A list of search engines useful during Penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, red team operations, bug bounty and more
General • Servers • Vulnerabilities • Exploits • Attack surface • Code • Mail addresses • Domains • URLs • DNS • Certificates • WiFi networks • Device Info • Credentials • Social Networks • Phone numbers • Threat Intelligence • Web History
### General Search Engines - [Google](https://www.google.com/) - [Bing](https://www.bing.com/) - [Yahoo!](http://www.yahoo.com/) - [Yandex](https://yandex.com/) ### Servers - [Shodan](https://shodan.io) - Search Engine for the Internet of Everything - [Onyphe.io](https://www.onyphe.io/) - Cyber Defense Search Engine for open-source and cyber threat intelligence data - [ZoomEye](https://www.zoomeye.org/) - Global cyberspace mapping - [GreyNoise](https://viz.greynoise.io/) - The source for understanding internet noise - [Natlas](https://natlas.io/) - Scaling Network Scanning - [Netlas.io](https://netlas.io/) - Discover, Research and Monitor any Assets Available Online - [FOFA](https://fofa.info/) - Cyberspace mapping ### Vulnerabilities - [NIST NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search) - National Vulnerability Database - [MITRE CVE](https://cve.mitre.org/cve/search_cve_list.html) - Identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities - [GitHub Advisory Database](https://github.com/advisories) - Security vulnerability database inclusive of CVEs and GitHub originated security advisories - [cloudvulndb.org](https://www.cloudvulndb.org/) - The Open Cloud Vulnerability & Security Issue Database - [osv.dev](https://osv.dev/list) - Open Source Vulnerabilities - [Vulners.com](https://vulners.com/) - Your Search Engine for Security Intelligence - [opencve.io](https://www.opencve.io/cve) - Easiest way to track CVE updates and be alerted about new vulnerabilities - [security.snyk.io](https://security.snyk.io/) - Open Source Vulnerability Database - [Rapid7 - DB](https://www.rapid7.com/db/) - Vulnerability & Exploit Database - [CVEDetails](https://www.cvedetails.com/) - The ultimate security vulnerability datasource - [VulnIQ](https://vulniq.com/) - Vulnerability intelligence and management solution - [SynapsInt](https://synapsint.com/) - The unified OSINT research tool - [Aqua Vulnerability Database](https://avd.aquasec.com/) - Vulnerabilities and weaknesses in open source applications and cloud native infrastructure - [Vulmon](https://vulmon.com/) - Vulnerability and exploit search engine - [VulDB](https://vuldb.com/) - Number one vulnerability database ### Exploits - [Exploit-DB](https://www.exploit-db.com/) - Exploit Database - [Sploitus](https://sploitus.com/) - Convenient central place for identifying the newest exploits - [Rapid7 - DB](https://www.rapid7.com/db/) - Vulnerability & Exploit Database - [Vulmon](https://vulmon.com/) - Vulnerability and exploit search engine - [packetstormsecurity.com](https://packetstormsecurity.com/) - Information Security Services, News, Files, Tools, Exploits, Advisories and Whitepapers - [0day.today](https://0day.today/) - Ultimate database of exploits and vulnerabilities ### Attack Surface - [FullHunt.io](https://fullhunt.io/) - Attack surface database of the entire Internet - [BynaryEdge](https://www.binaryedge.io/) - We scan the web and gather data for you - [Censys](https://censys.io/) - Attack Surface Management Solutions - [RedHunt Labs](https://redhuntlabs.com/) - Discover your Attack Surface, Continuously - [SecurityTrails](https://securitytrails.com/) - The Total Internet Inventory - [criminalip.io](https://www.criminalip.io/) - Cyber Threat Intelligence Search Engine and Attack Surface Management(ASM) platform - [overcast-security.com](https://overcast-security.com/) - We make tracking your external attack surface easy ### Code Search Engines - [GitHub Code Search](https://cs.github.com/) - [grep.app](https://grep.app/) - Search across a half million git repos - [publicwww.com](https://publicwww.com/) - Find any alphanumeric snippet, signature or keyword in the web pages HTML, JS and CSS code - [SearchCode](https://searchcode.com/) - Search 75 billion lines of code from 40 million projects - [NerdyData](https://www.nerdydata.com/) - Find companies based on their website's tech stack or code - [RepoSearch](http://codefinder.org/) - Source code search engine that helps you find implementation details, example usages or just analyze code - [SourceGraph](https://about.sourcegraph.com/) - Understand and search across your entire codebase ### Mail Addresses - [Hunter.io](https://hunter.io/) - Find professional email addresses in seconds - [PhoneBook](https://phonebook.cz/) - Lists all domains, email addresses, or URLs for the given input domain - [IntelligenceX](https://intelx.io/) - Search engine and data archive - [Reacher.email](https://reacher.email/) - Open-Source Email Verification - [RocketReach](https://rocketreach.co/) - Your first-degree connection to any professional - [email-format.com](https://www.email-format.com/) - Find the email address formats in use at thousands of companies - [EmailHippo](https://tools.emailhippo.com/) - Email address verification technology - [ThatsThem](https://thatsthem.com/reverse-email-lookup) - Reverse email lookup - [verify-email.org](https://verify-email.org/) - Checks whether the mailbox exists or not - [Melissa - Emailcheck](https://www.melissa.com/v2/lookups/emailcheck/email/) - Check email addresses and verify they are live - [VoilaNorbert](https://www.voilanorbert.com/) - I can find anyone's email address - [SynapsInt](https://synapsint.com/) - The unified OSINT research tool - [skymem.info](http://www.skymem.info/) - Find email addresses of companies and people ### Domains - [PhoneBook](https://phonebook.cz/) - Lists all domains, email addresses, or URLs for the given input domain - [IntelligenceX](https://intelx.io/) - Search engine and data archive - [Omnisint](https://omnisint.io/subdomain-enumeration) - Subdomain enumeration - [Riddler](https://riddler.io/) - Allows you to search in a high quality dataset - [RobTex](https://www.robtex.com/) - Various kinds of research of IP numbers, Domain names, etc - [CentralOps - DomainDossier](https://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx) - Investigate domains and IP addresses - [DomainIQ](https://www.domainiq.com/) - Comprehensive Domain Intelligence - [whois.domaintools.com](https://whois.domaintools.com/) - Industry’s fastest domain discovery engine and broadest, most accurate data - [grayhatwarfare.com - domains](https://shorteners.grayhatwarfare.com/domains) - How to search URLs exposed by Shortener services - [whoisology.com](https://whoisology.com/) - Deep Connections Between Domain Names & Their Owners - [who.is](https://who.is/) - WHOIS Search, Domain Name, Website, and IP Tools - [pentest-tools.com](https://pentest-tools.com/information-gathering/find-subdomains-of-domain) - Discover subdomains and determine the attack surface of an organization - [BuiltWith](https://builtwith.com/) - Find out what websites are Built With - [MoonSearch](http://moonsearch.com/) - Backlinks checker & SEO Report - [sitereport.netcraft.com](https://sitereport.netcraft.com/) - Find out the infrastructure and technologies used by any site - [SynapsInt](https://synapsint.com/) - The unified OSINT research tool - [spyonweb.com](https://spyonweb.com/) - Find out related websites - [statscrop.com](https://www.statscrop.com/) - Millions of amazing websites across the web are being analyzed with StatsCrop - [securityheaders.com](https://securityheaders.com/) - Scan your site now - [visualsitemapper.com](http://www.visualsitemapper.com/) - Create a visual map of your site - [similarweb.com](https://www.similarweb.com/) - The easiest and fastest tool to find out what's really going on online - [buckets.grayhatwarfare.com](https://buckets.grayhatwarfare.com/) - Public buckets - [C99.nl](https://api.c99.nl/) - Over 57 quality API's and growing! ### URLs - [PhoneBook](https://phonebook.cz/) - Lists all domains, email addresses, or URLs for the given input domain - [IntelligenceX](https://intelx.io/) - Search engine and data archive - [URLScan](https://urlscan.io/) - A sandbox for the web - [HackerTarget](https://hackertarget.com/ip-tools/) - Collect information about IP Addresses, Networks, Web Pages and DNS records - [MOZ Link Explorer](https://moz.com/link-explorer) - The world's best backlink checker with over 40 trillion links - [shorteners.grayhatwarfare.com](https://shorteners.grayhatwarfare.com/) - Search URLs exposed by Shortener services ### DNS - [DNSDumpster](https://dnsdumpster.com/) - dns recon & research, find & lookup dns records - [Chaos](https://chaos.projectdiscovery.io/#/) - Enhance research and analyse changes around DNS for better insights - [RapidDNS](https://rapiddns.io/) - dns query tool which make querying subdomains or sites of a same ip easy - [DNSdb](https://docs.farsightsecurity.com/#dnsdb) - Passive DNS historical database - [Omnisint](https://omnisint.io/reverse-dns-lookup) - Reverse DNS lookup - [HackerTarget](https://hackertarget.com/ip-tools/) - Collect information about IP Addresses, Networks, Web Pages and DNS records - [passivedns.mnemonic.no](https://passivedns.mnemonic.no/) - Web interface for querying passive DNS data collected in our malware lab - [ptrarchive.com](http://ptrarchive.com/) - Over 230 billion reverse DNS entries from 2008 to the present - [dnshistory.org](http://dnshistory.org/) - Domain Name System Historical Record Archive - [DNSTwister](https://dnstwister.report/) - The anti-phishing domain name search engine and DNS monitoring service - [DNSviz](https://dnsviz.net/) - Tool for visualizing the status of a DNS zone - [C99.nl](https://api.c99.nl/) - Over 57 quality API's and growing ### Certificates - [Crt.sh](https://crt.sh/) - Certificate Search - [CTSearch](https://ui.ctsearch.entrust.com/ui/ctsearchui) - Certificate Transparency Search Tool - [TLS.BufferOver.run](https://tls.bufferover.run/) - Quickly find certificates in IPv4 space - [CertSpotter](https://sslmate.com/certspotter/) - Monitors your domains for expiring, unauthorized, and invalid SSL certificates - [SynapsInt](https://synapsint.com/) - The unified OSINT research tool - [Censys - Certificates](https://search.censys.io/certificates) - Certificates Search ### WiFi Networks - [Wigle.net](https://wigle.net/) - Maps and database of 802.11 wireless networks with statistics ### Device Information - [MAC Vendor Lookup](https://www.macvendorlookup.com/) - Look up the vendor for a specific MAC Address - [macvendors.com](https://macvendors.com/) - Find MAC Address Vendors. Now. - [macaddress.io](https://macaddress.io/) - MAC address vendor lookup - [maclookup.app](https://maclookup.app/) - Find the vendor name of a device by entering an OUI or a MAC address ### Credentials - [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/) - Check if your email or phone is in a data breach - [Dehashed](https://www.dehashed.com/) - Free deep-web scans and protection against credential leaks - [Leak-Lookup](https://leak-lookup.com/) - Search across thousands of data breaches - [Snusbase](https://snusbase.com/) - Stay on top of the latest database breaches - [LeakCheck.io](https://leakcheck.io/) - Make sure your credentials haven't been compromised - [crackstation.net](https://crackstation.net/) -Massive pre-computed lookup tables to crack password hashes - [breachdirectory.org](https://breachdirectory.org/) - Check if your information was exposed in a data breach ### Social Networks These can be useful for osint and social engineering. - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/) - [Reddit](https://new.reddit.com/) - [Pinterest](https://www.pinterest.com/) - [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/) - [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/) - [SnapChat](https://www.snapchat.com/) - [Whatsapp](https://www.whatsapp.com/) - [Quora](https://www.quora.com/) - [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/) - [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/) - [Medium](https://medium.com/) - [WeChat](https://www.wechat.com/) - [VK](https://vk.com/) - [Weibo](https://weibo.com/) - [Tinder](https://tinder.com/) ### Phone Numbers - [RocketReach](https://rocketreach.co/) - Your first-degree connection to any professional - [NumLookup](https://www.numlookup.com/) - Free reverse phone lookup - [WhitePages](https://www.whitepages.com/) - Find people, contact info & background checks - [National Cellular Directory](https://www.nationalcellulardirectory.com/) - Begin your comprehensive people search now - [Phone Validator](https://www.phonevalidator.com/) - Is it a cell phone or is it a landline or is it a fake? - [Free Carrier Lookup](https://freecarrierlookup.com/) - Enter a phone number and we'll return the carrier name - [sync.me](https://sync.me/) - Find out who called - [EmobileTracker](https://www.emobiletracker.com/) - Track Mobile Owner Name, Location and Mobile Service Provider - [SpyDialer](https://spydialer.com/) - Free Reverse Lookup Search - [Reverse Phone Lookup](https://www.reversephonelookup.com/) - Find Out The Owner Of A Phone Number - [ThatsThem](https://thatsthem.com/reverse-phone-lookup) - Reverse phone lookup - [thisnumber.com](https://www.thisnumber.com/) - International Phone Directories - [usphonebook.com](https://www.usphonebook.com/) - Free Reverse Phone Number Lookup - [truepeoplesearch.com](https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/#) - Get current address, cell phone number, email address, relatives, friends and a lot more - [SynapsInt](https://synapsint.com/) - The unified OSINT research tool - [C99.nl](https://api.c99.nl/) - Over 57 quality API's and growing ### Threat Intelligence - [PulseDive](https://pulsedive.com/) - Threat intelligence made easy - [ThreatCrowd](https://threatcrowd.org/) - A Search Engine for Threats - [ThreatMiner](https://www.threatminer.org/) - Data Mining for Threat Intelligence - [VirusTotal](https://www.virustotal.com/) - Analyze suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs to detect malware and other breaches - [vx-underground.org](https://www.vx-underground.org/) - Malware library - [Rescure](https://rescure.me/) - Curated cyber threat intelligence for everyone - [otx.alienvault](https://otx.alienvault.com/) - The World's First Truly Open Threat Intelligence Community - [urlquery.net](https://urlquery.net/) - Service for detecting and analyzing web-based malware - [bazaar.abuse.ch](https://bazaar.abuse.ch/browse/) - Malware sample database - [feodotracker.abuse.ch](https://feodotracker.abuse.ch/browse/) - List of botnet Command&Control servers - [sslbl.abuse.ch](https://sslbl.abuse.ch/ssl-certificates/) - All malicious SSL certificates - [urlhaus.abuse.ch](https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/browse/) - Propose new malware urls - [threatfox.abuse.ch](https://threatfox.abuse.ch/browse/) - Indicator Of Compromise (IOC) database - [socradar.io](https://socradar.io/) - Extension to your SOC team - [VirusShare](https://virusshare.com/) - System currently contains 48 million malware samples ### Web History - [Web Archive](https://web.archive.org/) - Explore more than 702 billion web pages saved over time - [Archive.ph](https://archive.ph/) - Create a copy of a webpage that will always be up even if the original link is down - [CachedPages](http://www.cachedpages.com/) - Get the cached page of any URL - [stored.website](https://stored.website/) - View cached web pages/website - [CommonCrawl](https://commoncrawl.org/) - Open repository of web crawl data ### Unclassified - [NetoGraph](https://netograph.io/) - [DNS.BufferOver.run](https://dns.bufferover.run/) - [PassiveTotal](https://api.passivetotal.org/) --------- If you want to propose changes, just open an [issue](https://github.com/edoardottt/awesome-hacker-search-engines/issues).