Recursive internet scanner that chains 100+ modules for subdomain enumeration, web spidering and email harvesting. Has a passive-only preset.
tools / theharvester
theHarvester
Collects emails, subdomains, hosts, employee names and IPs for a domain from search engines, PGP servers, certificate logs and APIs.
field note
Ships with Kali. Use "-b all" with API keys configured for the widest coverage. The output helps you infer a company's email format.
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