Human // Collection and Pretext

OSINT Quick Reference

OSINT Quick Reference is presented here as a field note for offensive security work. The emphasis is on attack surface, validation logic, common failure patterns, operator choices and the public references worth keeping nearby during a live assessment.

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Why it matters in practice

OSINT Quick Reference matters because it shapes how an operator scopes the work, chooses validation steps, prioritizes evidence and explains risk. The point is not to accumulate trivia; it is to understand which control boundary is in play and how that boundary can fail under realistic pressure.

This note keeps osint quick reference tied to offensive workflow: what to observe, what to prove, what usually goes wrong, and which references remain useful once an assessment moves from planning into active validation.

Primary coverage

The items below mark the main workflows, concepts, tools and validation themes that repeatedly matter when working through osint quick reference.

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Selected public references

OSINT

#Google OSINT:

term AND term site:asdf.de

„Term“ site:asdg.de

*Term site:asdg.de

site:asdf.de filetype:pdf

Site:asdf.de intext:password

https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database

#Image OSINT:
https://tineye.com/search
http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi

#E-Mail OSINT:
https://hunter.io/search/
https://phonebook.cz
https://tools.emailhippo.com

https://github.com/khast3x/h8mail
https://github.com/laramies/theHarvester


# Password OSINT
https://intelx.io
https://haveibeenpwned.com

https://dehashed.com/
https://weleakinfo.to/login
https://leakcheck.net
https://snusbase.com




#Username OSINT
https://namechk.com
https://whatsmyname.app

https://github.com/WebBreacher/WhatsMyName


#People OSINT
https://www.whitepages.com
https://webmii.com
https://peekyou.com
https://www.411.com
https://www.spokeo.com
https://pipl.com/product/pipl-search
https://peoplemon.com


#Phone OSINT
https://www.truecaller.com
https://calleridtest.com
https://www.infobel.com/de/world
https://github.com/sundowndev/phoneinfoga
https://www.phonesearch.us/home.php



#SOCMINT
https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock
https://github.com/MrNonoss/Profil3r-docker



-TWITTER
https://twitter.com/search-advanced
https://socialbearing.com
https://www.twitonomy.com
https://mentionmapp.com
https://tweetbeaver.com
http://spoonbill.io
https://tinfoleak.com
https://tweetdeck.twitter.com

https://github.com/twintproject/twint


-Facebook
https://sowdust.github.io/fb-search/
https://intelx.io/tools?tab=facebook

-Instagram
https://codeofaninja.com/tools/find-instagram-user-id/
https://www.instadp.com
https://imginn.com

https://github.com/Datalux/Osintgram
https://github.com/sc1341/InstagramOSINT


-Snapchat
https://map.snapchat.com

-Reddit
https://www.reddit.com

-LindedIN/Xing
https://www.linkedin.com/
https://www.xing.com/home

-TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com


#WEB OSINT
https://builtwith.com/
https://centralops.net/co/
https://dnslytics.com/reverse-ip
https://spyonweb.com/
https://www.virustotal.com/
https://visualping.io
http://backlinkwatch.com/index.php
https://viewdns.info
https://www.robtex.com
https://pentest-tools.com/information-gathering/find-subdomains-of-domain#
https://spyse.com
https://crt.sh
https://www.shodan.io
https://web.archive.org
https://www.whois.com 
https://www.wappalyzer.com
https://github.com/weppos/whois
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/subfinder



#Business OSINT
https://www.aihitdata.com
https://opencorporates.com
https://www.maltego.com/transform-hub/bureau-van-dijk-orbis/



#WLAN OSINT
https://wigle.net

#OSINT Automation
https://github.com/s0md3v/Photon
https://www.kali.org/tools/recon-ng/
https://www.spiderfoot.net

Selected public references