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theHarvester Cheatsheet

  • Command Syntax
theHarvester -d <domain> -b <source> [options]
  • Options
-h //help 

-d <domain> //target domain.

-b <source> //data source

-l <limit> //number of results per source (limit).

-f <filename> //save results to file

-v / --verbose //verbose output
  • Common sources (pick with -b)
google, bing, duckduckgo, brave — search engines

crtsh, certspotter, bufferoverun — certificate transparency sources

dnsdumpster, rapiddns, securityTrails, netlas, projecdiscovery — DNS/asset sources

github-code, builtwith — code/site fingerprinting

shodan, censys, virustotal — hosts / certs / asset databases

haveibeenpwned, dehashed, leaklookup — breaches & leaks indexing