If something fails, make sure you have python3 and python3-pip installed, as they're required for Sherlock to install. ~/sherlock$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt In a new terminal window, run the following commands to install Sherlock and all dependencies needed. To get started, we can follow the instructions included in the GitHub repository. Don't Miss: How to Use SpiderFoot for OSINT Gathering.If you want to learn more about the project, you can check out its simple GitHub page. I had it running on macOS and Ubuntu just fine, so it seems to be cross-platform.
Python 3.6 or higher is required, but aside from that, you'll just need pip3 to install Sherlock on your computer. For our example, I'll be taking the suggestion of a fellow Null Byte writer to target the social media accounts of Neil Breen, director of many very intense movies such as the classic hacker film Fateful Findings. Images from profile photos are easy to put into a reverse image search, allowing you to find other profiles using the same image whenever the target has a preferred profile photo.Įven the description text in a profile may often be copied and pasted between profiles, allowing you to search for profiles created with identical profile text or descriptions. One social media account may contain links to others which use different screen names, giving you another round of searching to include the newly discovered leads. Social media accounts are rich sources of clues. Don't Miss: Conduct OSINT Recon on a Target Domain with Raccoon Scanner.
A single screen name can reveal many user accounts created by the same person, potentially introducing photos, accounts of family members, and other avenues for collecting further information. Even if a person is careful, their online contacts may not be, and it's easy to slip up and leave default privacy setting enabled on apps like Venmo. With Sherlock, we can instantly hunt down social media accounts created with a unique screen name on many online platforms simultaneously.įrom a single clue like an email address or screen name, Sherlock can grow what we know about a target piece by piece as we learn about their activity on the internet. Screen names are perfect for this because they are unique and link data together, as people often reuse them in accounts across the internet.
When researching a person using open source intelligence, the goal is to find clues that tie information about a target into a bigger picture.
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