From Recon-ng to Trace Labs – A Tour of the Best Open Source Intelligence Tools

This chapter is designed to be your companion in navigating the rich ecosystem of some additional Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools that can unlock vast troves of data hidden in plain sight on the internet. From cybersecurity professionals to investigative journalists, understanding and utilizing these tools is crucial for sifting through the digital expanse to collect relevant information.

In this chapter, we’ll discuss the following:

• Recon-ng – A powerful OSINT framework
• Maltego – Visualizing OSINT data and connections
• Shodan – The search engine for the Internet of Things (IoT)
• Trace Labs – A powerful OS designed just for OSINT
• Overview of the Aircrack-ng suite
• Additional open source OSINT tools
• Keeping up with the open source OSINT landscape

By the end of this chapter, you’ll be familiar with even more OSINT...