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What is this?
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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 >
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Passive:
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* anubis: Anubis-DB - https://github.com/jonluca/anubis
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* bevigil: CloudSEK BeVigil scans mobile application for OSINT assets and makes them available through an API - https://bevigil.com/osint-api
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* baidu: Baidu search engine - www.baidu.com
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* binaryedge: List of known subdomains from www.binaryedge.io
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* bing: Microsoft search engine - www.bing.com
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* bingapi: Microsoft search engine, through the API (Requires an API key, see below.)
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Added 4 new sources, Removed 2 Sources, Added custom DNS resolver, backported to python3.9, and other misc changes (#1381)
* Added call to api endpoint to explicitly gather subdomains from zoomeye, updated user agents, replaced orjson with ujson, and fixed substring not found error.
* Updated orjson to ujson.
* Fixed semantic error in html check in google workaround.
* Fixed flake8 errors.
* Fixed VT to use API.
* Fixed virustotal module.
* Fixed possible edge case that could possibly cause an infinite loop.
* Removed broken modules.
* Added 4 new sources: brave, criminalip, hunterhow, and subdomainfinderc99, added dnsresolve, and other misc changes.
* Added TODO comment.
* Fixed bin\theHarvester to allow python3.9
* Pep8 newline at end of file.
* Fixed error when passing in comma seperated resolvers and allow for user to pass in --dns-resolve flag with no arguments to use default resolvers that user has.
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* brave: Brave search engine - https://search.brave.com/
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* bufferoverun: https://tls.bufferover.run
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* 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/ )
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* certspotter: Cert Spotter monitors Certificate Transparency logs - https://sslmate.com/certspotter/
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Added 4 new sources, Removed 2 Sources, Added custom DNS resolver, backported to python3.9, and other misc changes (#1381)
* Added call to api endpoint to explicitly gather subdomains from zoomeye, updated user agents, replaced orjson with ujson, and fixed substring not found error.
* Updated orjson to ujson.
* Fixed semantic error in html check in google workaround.
* Fixed flake8 errors.
* Fixed VT to use API.
* Fixed virustotal module.
* Fixed possible edge case that could possibly cause an infinite loop.
* Removed broken modules.
* Added 4 new sources: brave, criminalip, hunterhow, and subdomainfinderc99, added dnsresolve, and other misc changes.
* Added TODO comment.
* Fixed bin\theHarvester to allow python3.9
* Pep8 newline at end of file.
* Fixed error when passing in comma seperated resolvers and allow for user to pass in --dns-resolve flag with no arguments to use default resolvers that user has.
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* criminalip Specialized Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) search engine - https://www.criminalip.io
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* crtsh: Comodo Certificate search - https://crt.sh
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* dnsdumpster: DNSdumpster search engine - https://dnsdumpster.com
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* duckduckgo: DuckDuckGo search engine - www.duckduckgo.com
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* fullhunt: The Next-Generation Attack Surface Security Platform - https://fullhunt.io
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* github-code: GitHub code search engine (Requires a GitHub Personal Access Token, see below.) - www.github.com
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* hackertarget: Online vulnerability scanners and network intelligence to help organizations - https://hackertarget.com
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* hunter: Hunter search engine (Requires an API key, see below.) - www.hunter.io
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Added 4 new sources, Removed 2 Sources, Added custom DNS resolver, backported to python3.9, and other misc changes (#1381)
* Added call to api endpoint to explicitly gather subdomains from zoomeye, updated user agents, replaced orjson with ujson, and fixed substring not found error.
* Updated orjson to ujson.
* Fixed semantic error in html check in google workaround.
* Fixed flake8 errors.
* Fixed VT to use API.
* Fixed virustotal module.
* Fixed possible edge case that could possibly cause an infinite loop.
* Removed broken modules.
* Added 4 new sources: brave, criminalip, hunterhow, and subdomainfinderc99, added dnsresolve, and other misc changes.
* Added TODO comment.
* Fixed bin\theHarvester to allow python3.9
* Pep8 newline at end of file.
* Fixed error when passing in comma seperated resolvers and allow for user to pass in --dns-resolve flag with no arguments to use default resolvers that user has.
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* hunterhow: Internet Search Engines For Security Researchers - https://hunter.how
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* intelx: Intelx search engine (Requires an API key, see below.) - www.intelx.io
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* omnisint: Project Crobat, A Centralised Searchable Open Source Project Sonar DNS Database - https://github.com/Cgboal/SonarSearch
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* otx: AlienVault Open Threat Exchange - https://otx.alienvault.com
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* Pentest-Tools.com: Cloud-based toolkit for offensive security testing, focused on web applications and network penetration testing (Requires an API key, see below.) - https://pentest-tools.com/
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* projecdiscovery: We actively collect and maintain internet-wide assets data,
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to enhance research and analyse changes around DNS for better insights (Requires an API key, see below.) - https://chaos.projectdiscovery.io
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* rapiddns: DNS query tool which make querying subdomains or sites of a same IP easy! https://rapiddns.io
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* rocketreach: Access real-time verified personal/professional emails, phone numbers, and social media links. - https://rocketreach.co
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* securityTrails: Security Trails search engine, the world's largest repository of historical DNS data< br >
(Requires an API key, see below.) - www.securitytrails.com
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Added 4 new sources, Removed 2 Sources, Added custom DNS resolver, backported to python3.9, and other misc changes (#1381)
* Added call to api endpoint to explicitly gather subdomains from zoomeye, updated user agents, replaced orjson with ujson, and fixed substring not found error.
* Updated orjson to ujson.
* Fixed semantic error in html check in google workaround.
* Fixed flake8 errors.
* Fixed VT to use API.
* Fixed virustotal module.
* Fixed possible edge case that could possibly cause an infinite loop.
* Removed broken modules.
* Added 4 new sources: brave, criminalip, hunterhow, and subdomainfinderc99, added dnsresolve, and other misc changes.
* Added TODO comment.
* Fixed bin\theHarvester to allow python3.9
* Pep8 newline at end of file.
* Fixed error when passing in comma seperated resolvers and allow for user to pass in --dns-resolve flag with no arguments to use default resolvers that user has.
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* shodan: Shodan search engine, will search for ports and banners from discovered hosts (Requires an API key, see below.) - https://shodan.io
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* sitedossier: Find available information on a site
Added 4 new sources, Removed 2 Sources, Added custom DNS resolver, backported to python3.9, and other misc changes (#1381)
* Added call to api endpoint to explicitly gather subdomains from zoomeye, updated user agents, replaced orjson with ujson, and fixed substring not found error.
* Updated orjson to ujson.
* Fixed semantic error in html check in google workaround.
* Fixed flake8 errors.
* Fixed VT to use API.
* Fixed virustotal module.
* Fixed possible edge case that could possibly cause an infinite loop.
* Removed broken modules.
* Added 4 new sources: brave, criminalip, hunterhow, and subdomainfinderc99, added dnsresolve, and other misc changes.
* Added TODO comment.
* Fixed bin\theHarvester to allow python3.9
* Pep8 newline at end of file.
* Fixed error when passing in comma seperated resolvers and allow for user to pass in --dns-resolve flag with no arguments to use default resolvers that user has.
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* subdomainfinderc99: A subdomain finder is a tool used to find the subdomains of a given domain - https://subdomainfinder.c99.nl
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* threatminer: Data mining for threat intelligence - https://www.threatminer.org/
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* urlscan: A sandbox for the web that is a URL and website scanner - https://urlscan.io
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* vhost: Bing virtual hosts search
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* virustotal: virustotal.com domain search
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* yahoo: Yahoo search engine
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* zoomeye: China version of shodan - https://www.zoomeye.org
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Active:
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* DNS brute force: dictionary brute force enumeration
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* Screenshots: Take screenshots of subdomains that were found
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Modules that require an API key:
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Documentation to setup API keys can be found at - https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/wiki/Installation#api-keys
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* bevigil - Free upto 50 queries. Pricing can be found here: https://bevigil.com/pricing/osint
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* binaryedge - $10/month
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* bing
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* bufferoverun - uses the free api
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* censys - API keys are required and can be retrieved from your [Censys account ](https://search.censys.io/account/api ).
Added 4 new sources, Removed 2 Sources, Added custom DNS resolver, backported to python3.9, and other misc changes (#1381)
* Added call to api endpoint to explicitly gather subdomains from zoomeye, updated user agents, replaced orjson with ujson, and fixed substring not found error.
* Updated orjson to ujson.
* Fixed semantic error in html check in google workaround.
* Fixed flake8 errors.
* Fixed VT to use API.
* Fixed virustotal module.
* Fixed possible edge case that could possibly cause an infinite loop.
* Removed broken modules.
* Added 4 new sources: brave, criminalip, hunterhow, and subdomainfinderc99, added dnsresolve, and other misc changes.
* Added TODO comment.
* Fixed bin\theHarvester to allow python3.9
* Pep8 newline at end of file.
* Fixed error when passing in comma seperated resolvers and allow for user to pass in --dns-resolve flag with no arguments to use default resolvers that user has.
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* criminalip
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* fullhunt
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* github
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* hunter - limited to 10 on the free plan, so you will need to do -l 10 switch
Added 4 new sources, Removed 2 Sources, Added custom DNS resolver, backported to python3.9, and other misc changes (#1381)
* Added call to api endpoint to explicitly gather subdomains from zoomeye, updated user agents, replaced orjson with ujson, and fixed substring not found error.
* Updated orjson to ujson.
* Fixed semantic error in html check in google workaround.
* Fixed flake8 errors.
* Fixed VT to use API.
* Fixed virustotal module.
* Fixed possible edge case that could possibly cause an infinite loop.
* Removed broken modules.
* Added 4 new sources: brave, criminalip, hunterhow, and subdomainfinderc99, added dnsresolve, and other misc changes.
* Added TODO comment.
* Fixed bin\theHarvester to allow python3.9
* Pep8 newline at end of file.
* Fixed error when passing in comma seperated resolvers and allow for user to pass in --dns-resolve flag with no arguments to use default resolvers that user has.
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* hunterhow
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* intelx
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* pentesttools - $
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* projecdiscovery - invite only for now
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* rocketreach - $
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* securityTrails
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* shodan - $
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* zoomeye
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Install and dependencies:
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Added 4 new sources, Removed 2 Sources, Added custom DNS resolver, backported to python3.9, and other misc changes (#1381)
* Added call to api endpoint to explicitly gather subdomains from zoomeye, updated user agents, replaced orjson with ujson, and fixed substring not found error.
* Updated orjson to ujson.
* Fixed semantic error in html check in google workaround.
* Fixed flake8 errors.
* Fixed VT to use API.
* Fixed virustotal module.
* Fixed possible edge case that could possibly cause an infinite loop.
* Removed broken modules.
* Added 4 new sources: brave, criminalip, hunterhow, and subdomainfinderc99, added dnsresolve, and other misc changes.
* Added TODO comment.
* Fixed bin\theHarvester to allow python3.9
* Pep8 newline at end of file.
* Fixed error when passing in comma seperated resolvers and allow for user to pass in --dns-resolve flag with no arguments to use default resolvers that user has.
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* Python 3.9+
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* https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester/wiki/Installation
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Comments, bugs, and requests:
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cmartorella@edge-security.com
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Main contributors:
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* [![Twitter Follow ](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/NotoriousRebel1.svg?style=social&label=Follow )](https://twitter.com/NotoriousRebel1) Matthew Brown @NotoriousRebel1
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Thanks:
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* John Matherly - Shodan project
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* Ahmed Aboul Ela - subdomain names dictionaries (big and small)