DataSploit alternatives
Looking for an alternative tool to replace DataSploit? During the review of DataSploit we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.
Top 3
- OSINT Framework (collection of OSINT resources)
- Gitem (GitHub organization reconnaissance tool)
- OSINT-SPY (open source intelligence gathering tool)
These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to DataSploit.
Alternatives (by score)
OSINT Framework
Introduction
The OSINT framework provides a collection of tools to gather and parse public data. The tool is web-based and makes it easy to find tools for a particular task.
Project details
OSINT Framework is written in JavaScript.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- OSINT research
- Footprinting
- Intelligence gathering
- Reconnaissance
Gitem
Introduction
Gitem is a reconnaissance tool to extract information about organizations on GitHub. It can be used to find the leaking of sensitive data.Project details
Gitem is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Security assessment
- Security monitoring
- Self-assessment
OSINT-SPY
Introduction
OSINT-SPY is a modular tool to query information on different subjects like an IP address, domain, email address, or even Bitcoin address. This tool can be valuable during the reconnaissance phase of a penetration test. It can be used also for defenses purpose, like learning what information is publically available about your organization and its assets.
Project details
OSINT-SPY is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code is easy to read and understand
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
- Reconnaissance
SpiderFoot
Introduction
SpiderFoot can be used offensively during penetration tests, or defensively to learn what information is available about your organization.
Project details
SpiderFoot is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
XRay
Introduction
XRay is a security tool for reconnaissance, mapping, and OSINT gathering from public networks.Project details
XRay is written in Golang.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Reconnaissance
GasMask
Introduction
GasMask is an open source intelligence gathering tool (OSINT). It can be used to discover more information about a particular target. The sources it uses include search engines like Bing, Google, and Yandex. Additionally it retrieves information from GitHub, YouTube, and social media platforms like Twitter.Project details
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
Intrigue Core
Introduction
Intrigue Core provides a framework to measure the attack surface of an environment. This includes discovering infrastructure and applications, performing security research, and doing vulnerability discovery.
Intrigue also allows enriching available data and perform OSINT research (open source intelligence). The related scans include DNS subdomain brute-forcing, email harvesting, IP geolocation, port scanning, and using public search engines like Censys, Shodan, and Bing.
Project details
Intrigue Core is written in Ruby.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- OSINT research
- Asset discovery
- Attack surface measurement
- Intelligence gathering
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
Belati
Introduction
Belati is security tool to collect public data and information and calls itself a Swiss army knife for OSINT purposes.Project details
Belati is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - Full name of author is unknown
Typical usage
- Information gathering
Domain Analyzer
Introduction
Domain Analyzer is an information gathering tool and comes in handy for reconnaissance. This can be useful for doing penetration testing or evaluating what information is publically available about your own domains. Some pieces of information that can be discovered include DNS servers, IP addresses, mail servers, SPF information, open ports, and more.
Project details
Domain Analyzer is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + Very low number of dependencies
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
Gitrob
Introduction
Especially open source developers may share their code in a public repository like GitHub. This is a great way to collaborate between the developer(s) and the community. The risk of sharing code is that sensitive data is part of the repository and uploaded by accident. GitRob helps to detect this kind of accidental leaks.
Project details
Gitrob is written in Ruby.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 1000 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Data leak prevention
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
OSRFramework
Introduction
This OSINT framework allows combining sources and provide data in different formats (web interface, API, command line).
Project details
OSRFramework is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Available as package (simplified installation)
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
Wappalyzer
Introduction
Wappalyzer can be a useful asset when performing reconnaissance on a particular target like a web application or website. It helps to find what software is used to run a particular page. Components that can be detected are the content management system (CMS), JavaScript framework, e-commerce software, web server, and more.
Project details
Wappalyzer is written in Node.js.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Has 300+ contributors
- + More than 4000 GitHub stars
- + Many releases available
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Reconnaissance
- Software identification
theHarvester
Introduction
This tool is a typical information collection tool to retrieve public data and get it all into one place. It is useful for penetration tests, or if you want to see what is available for your company.
Project details
wig (WebApp Information Gatherer)
Introduction
Wig is a security tool to discover what particular software is for a web application or website. It can detect several Content Management Systems (CMS) and other administrative applications. This may be useful for those performing reconnaissance or information gathering, like during a penetration test of security assessment.
Project details
wig is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No updates for a while
- - Full name of author is unknown
Typical usage
- Application fingerprinting
- Information gathering
- Reconnaissance
- Web application analysis
ThreatPinch Lookup
Introduction
ThreatPinch helps to speed up collecting information from common resources like CVE databases or public WHOIS data. As it works from the browser, it is a helpful addition for people who have to perform forensics, security monitoring, or system administration. For example, getting the owner of a domain and IP address becomes almost instant knowledge.
Project details
ThreatPinch Lookup is written in JavaScript.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + Many integration possibilities available
- - Unknown project license
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Threat hunting
DirSearch (Go)
Introduction
DirSearch is a Go implementation of the original dirsearch tool written by Mauro Soria. It is used to discover directories by using common names and guessing (fuzzing).
Project details
DirSearch (Go) is written in Golang.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
Infoga
Introduction
This tool could be used during penetration testing to learn what information is leaked regarding email addresses. For a company, it may be useful to do security monitoring and learn the same.
Project details
Infoga is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Reconnaissance
Metagoofil
Introduction
Metagoofil will perform a search in Google based on the given domain name. Any public documents will be downloaded and analyzed. For this task it uses libraries like Hachoir, PdfMiner, and others. Useful details include username, software versions, hostnames, etc.
File types: pdf, doc, xls, ppt, docx, pptx, xlsx
Project details
Metagoofil is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
RTA (Red Team Arsenal)
Introduction
RTA is helpful to automate scanning public resources of a company. As the project name implies, this may be used during red teaming, like a penetration test. That obviously does not limit its use, as it is similarly useful by the blue team.
With its integration with Nessus and other tools, RTA is more of a toolkit. This can be seen in its functionality, like subdomain enumeration and information gathering capabilities.
Project details
RTA is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
- - No releases on GitHub available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
- System enumeration
SearchSploit
Introduction
SearchSploit is a small by OffensiveSecurity to search for exploits and related data in the exploit database (Exploit-DB). This may help penetration testers in their security assignments.
Project details
SearchSploit is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code is easy to read and understand
- + Tool is easy to use
- + Used language is shell script
- - Full name of author is unknown
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
- Service exploitation
- System exploitation
- Vulnerability testing
dirsearch
Introduction
Dirsearch is a tool to guide security professionals to find possible information leaks or sensitive data. It does this by looking for directory and file names.Project details
dirsearch is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 10 contributors
- + More than 500 GitHub stars
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
osquery
Introduction
The osquery tool allows querying your Linux, Windows, and macOS infrastructure. It can help with intrusion detection, infrastructure reliability, or compliance.Project details
osquery is written in C++, Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + More than 100 contributors
- + More than 9000 stars
- + The source code of this software is available
- + Supported by a large company
Typical usage
- Compliance testing
- Information gathering
- Security monitoring
otseca
Introduction
Tools like otseca help with data collection. This could be useful for system administrators to collect data on a regular interval. This data then can be compared with a future data capture. Another possibility is to use it during pentesting. In that case one should have already obtained root access, as the tool requires this as well.
Project details
otseca is written in shell script.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code is easy to read and understand
- + Tool is modular and extendable
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Configuration audit
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
web-hunter
Introduction
Tools like web-hunter help with information gathering. This can be useful for penetration testing or when doing a self-assessment on your organization.
Project details
web-hunter is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
weblocator
Introduction
The weblocator security tool performs a discovery search to find directories and files. This can be useful for penetration tests to find sensitive data.Project details
weblocator is written in Python.
Strengths and weaknesses
- + The source code of this software is available
Typical usage
- Information gathering
- Penetration testing
- Security assessment
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