Awesome Search Engines
Published: 2023-12-21 00:20:32

A curated list of awesome search engines useful during Penetration testing, Vulnerability assessments, Red/Blue Team operations, Bug Bounty and more.

General Search Engines
Google
Bing
Yahoo!
Yandex
Ask
Baidu
You
SearXNG
EXALead
DuckDuckGo
Swisscows
Naver
AOL
Brave
Yep
Gibiru
Kagi


Servers
Shodan - Search Engine for the Internet of Everything
Censys Search - Search Engine for every server on the Internet to reduce exposure and improve security
Onyphe.io - Cyber Defense Search Engine for open-source and cyber threat intelligence data
ZoomEye - Global cyberspace mapping
GreyNoise - The source for understanding internet noise
Natlas - Scaling Network Scanning
Netlas.io - Discover, Research and Monitor any Assets Available Online
FOFA - Cyberspace mapping
Quake - Cyberspace surveying and mapping system
Hunter - Internet Search Engines For Security Researchers


Vulnerabilities
NIST NVD - US National Vulnerability Database
MITRE CVE - Identify, define, and catalog publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities
GitHub Advisory Database - Security vulnerability database inclusive of CVEs and GitHub originated security advisories
cloudvulndb.org - The Open Cloud Vulnerability & Security Issue Database
osv.dev - Open Source Vulnerabilities
Vulners.com - Your Search Engine for Security Intelligence
opencve.io - Easiest way to track CVE updates and be alerted about new vulnerabilities
security.snyk.io - Open Source Vulnerability Database
Mend Vulnerability Database - The largest open source vulnerability DB
Rapid7 - DB - Vulnerability & Exploit Database
CVEDetails - The ultimate security vulnerability datasource
VulnIQ - Vulnerability intelligence and management solution
SynapsInt - The unified OSINT research tool
Aqua Vulnerability Database - Vulnerabilities and weaknesses in open source applications and cloud native infrastructure
Vulmon - Vulnerability and exploit search engine
VulDB - Number one vulnerability database
ScanFactory - Realtime Security Monitoring
Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative - Publicly disclosed vulnerabilities discovered by Zero Day Initiative researchers
Google Project Zero - Vulnerabilities including Zero Days
Trickest CVE Repository - Gather and update all available and newest CVEs with their PoC
cnvd.org.cn - Chinese National Vulnerability Database
InTheWild.io - Check CVEs in our free, open source feed of exploited vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Lab - Vulnerability research, bug bounties and vulnerability assessments
Red Hat Security Advisories - Information about security flaws that affect Red Hat products and services in the form of security advisories
Cisco Security Advisories - Security advisories and vulnerability information for Cisco products, including network equipment and software
Microsoft Security Response Center - Reports of security vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft products and services
VARIoT - VARIoT IoT Vulnerabilities Database


Exploits
Exploit-DB - Exploit Database
Sploitus - Convenient central place for identifying the newest exploits
Rapid7 - DB - Vulnerability & Exploit Database
Vulmon - Vulnerability and exploit search engine
packetstormsecurity.com - Information Security Services, News, Files, Tools, Exploits, Advisories and Whitepapers
0day.today - Ultimate database of exploits and vulnerabilities
LOLBAS - Living Off The Land Binaries, Scripts and Libraries
GTFOBins - Curated list of Unix binaries that can be used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems
Payloads All The Things - A list of useful payloads and bypasses for Web Application Security
XSS Payloads - The wonderland of JavaScript unexpected usages, and more
exploitalert.com - Database of Exploits
Reverse Shell generator - Online Reverse Shell generator with Local Storage functionality, URI & Base64 Encoding, MSFVenom Generator, and Raw Mode
HackerOne hacktivity - See the latest hacker activity on HackerOne
Bugcrowd Crowdstream - Showcase of accepted and disclosed submissions on Bugcrowd programs
GTFOArgs - Curated list of Unix binaries that can be manipulated for argument injection
shell-storm.org/shellcode - Shellcodes database for study cases
Hacking the Cloud - Encyclopedia of the attacks/tactics/techniques that offensive security professionals can use on their next cloud exploitation adventure
LOLDrivers - Open-source project that brings together vulnerable, malicious, and known malicious Windows drivers
PwnWiki - Collection of TTPs (tools, tactics, and procedures) for what to do after access has been gained
CVExploits Search - Your comprehensive database for CVE exploits from across the internet
VARIoT - VARIoT IoT exploits database
LOOBins - Detailed information on various built-in macOS binaries and how they can be used by threat actors for malicious purposes


Attack Surface
FullHunt.io - Attack surface database of the entire Internet
BinaryEdge - We scan the web and gather data for you
Censys ASM - Attack Surface Management Solutions
RedHunt Labs - Discover your Attack Surface, Continuously
SecurityTrails - The Total Internet Inventory
overcast-security.com - We make tracking your external attack surface easy
IPInfo.io - The trusted source for IP address data
IPData.co - IP Geolocation and Threat Intelligence API
NetworksDB - Information about the public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, networks and domains owned by companies and organisations across the world
ASNlookup - Quickly lookup updated information about specific Autonomous System Number (ASN), Organization, CIDR, or registered IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) among other relevant data
BGPtools - Browse the Internet ecosystem
BGPview - Debug and investigate information about IP addresses, ASN, IXs, BGP, ISPs, Prefixes and Domain names
BigDataCloud - The API provides comprehensive location and network data
RADb - The world's largest public routing registry
Deepinfo - Empower your security with the most comprehensive Internet data
Detectify - Complete External Attack Surface Management


Code
GitHub Code Search - Search globally across all of GitHub, or scope your search to a particular repository or organization
GitLab Code Search - Advanced search for faster, more efficient search across the entire GitLab instance
Sourceforge - Complete Open-Source and Business Software Platform
grep.app - Search across a half million git repos
publicwww.com - Find any alphanumeric snippet, signature or keyword in the web pages HTML, JS and CSS code
SearchCode - Search 75 billion lines of code from 40 million projects
NerdyData - Find companies based on their website's tech stack or code
RepoSearch - Source code search engine that helps you find implementation details, example usages or just analyze code
SourceGraph - Understand and search across your entire codebase
HotExamples - Search code examples from over 1 million projects
WP Directory - Lightning fast regex searching of code in the WordPress Plugin and Theme Directories
GitHub Gists - Instantly share code, notes, and snippets
CodeBerg - Collaboration platform and Git hosting for free and open source software, content and projects
Fedora Pagure - Open Source software code hosting system
LaunchPad - Software collaboration platform that provides: Bug tracking, Code hosting, Code reviews, Ubuntu package building and hosting, Translations...
repo.or.cz - Public Git hosting site
gitorious.org - Read-only mirror of the former gitorious.org code hosting website
Sourcehut - Collection of tools useful for software development
android.googlesource.com - Git repositories on android
deps.dev - Service developed and hosted by Google to help developers better understand the structure, construction, and security of open source software packages
WebFinery - Search the source code of the web
Google Code Archive - Data found on the Google Code Project Hosting Service, which was turned down in early 2016
Snipplr - Code snippet search engine that allows users to search and share code snippets across various programming languages and frameworks
Postman Public Collections - Explore the best APIs, collections, workspaces in the world on the Postman Public API Network
ScriptMafia - Download full nulled scripts
SearchFTPs - The most advanced FTP Search Engine service maintained by members
Ecosyste.ms - An open API service providing package, version and dependency metadata of many open source software ecosystems and registries


Mail Addresses
Hunter.io - Find professional email addresses in seconds
PhoneBook - Lists all domains, email addresses, or URLs for the given input domain
IntelligenceX - Search engine and data archive
Reacher.email - Open-Source Email Verification
RocketReach - Your first-degree connection to any professional
email-format.com - Find the email address formats in use at thousands of companies
EmailHippo - Email address verification technology
ThatsThem - Reverse email lookup
verify-email.org - Checks whether the mailbox exists or not
Melissa - Emailcheck - Check email addresses and verify they are live
VoilaNorbert - I can find anyone's email address
SynapsInt - The unified OSINT research tool
skymem.info - Find email addresses of companies and people
findemails.com - Find Anyone's Email Address in Seconds
Experte email finder - Find the right email address, even if you only know the name and the company
EmailSherlock - Search for the Person behind the Email address and find our reputation score
Anymail Finder - Find verified emails
Tomba.io - With 430+ million email addresses indexed, effective search filters, and deliverability checks, Tomba's email finder is its most powerful tool
Snov Email Finder Find any email. Anywhere
EmailSearch.io - Find any emails and phones from a domain, Linkedin, name, and company
Email Permutator+ - Find potential email addresses permutating different combinations
Emailrep.io - Simple Email Reputation
Mailboxvalidator - Secure and reliable email validation service to check for invalid email addresses
ContactOut - Most accurate email finder for personal and work email outreach
validemail.io - Validate email addresses for deliverability with our Email Validation API


Domains
PhoneBook - Lists all domains, email addresses, or URLs for the given input domain
IntelligenceX - Search engine and data archive
Omnisint - Subdomain enumeration
Riddler - Allows you to search in a high quality dataset
RobTex - Various kinds of research of IP numbers, Domain names, etc
CentralOps - DomainDossier - Investigate domains and IP addresses
DomainIQ - Comprehensive Domain Intelligence
whois.domaintools.com - Industry’s fastest domain discovery engine and broadest, most accurate data
grayhatwarfare.com - domains - How to search URLs exposed by Shortener services
whoisology.com - Deep Connections Between Domain Names & Their Owners
who.is - WHOIS Search, Domain Name, Website, and IP Tools
pentest-tools.com - Discover subdomains and determine the attack surface of an organization
BuiltWith - Find out what websites are Built With
MoonSearch - Backlinks checker & SEO Report
sitereport.netcraft.com - Find out the infrastructure and technologies used by any site
SynapsInt - The unified OSINT research tool
statscrop.com - Millions of amazing websites across the web are being analyzed with StatsCrop
securityheaders.com - Scan your site now
visualsitemapper.com - Create a visual map of your site
similarweb.com - The easiest and fastest tool to find out what's really going on online
buckets.grayhatwarfare.com - Public buckets
C99.nl - Over 57 quality API's and growing!
wannabe1337.xyz - Online Tools
subdomainfinder.c99.nl - Scanner that scans an entire domain to find as many subdomains as possible
AnubisDB - Subdomain enumeration and information gathering tool
HypeStat - Free statistics and analytics service, where you can find information about every website
Private Key Project - Information security tools from Private Key Project
SiteDossier - Profiles for millions of sites on the web
SpyOnWeb - Quick and convenient search for the websites that probably belong to the same owner
HaveIBeenSquatted - Check if a domain has been typosquatted


URLs
PhoneBook - Lists all domains, email addresses, or URLs for the given input domain
IntelligenceX - Search engine and data archive
URLScan - A sandbox for the web
HackerTarget - Collect information about IP Addresses, Networks, Web Pages and DNS records
MOZ Link Explorer - The world's best backlink checker with over 40 trillion links
shorteners.grayhatwarfare.com - Search URLs exposed by Shortener services
CommonCrawl Index - Open repository of web crawl data
URLVoid - Check the online reputation/safety of a website
Norton SafeWeb - Look up a site, Get our rating


DNS
DNSDumpster - DNS recon & research, find & lookup dns records
Chaos - Enhance research and analyse changes around DNS for better insights
RapidDNS - DNS query tool which make querying subdomains or sites of a same ip easy
DNSdb - Passive DNS historical database
Omnisint - Reverse DNS lookup
HackerTarget - Collect information about IP Addresses, Networks, Web Pages and DNS records
passivedns.mnemonic.no - Web interface for querying passive DNS data collected in our malware lab
ptrarchive.com - Over 230 billion reverse DNS entries from 2008 to the present
dnshistory.org - Domain Name System Historical Record Archive
DNSTwister - The anti-phishing domain name search engine and DNS monitoring service
DNSviz - Tool for visualizing the status of a DNS zone
C99.nl - Over 57 quality API's and growing
wannabe1337.xyz - Online Tools
DNSlytics - Find out everything about a domain name, IP address or provider
dnsrepo.noc.org - DNS Database Repository Search
DNSSpy - Monitor, validate and verify your DNS configurations
ZETAlytics - We offer unrivalled geographic diversity and exclusive global network visibility in searchable datasets for use by cyber security analysts
AskDNS - Lookup Connected Domain Names and IP Addresses
360 PassiveDNS.CN - Biggest public available db in China designed for security and research purpose
MXtoolbox - All of your MX record, DNS, blacklist and SMTP diagnostics in one integrated tool
NSLookup.io - Find all DNS records for a domain name using this online tool
Robtex DNS Lookup - Get detailed information on the nameservers associated with a domain name
DNSMap - Worldwide DNS Propagation Checker
Validin - Massive collection of DNS records with free DNS history search


Certificates
Crt.sh - Certificate Search
CTSearch - Certificate Transparency Search Tool
tls.bufferover.run - Quickly find certificates in IPv4 space
CertSpotter - Monitors your domains for expiring, unauthorized, and invalid SSL certificates
SynapsInt - The unified OSINT research tool
Censys Search - Certificates - Certificates Search
ciphersuite.info - TLS Ciphersuite Search. Search for a particular cipher suite by using IANA, OpenSSL or GnuTLS name format
certificatedetails - Online certificate viewer. Inspect and download certificates from your browser
FacebookCT - Search for certificates issued for a given domain and subscribe to notifications from Facebook regarding new certificates
certs.io - Search TLS certificates across the internet.


WiFi Networks
Wigle.net - Maps and database of 802.11 wireless networks with statistics
wifimap.io - Connect to all Free WiFi Hotspots using WiFi Map App all over the World!
wificafespots.com - Free WiFi Cafe Spots
wifispc.com - Free map of Wi-Fi passwords anywhere you go!
openwifimap.net - HTML5 map with OpenWiFiMap data
mylnikov.org - Public API implementation of Wi-Fi Geo-Location database


Device Information
MACVendorLookup.com - Look up the vendor for a specific MAC Address
macvendors.com - Find MAC Address Vendors. Now
macaddress.io - MAC address vendor lookup
maclookup.app - Find the vendor name of a device by entering an OUI or a MAC address
macvendors.co - Get vendor name of your network device using its mac address


Credentials
Have I Been Pwned - Check if your email or phone is in a data breach
Dehashed - Free deep-web scans and protection against credential leaks
LeakCheck.io - Make sure your credentials haven't been compromised
crackstation.net -Massive pre-computed lookup tables to crack password hashes
HashKiller - Pre-cracked Hashes, easily searchable
LeakedPassword - Search across multiple data breaches to see if your pass has been compromised
BugMeNot - Find and share logins


Leaks
WikiLeaks - News leaks and classified media provided by anonymous sources
Leak-Lookup - Search across thousands of data breaches
Snusbase - Stay on top of the latest database breaches
breachdirectory.org - Check if your information was exposed in a data breach
BreachForums - Breaches, Data leaks, databases and more
Siph0n Breach DB (onionsite) - Breaches, Data leaks, Exploits
Exposed Forum - The premier Databreach discussion & leaks forum
Distributed Denial of Secrets - Journalist 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to publishing and archiving leaks
Have I Been Zuckered - Facebook Data Breach Checker
Cryptome - Documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide


Hidden Services
AHMIA - Search hidden services on the Tor network
thehiddenwiki.org - The darknet guide
tor.link - Free anonymous deepweb / Darknet search engine
deepweblinks.net - Onion Links
onionengine.com - A search engine for services accessible on the Tor network
OnionLand - Discover Hidden Services and access to Tor's onion sites


Social Networks

These can be useful for osint and social engineering.

Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
Twitter
LinkedIn
Reddit
Pinterest
Tumblr
Flickr
SnapChat
Whatsapp
Quora
TikTok
Vimeo
Medium
WeChat
VK
Weibo
Tinder


Phone Numbers
NumLookup - Free reverse phone lookup
SpyDialer - Free Reverse Lookup Search
WhitePages - Find people, contact info & background checks
National Cellular Directory - Begin your comprehensive people search now
Phone Validator - Is it a cell phone or is it a landline or is it a fake?
Free Carrier Lookup - Enter a phone number and we'll return the carrier name
RocketReach - Your first-degree connection to any professional
sync.me - Find out who called
EmobileTracker - Track Mobile Owner Name, Location and Mobile Service Provider
Reverse Phone Lookup - Find Out The Owner Of A Phone Number
ThatsThem - Reverse phone lookup
thisnumber.com - International Phone Directories
usphonebook.com - Free Reverse Phone Number Lookup
truepeoplesearch.com - Get current address, cell phone number, email address, relatives, friends and a lot more
Tellows - Who is calling? The phone number reverse search
SynapsInt - The unified OSINT research tool
C99.nl - Over 57 quality API's and growing
ValidNumber.com - Free reverse phone lookup service to let you identify a caller associated with any 10-digit phone number from the US and Canada
CellIdFinder - Nonprofit project which helps you to find GSM BTS by MCC, MNC, LAC and CellID
OldPhoneBook - Instantly search a large selection from the past 20 years of USA phone listings
Spokeo - Search by name, phone, address, or email to confidentially lookup information about people you know
Intelius Phone Lookup - Look up a phone number to find owner information, carrier details, and more
ZabaSearch Phone Lookup - Reverse Phone Lookup Tool Can Uncover Personal Information, Social Media Data, Online Activity, Photos, and More
AnyWho Phone Lookup - Find out information associated with a phone number
Radaris Phone Lookup - Look up any phone number to see its owner and identify who's calling or texting you
Reverse Phone Lookup - Reverse phone number lookup with millions of listings including name or address


Images
Google Image Search - The most comprehensive image search on the web
Baidu Image - Baidu Image Search
Yahoo Image - Yahoo Image Search
Yandex Image - Yandex Image Search
Facecheck.id - Search for people by photo and verify you are talking to the person they claim to be
Bing Visual Search - See it, search it
Reverse Image Search - Super-fast image finder that helps you find similar images online
Reverse Image - Find Where Images Appear Online
Pixsy - Find and fight image theft
Pimeyes - Face Search Engine, Reverse Image Search
Pictriev - Find look-alike celebrities on the web using the face recognition
Karmadecay - Reverse image search of Reddit.com
Infringement Report - The web's best image copyright infringement search tool
Tineye - Image search and recognition company
Flickr - Home to tens of billions of photos and 2 million groups
Sogou - Chinese technology company that offers a search engine
Jimpl - Online photo metadata and EXIF data viewer
Same Energy - Find beautiful images
Pixabay - Stunning royalty-free images & royalty-free stock
FotoForensics - Tools and training for digital picture analysis, including error level analysis, metadata, and tutorials
Exif data - Online application that lets you take a deeper look at your favorite images
Image Identify - Image recognition site, just drag your image & identify


Threat Intelligence
MITRE ATT&CK - Globally-accessible knowledge base of adversary tactics and techniques
PulseDive - Threat intelligence made easy
ThreatCrowd - A Search Engine for Threats
ThreatMiner - Data Mining for Threat Intelligence
VirusTotal - Analyze suspicious files, domains, IPs and URLs to detect malware and other breaches
vx-underground.org - The largest collection of malware source code, samples, and papers on the internet
bazaar.abuse.ch - Malware sample database
feodotracker.abuse.ch - List of botnet Command&Control servers
sslbl.abuse.ch - All malicious SSL certificates
urlhaus.abuse.ch - Propose new malware urls
threatfox.abuse.ch - Indicator Of Compromise (IOC) database
yaraify.abuse.ch - Scan suspicious files such as malware samples or process dumps against a large repository of YARA rules
Rescure - Curated cyber threat intelligence for everyone
otx.alienvault - The World's First Truly Open Threat Intelligence Community
urlquery.net - Service for detecting and analyzing web-based malware
socradar.io - Extension to your SOC team
VirusShare - System currently contains 48 million malware samples
PassiveTotal - Security intelligence that scales security operations and response
malapi.io - Windows APIs used for malicious purposes
filesec.io - Latest file extensions being used by attackers
leakix.net - Search engine indexing public information and an open reporting platform linked to the results
tria.ge - Fully automated solution for high-volume malware analysis using advanced sandboxing technology
Polyswarm - Launchpad for new technologies and innovative threat detection methods
Cisco Talos - The threat intelligence organization at the center of the Cisco Security portfolio
scamsearch.io - Find your scammer online & report them
CyberCampaigns - Threat Actor information and Write-Ups
ORKL - The Community Driven Cyber Threat Intelligence Library
Maltiverse - Data from more than 100 different Threat Intelligence sources
Inquest Labs - Threat intelligence from hundreds of public, private, and internal sources to develop new FDR signatures and rules
PhishTank - Collaborative clearing house for data and information about phishing on the Internet
IntelOwl - Open Source Intelligence, or OSINT solution to get threat intelligence data about a specific file, an IP or a domain from a single API at scale
Lupovis - Analyze and collect data on Internet-wide scans and attacks in real-time. We use this data to identify and classify malicious actors
AbuseIPDB - Check the report history of any IP address to see if anyone else has reported malicious activities
Sucuri SiteCheck - Check websites for known malware, viruses, blacklisting status, website errors, out-of-date software, and malicious code
Spamhaus - Protect and investigate using IP and domain reputation data
ThreatBook - One step ahead of your adversary with high-fidelity, efficient and actionable cyber threat intelligence
ShadowServer - Nonprofit security organization working altruistically behind the scenes to make the Internet more secure for everyone
Team Cymru - Global leader in cyber threat intelligence and attack surface management
BeVigil - Search engine for mobile application security testing
CIRCL - The Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg is a government-driven initiative designed to gather, review, report and respond to computer security threats and incidents
MetaDefender Cloud - Advanced threat detection and prevention platform
Cybersixgill - Threat intelligence platform that provides access to a wide range of cybersecurity information, including dark web monitoring and threat actor analysis
Hybrid Analysis - Free malware analysis service for the community that detects and analyzes unknown threats using a unique Hybrid Analysis technology
IBM X-Force Exchange - Threat intelligence sharing platform enabling research on security threats, aggregation of intelligence, and collaboration with peers
The DFIR Report - Real Intrusions by Real Attackers, The Truth Behind the Intrusion
Detection.FYI - Search Sigma rules
WhoisXMLAPI - Domain & IP Data Intelligence for Greater Enterprise Security
APIVoid - Threat analysis centered on IP and Domain reputation, along with additional services


Web History
Web Archive - Explore more than 702 billion web pages saved over time
Archive.ph - Create a copy of a webpage that will always be up even if the original link is down
CachedPages - Get the cached page of any URL
stored.website - View cached web pages/website
CommonCrawl - Open repository of web crawl data
UK Web Archive - Collects millions of websites each year, preserving them for future generations
Arquivo - Non-profit service that maintains information published on the web of interest to the Portuguese community
Archive-It - An archive of digital government and non-government organization (NGO) documents and reports
HAW - Croatian Web Archive


Surveillance cameras
Insecam.org - The world biggest directory of online surveillance security cameras
Surveillance under Surveillance - Cameras and guards watching you almost everywhere
World Cams - Live Streaming Webcams Like Never Seen Before
Skylinewebcams - Live HD webcams broadcasting from the world's best attractions and destinations
WebKams - Live Web Cameras Everywhere
WorldCam - Webcams from around the world
Webcam Hopper - Live Webcams from around the world
Live Traffic - Real-time monitoring of Europe’s live traffic cameras
Geocam.ru - Webcams of the world
Moldova's borders webcams - Official list of webcams at various border crossings around Moldova
Earth Cam - Leading network of live streaming webcams for tourism and entertainment
Webcam Taxi - Live Virtual Travel
LiveWorldWebcams - Live streaming webcams from around the world


Unclassified
DorkSearch - Speed up your Dorking
usersearch.org - Find someone by username or email on Social Networks, Dating Sites, Forums, Crypto Forums, Chat Sites and Blogs
Pastebin - Website where you can store text online for a set period of time
Wappalyzer - Instant access to website technology stacks, company and contact details, social media profiles, email verification and more


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DNS.BufferOver.run
NetoGraph - Captures and indexes detailed, low-level snapshots of website behaviour