunt
* github
* hunter - limited to 10 on the free plan, so you will need to do -l 10 switch
* intelx
* pentesttools - $
* projecdiscovery - invite only for now
* rocketreach - $
* securityTrails
* shodan - $
* zoomeye

Install and dependencies:
-------------------------
* Python 3.7+
* https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/wiki/Installation


Comments, bugs, and requests:
-----------------------------
* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/laramies.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/laramies) Christian Martorella @laramies
  cmartorella@edge-security.com
* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/NotoriousRebel1.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/NotoriousRebel1) Matthew Brown @NotoriousRebel1
* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/jay_townsend1.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/jay_townsend1) Jay "L1ghtn1ng" Townsend @jay_townsend1


Main contributors:
------------------
* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/NotoriousRebel1.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/NotoriousRebel1) Matthew Brown @NotoriousRebel1
* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/jay_townsend1.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/jay_townsend1) Jay "L1ghtn1ng" Townsend @jay_townsend1
* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/discoverscripts.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/discoverscripts) Lee Baird @discoverscripts


Thanks:
-------
* John Matherly - Shodan project
* Ahmed Aboul Ela - subdomain names dictionaries (big and small)
New logo :) 2019-09-11 05:08:37 +08:00			`![theHarvester](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/blob/master/theHarvester-logo.png)`
Update README.md 2019-09-11 05:18:09 +08:00
remove lgtm badge due to it shutting down 2022-08-21 09:51:02 +08:00			`![TheHarvester CI](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/workflows/TheHarvester%20Python%20CI/badge.svg) ![TheHarvester Docker Image CI](https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/workflows/TheHarvester%20Docker%20Image%20CI/badge.svg)`
add rawsec and other fixes 2019-09-01 09:45:43 +08:00			`[![Rawsec's CyberSecurity Inventory](https://inventory.rawsec.ml/img/badges/Rawsec-inventoried-FF5050_flat_without_logo.svg)](https://inventory.rawsec.ml/)`
Initial commit for version 2.0 2011-05-04 23:07:06 +08:00
			`What is this?`
			`-------------`
Updated README and misc. (#1171) 2022-08-07 04:12:08 +08:00			`theHarvester is a simple to use, yet powerful tool designed to be used during the reconnaissance stage of a red<br>`
			`team assessment or penetration test. It performs open source intelligence (OSINT) gathering to help determine<br>`
			`a domain's external threat landscape. The tool gathers names, emails, IPs, subdomains, and URLs by using<br>`
			`multiple public resources that include:<br>`
2.5 Fixed Google searches, and introduced Requests library 2014-12-17 07:25:12 +08:00
Minor Lee fixes 2018-12-23 04:29:11 +08:00			`Passive:`
			`--------`
Add new module anubis and unit test for it. Update shodan related things 2021-06-21 07:19:27 +08:00			`* anubis: Anubis-DB - https://github.com/jonluca/anubis`

BeVigil Source Added (#1180) * BeVigil Source Added * remove/revoke api key * Remove unnecessary spaces Co-authored-by: J.Townsend <L1ghtn1ng@users.noreply.github.com> * Refactor for flake8 Co-authored-by: J.Townsend <L1ghtn1ng@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: J.Townsend <L1ghtn1ng@users.noreply.github.com> 2022-08-14 06:45:47 +08:00			`* bevigil: CloudSEK BeVigil scans mobile application for OSINT assets and makes them available through an API - https://bevigil.com/osint-api`

Updated Twitter accounts. 2019-03-18 12:05:29 +08:00			`* baidu: Baidu search engine - www.baidu.com`
Initial commit for version 2.0 2011-05-04 23:07:06 +08:00
Binaryedge Placeholder Value Fix in README.md 2022-06-09 15:10:40 +08:00			`* binaryedge: List of known subdomains from www.binaryedge.io`
Updated README. 2021-10-04 09:37:26 +08:00
Minor Lee fixes 2018-12-23 04:29:11 +08:00			`* bing: Microsoft search engine - www.bing.com`
Initial commit for version 2.0 2011-05-04 23:07:06 +08:00
Grammar 2019-10-15 06:13:10 +08:00			`* bingapi: Microsoft search engine, through the API (Requires an API key, see below.)`
Local DB, Threatcrowd, output colors. 2018-03-23 06:40:41 +08:00
Minor updates 2020-05-13 03:42:50 +08:00			`* bufferoverun: Uses data from Rapid7's Project Sonar - www.rapid7.com/research/project-sonar/`
Working module 2020-02-12 05:04:29 +08:00
Censys in readme and rocketreach 2021-05-25 05:10:02 +08:00			`* censys: [Censys search engine](https://search.censys.io/), will use certificates searches to enumerate subdomains and gather emails (Requires an API key, see below.) - [censys.io](https://censys.io/)`
feat: cleanup Censys module 2021-01-15 06:44:21 +08:00
Minor updates 2020-05-13 03:42:50 +08:00			`* certspotter: Cert Spotter monitors Certificate Transparency logs - https://sslmate.com/certspotter/`
Add certspotter module 2019-10-14 08:07:16 +08:00
Minor updates 2020-05-13 03:42:50 +08:00			`* crtsh: Comodo Certificate search - https://crt.sh`
Local DB, Threatcrowd, output colors. 2018-03-23 06:40:41 +08:00
Minor updates 2020-05-13 03:42:50 +08:00			`* dnsdumpster: DNSdumpster search engine - https://dnsdumpster.com`
2.5 Fixed Google searches, and introduced Requests library 2014-12-17 07:25:12 +08:00
Update readme 2019-09-03 07:46:28 +08:00			`* duckduckgo: DuckDuckGo search engine - www.duckduckgo.com`

Add new fullhunt module (#894) 2021-10-18 07:29:18 +08:00			`* fullhunt: The Next-Generation Attack Surface Security Platform - https://fullhunt.io`

Minor changes. 2020-03-11 11:39:21 +08:00			`* github-code: GitHub code search engine (Requires a GitHub Personal Access Token, see below.) - www.github.com`
WIP: Adding github-code search 2019-06-10 06:01:56 +08:00
Update readme 2020-04-07 03:56:34 +08:00			`* hackertarget: Online vulnerability scanners and network intelligence to help organizations - https://hackertarget.com`
Update readme and other places where hackertarget was missing 2020-04-07 03:52:15 +08:00
Grammar 2019-10-15 06:13:10 +08:00			`* hunter: Hunter search engine (Requires an API key, see below.) - www.hunter.io`
2.5 Fixed Google searches, and introduced Requests library 2014-12-17 07:25:12 +08:00
Grammar 2019-10-15 06:13:10 +08:00			`* intelx: Intelx search engine (Requires an API key, see below.) - www.intelx.io`
Updated README.md 2019-02-01 05:13:37 +08:00
Add new module Omnisint 2020-09-22 01:36:20 +08:00			`* omnisint: Project Crobat, A Centralised Searchable Open Source Project Sonar DNS Database - https://github.com/Cgboal/SonarSearch`

Minor updates 2020-05-13 03:42:50 +08:00			`* otx: AlienVault Open Threat Exchange - https://otx.alienvault.com`
Update README.md Add otx to the readme 2019-09-26 06:12:24 +08:00
Updated README. 2021-10-04 09:37:26 +08:00			`* pentesttools: Powerful Penetration Testing Tools, Easy to Use (Requires an API key, see below.) - https://pentest-tools.com/home`
Update readme to include pentesttools 2020-05-09 07:54:45 +08:00
Censys in readme and rocketreach 2021-05-25 05:10:02 +08:00			`* projecdiscovery: We actively collect and maintain internet-wide assets data,`
Updated README. 2021-10-04 09:37:26 +08:00			`to enhance research and analyse changes around DNS for better insights (Requires an API key, see below.) - https://chaos.projectdiscovery.io`
Add new module projectdiscovery 2020-09-08 06:29:51 +08:00
PR: discovery with Qwant search engine 2020-08-17 02:04:03 +08:00			`* qwant: Qwant search engine - www.qwant.com`

Minor updates 2020-05-13 03:42:50 +08:00			`* rapiddns: DNS query tool which make querying subdomains or sites of a same IP easy! https://rapiddns.io`
Changed default timeout to 60 seconds, added rapiddns to readme, and cleaned up logic. 2020-05-13 02:42:53 +08:00
Updated README. 2021-10-04 09:37:26 +08:00			`* rocketreach: Access real-time verified personal/professional emails, phone numbers, and social media links. - https://rocketreach.co`
update readme for new modules 2021-07-02 05:24:44 +08:00
Minor changes. 2020-03-11 11:39:21 +08:00			`* securityTrails: Security Trails search engine, the world's largest repository of historical DNS data<br>`
			`(Requires an API key, see below.) - www.securitytrails.com`
Added securitytrailssearch.py to init.py in discovery directory and added more info to README.md 2018-12-23 09:20:55 +08:00
feat: cleanup Censys module 2021-01-15 06:44:21 +08:00			`* shodan: Shodan search engine, will search for ports and banners from discovered hosts (Requires an API key, see below.) - www.shodanhq.com`
Cleaning Readme 2014-12-17 07:33:13 +08:00
Removed extra space. 2020-05-18 07:56:47 +08:00			`* sublist3r: Fast subdomains enumeration tool for penetration testers - https://api.sublist3r.com/search.php?domain=example.com`
Add new sublist3r module and remove vhost from sources 2020-05-18 06:29:22 +08:00
Minor Lee fixes 2018-12-23 04:29:11 +08:00			`* threatcrowd: Open source threat intelligence - www.threatcrowd.org`
Cleaning Readme 2014-12-17 07:33:13 +08:00
Add new threatminer module 2020-05-26 03:52:53 +08:00			`* threatminer: Data mining for threat intelligence - https://www.threatminer.org/`

Add urlscan to the readme 2020-05-24 05:13:02 +08:00			`* urlscan: A sandbox for the web that is a URL and website scanner - https://urlscan.io`

Minor Lee fixes 2018-12-23 04:29:11 +08:00			`* vhost: Bing virtual hosts search`
Cleaning Readme 2014-12-17 07:33:13 +08:00
Updated Twitter accounts. 2019-03-18 12:05:29 +08:00			`* virustotal: virustotal.com domain search`
Modified hunter search engine so user just specificies key in huntersearch.py! 2018-11-07 06:12:20 +08:00
Minor Lee fixes 2018-12-23 04:29:11 +08:00			`* yahoo: Yahoo search engine`
2.5 Fixed Google searches, and introduced Requests library 2014-12-17 07:25:12 +08:00
update readme for new modules 2021-07-02 05:24:44 +08:00			`* zoomeye: China version of shodan - https://www.zoomeye.org`

Update README.md 2018-11-23 07:33:04 +08:00
2.5 Fixed Google searches, and introduced Requests library 2014-12-17 07:25:12 +08:00			`Active:`
			`-------`
Minor Lee fixes 2018-12-23 04:29:11 +08:00			`* DNS brute force: dictionary brute force enumeration`
Readded certifi to requirements.txt and added certifi to screenshot.py when fetching urls. 2020-07-09 11:30:24 +08:00			`* Screenshots: Take screenshots of subdomains that were found`
2.5 Fixed Google searches, and introduced Requests library 2014-12-17 07:25:12 +08:00
Minor Lee fixes 2018-12-23 04:29:11 +08:00			`Modules that require an API key:`
			`--------------------------------`
Add new threatminer module 2020-05-26 03:52:53 +08:00			`Documentation to setup API keys can be found at - https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/wiki/Installation#api-keys`
Cleaned up README. 2018-12-27 15:19:13 +08:00
BeVigil Source Added (#1180) * BeVigil Source Added * remove/revoke api key * Remove unnecessary spaces Co-authored-by: J.Townsend <L1ghtn1ng@users.noreply.github.com> * Refactor for flake8 Co-authored-by: J.Townsend <L1ghtn1ng@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: J.Townsend <L1ghtn1ng@users.noreply.github.com> 2022-08-14 06:45:47 +08:00			`* bevigil - Free upto 50 queries. Pricing can be found here: https://bevigil.com/pricing/osint`
Updated README and misc. (#1171) 2022-08-07 04:12:08 +08:00			`* binaryedge - $10/month`
Shortened bing under Modules that require an API key. 2019-11-26 12:18:50 +08:00			`* bing`
Updated README. 2021-10-04 09:37:26 +08:00			`* censys - API keys are required and can be retrieved from your [Censys account](https://search.censys.io/account/api).`
Add new fullhunt module (#894) 2021-10-18 07:29:18 +08:00			`* fullhunt`
WIP: Adding github-code search 2019-06-10 06:01:56 +08:00			`* github`
A lot of changes and fixes (#1168) * add pytest.ini file and fix test warning in qwantsearch * ignore unsed imports * Remove n45ht as the api is down * Remove modules that use google as google blocks you after one go * Remove missed code from when removing modules that use google * Remove missed code from when removing modules that use google * Add new vt-py dep and update pytest * WIP virustotal migration to api * Remove test that fails due to how the api returns not found entries * Remove entries from myparser re google * update fastapi and starlette * update version * Update dockerfile to use dev ubuntu version * remove spyse module * remove spyse dep * fix tests by removing un-needed tests and indentation fix * fix some mypy errors * remove spyse and remove color output and fix mypy error * flake8 fixes * bump version and set it a dev version 2022-08-04 06:12:59 +08:00			`* hunter - limited to 10 on the free plan, so you will need to do -l 10 switch`
Updated README and removed stale code. 2019-02-28 11:31:45 +08:00			`* intelx`
Updated README and misc. (#1171) 2022-08-07 04:12:08 +08:00			`* pentesttools - $`
Add new module projectdiscovery 2020-09-08 06:29:51 +08:00			`* projecdiscovery - invite only for now`
Updated README and misc. (#1171) 2022-08-07 04:12:08 +08:00			`* rocketreach - $`
Updated README and removed stale code. 2019-02-28 11:31:45 +08:00			`* securityTrails`
Updated README and misc. (#1171) 2022-08-07 04:12:08 +08:00			`* shodan - $`
Update README.md 2021-10-31 01:42:12 +08:00			`* zoomeye`
Minor changes. 2020-03-11 11:39:21 +08:00
			`Install and dependencies:`
			`-------------------------`
Update readme to python3.7+ as a requirement 2019-10-03 07:16:21 +08:00			`* Python 3.7+`
Remove 1 test and tidy up a few things and work on sypse module also add exalead to sources and update README.md about how to install theHarvester 2020-01-15 07:23:20 +08:00			`* https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/wiki/Installation`

Release 3.0 Added Port scanning, Subdomain takeover, Fixed Shodan, improved Dns bruteforce and added SQLite support to store the results. 2018-08-09 03:34:10 +08:00
Updated README. 2021-10-04 09:37:26 +08:00			`Comments, bugs, and requests:`
Updated README and misc. (#1171) 2022-08-07 04:12:08 +08:00			`-----------------------------`
Tweaked Main contributors again. 2019-03-19 05:26:54 +08:00			`* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/laramies.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/laramies) Christian Martorella @laramies`
Censys in readme and rocketreach 2021-05-25 05:10:02 +08:00			`cmartorella@edge-security.com`
Add WIP Spyse module and fix a lgtm issue in the duckduckgo module Signed-off-by: Jay Townsend <townsend891@hotmail.com> 2019-10-02 07:31:26 +08:00			`* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/NotoriousRebel1.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/NotoriousRebel1) Matthew Brown @NotoriousRebel1`
			`* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/jay_townsend1.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/jay_townsend1) Jay "L1ghtn1ng" Townsend @jay_townsend1`
2.5 Fixed Google searches, and introduced Requests library 2014-12-17 07:25:12 +08:00
Minor changes. 2020-03-11 11:39:21 +08:00
Update README.md Added collaborators 2019-01-09 07:49:26 +08:00			`Main contributors:`
Removed additional google-profiles code. 2019-01-28 09:33:18 +08:00			`------------------`
Update README.md Updated link. 2019-04-13 02:14:56 +08:00			`* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/NotoriousRebel1.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/NotoriousRebel1) Matthew Brown @NotoriousRebel1`
Tweaked Main contributors again. 2019-03-19 05:26:54 +08:00			`* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/jay_townsend1.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/jay_townsend1) Jay "L1ghtn1ng" Townsend @jay_townsend1`
Censys in readme and rocketreach 2021-05-25 05:10:02 +08:00			`* [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/discoverscripts.svg?style=social&label=Follow)](https://twitter.com/discoverscripts) Lee Baird @discoverscripts`

Update README.md Added collaborators 2019-01-09 07:49:26 +08:00
			`Thanks:`
			`-------`
Update README.md 2019-01-01 19:58:14 +08:00			`* John Matherly - Shodan project`
Minor Lee fixes 2018-12-23 04:29:11 +08:00			`* Ahmed Aboul Ela - subdomain names dictionaries (big and small)`