OSINT investigation tools
Quick answer
An OSINT (open-source intelligence) investigation connects publicly available information about an account, domain, wallet or organization into one picture. Serus is an agentic OSINT tool: start with an email, username, phone number, domain, wallet, screenshot or a plain-language question, and it runs surface, deep and dark web searches in minutes, with every finding linked to its source.
- Start with
- Email, Username, Phone, Domain, Wallet, Screenshot
- Sources
- Surface, deep and dark web, including specialist OSINT sources
- Part of
- Serus Intelligence
What it finds
- Accounts, domains, wallets and phone numbers connected to what you start with
- Results from sources including the surface web, public records, social profiles, breach databases, paste sites and specialist OSINT sources, in a single pass
- Dark web results from sources that include breach dumps, credential collections, forums and market listings, with sensitive values redacted
- Whether scattered indicators (handles, domains, emails, wallets) connect to one actor
- New findings as they surface, from deployed agents that watch names, domains and keywords around the clock
How it works
- 1
Start with what you have
An email, a username, a screenshot or a question in plain language. Serus works out the right investigation path.
- 2
Agents search many sources
Sources including the surface web, public records, social profiles, breach databases, paste sites, dark web datasets and specialist OSINT sources.
- 3
Follow the connections
Identifiers are cross-referenced and every finding links to its source, so you can verify the whole picture.
- 4
Keep watching
Deploy agents to monitor names, domains and keywords, or pull results into your own systems with the developer API.
Example result
- Searched
- @example_handle
- Linked identifiers
- 2 email addresses, 1 domain
- Infrastructure
- example.org shares a registrant with 3 other domains
- Dark web
- 1 forum mention (redacted)
- Sources
- Each finding linked to its source
Use cases
All use cases- Map phishing infrastructure. Map the infrastructure behind a phish.
- Catch typosquat & lookalike domains. Find lookalike domains impersonating you.
- Support threat-actor attribution. Put a name to a threat actor.
- Verify sellers & users at scale. Investigate bad actors on your platform.
- Monitor mentions, threats & leaks. Monitor mentions of your leadership.
- Investigate a suspicious claim. Check a claim's story against reality.
Frequently asked
What is an OSINT investigation?
Research built from open sources: websites, public records, social profiles, breach data and the like. The work is connecting scattered identifiers (an email, a handle, a domain) into one picture you can verify.
What are OSINT tools?
Tools that search and connect open-source information. Many do one job each, like a username search or a breach check. Serus runs the searches together and cross-references the results into one verified profile, instead of scattered pages you connect by hand.
Does Serus search the dark web?
Yes. Dark web scans include breach dumps, credential collections, forums and market listings. Sensitive values like passwords stay redacted until you choose to reveal them.
Can I build Serus into my own systems?
Yes. The developer API lets you start scans, pull results and stream findings as they surface, documented against OpenAPI 3.1.
Is using OSINT legal?
Working with publicly available information is legal in most places, but how you use it is governed by law, including privacy rules like the GDPR and anti-stalking and anti-harassment laws. You're responsible for having a lawful basis for your searches.
Run it with Serus Intelligence
Agentic OSINT across the surface, deep and dark web, with verifiable results.
Use it responsibly: read our acceptable use policy.
