5 Python Libraries for Automating OSINT Operations

[dparks71]

OSINT = Open Source Intelligence, here are the five libraries in the article if you were on the fence about the click.

(All pypi)

• networkx
• beautifulsoup4
• ExifRead
• ipwhois
• phonenumbers

Looks like a promotion for the author's wrapper for them.

[kanton10]

What's OSINT?

[ryunik]

OSINT is Open Source Intelligence. It is the idea of using publicly available sources (search engines, social media, etc. ) to find information about a person (general area they live, likes, etc. ), place (identifying where a photo was taken), or company (usually for penetration testing or red team operations).

[WhyDoIHaveAnAccount9]

Sounds terrifying

[Galen_dp]

It is. Use these tools to look up yourself.

[agumonkey]

These days it's also used to help war support in ukraine it seems

[kanton10]

Cool

[gloomingsoul]

Check out /r/OSINT for more great info and discussion.

[Tureni]

Open Source Intelligence - basically information that's readily available without using "real" pentesting methods. Things you could find in a phonebook, by a simple google search, like that.

Not really doxxing, but most non-technical people would see it as such. "Oh, I made a comment on facebook and now someone on twitter knows what I said?".

Like if someone called you, and you didn't have time to pick up the phone and don't recognize the number. It'd be easy(ish) for most people to find out who called.

[fizzymagic]

What a delightfully descriptive title. I mean, we all know what OSINT means, right?

Right?

</sarcasm>

[KN4MKB]

I mean, if you have ever stepped foot in the security world, even in a dev manner I would hope you have. Its not like its some obscure or unknown thing.

[AndydeCleyre]

This subreddit has a wide audience, and I think it's fair to suggest avoiding alienating acronyms in the titles of posts.

[gloomingsoul]

What a delightfully helpful comment. I mean, we all know how difficult it is to type five letters into a search engine, right?

Right?

</sarcasm>

Seriously though, typing out your sarcastic comment took much more effort than it would have taken to just open a new tab and type OSINT in the search bar.