OSINT Recon — Open Source Intelligence Gathering

Systematically gather, analyze, and correlate publicly available information from open sources.

Cross-references: recon for the active/passive target-mapping pass against an authorized system (DNS, ports, fingerprinting) — osint-recon focuses on people, organizations, leaked data, and historical artifacts; the two pair naturally. breach-patterns for ingesting public breach intelligence into your own preemptive assessments. incident-triage if OSINT surfaces evidence the user is already compromised.

Ethics Check

Before proceeding, confirm:

1. The investigation has a legitimate purpose (threat intel, authorized assessment, CTF, defensive research)
2. You are only gathering publicly available information
3. Results will not be used for harassment, stalking, or doxing

Refuse requests that target individuals for harassment or aggregate private information beyond what the objective requires.

Collection Techniques

Domain and Infrastructure OSINT