Get to know : Email OSINT & Tools

nuclei_av
2 min readApr 30, 2023

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Email OSINT is a method of collecting emails of target company or individual that are available in public domain. This blog discuss methods and tools to collect email ids of target company or individual.

(1) Google

Ultimate tool to identify every information of target company or individual. Just use different search operators to identify more accurate and reliable information. Click Here to Learn 15 Google Search Tips & Tricks for Best Results.

(2) Hunter.io

Nice web based application that provides list of email ids just by giving company name. This tool is not free and you need to pay some bucks to use it.

(3) theHarvester

Pre-installed tool on Kali Linux. This tool gives email addresses in addition of other information from public domain. Just shoot below command to search emails:

theHarvester -d gmail.com -b all

(4) Emailrep.io

This web based tool just give reputation of email. Also provide source details and reasoning for the results.

(5) Phonebook.cz

This is totally free tool to identify email addresses of a particular company. It will provide list of email addresses belongs to company.

(6) emailHippo

This simple tool is used to provide accuracy of email id whether it is working or not. This tool also provide information related to different details such as mailbox existence, domain etc.

(7) Email Checker

This is another tool to check correctness of email and to check whether email is valid or not.

(8) By using other search engines

Must use other search engines such as Bing, Yahoo etc. to extract more information related to target. You never know what new info and emails you got it.

LINKS for Tools

Hunter.io — https://hunter.io/

Phonebook.cz — https://phonebook.cz/

VoilaNorbert — https://www.voilanorbert.com/

Email Hippo — https://tools.verifyemailaddress.io/

Email Checker — https://email-checker.net/validate

Clearbit Connect — https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/clearbit-connect-supercha/pmnhcgfcafcnkbengdcanjablaabjplo?hl=en

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nuclei_av

I am a 21 year old Cybersecurity Enthusiast and Hacker. Love exploring technology and playing with it. GitHub : https://github.com/NucleiAv