description: >- Multipurpose tools gather multiple pieces of information in one go, as opposed to a single type of data

Multipurpose Reconnaissance Tools

Recon-ng

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Maltego

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• long standing general-purpose OSINT tool with graphical interface
• Free community edition available, with data gathering limitations
• $1000/year professional license

TheHarvester

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• performs open source intelligence (OSINT) gathering to help determine a domain's external threat landscape.
• gathers names, emails, IPs, subdomains, and URLs by using multiple public resources
• Language: python

Spiderfoot

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