smicallef

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by smicallef 2mo ago
I’ve been thinking about something along these lines for some time. I really like the direction of this. The challenge I see more broadly is we (as engineers now empowered by LLMs) are trying to find the right level of abstraction to operat
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Lessons learned from my 10 year open source project(old.reddit.com)
1 points by smicallef 5y ago|0 comments
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My software was misused by Rudy Giuliani to claim election fraud(medium.com)
11 points by smicallef 6y ago|0 comments
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by smicallef 7y ago
So happy to hear it helps, thanks a lot!
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by smicallef 7y ago
Thanks.. it’s been a ton of work over years, with valuable contributions from others as well, so I’m really glad to see it’s appreciated. If there’s however any pain point you experience with SpiderFoot, I’d be happy to hear it.
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by smicallef 7y ago
It actually does search for social media accounts linked to a name or username, but does so using Google/Bing APIs and not Facebook’s.
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by smicallef 7y ago
Indeed, Whois sucks for parsing and is losing value as an OSINT source since GDPR. I’ll take a look at RDAP.
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by smicallef 7y ago
Company data is a little there, using OpenCorporates’ API. The tool originated with a smaller scope initially and has grown over 8 years of development. I can imagine how different it will look in another few years.
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by smicallef 7y ago
Actually you can target a bunch of things beyond domains, including IPs, usernames, phone numbers and more. And historic Whois and leak database modules are indeed there. In some cases you need API keys though but most offer free tiers for
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by smicallef 7y ago
Appreciate it, thanks!
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by smicallef 7y ago
I didn’t even consider the MSF compatibility need for people, so will take that into consideration for a future release. The sfcli.py CLI was a starting point for that kind of functionality but not MSF compatible. Thanks for the feedback th
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by smicallef 7y ago
Author of the project (not the OP) here. Must say it was quite a surprise to see this land in my HN feed today! I’ll do my best to answer the points raised below but if you have any questions or further feedback, I’m glad to hear it!
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by smicallef 17y ago
Brilliant idea. There have been so many times where I've been in Excel thinking "if only I could run SQL on this." Only thing to concern yourself with now is how long before Microsoft implements this in Excel? P.S. Great to hear an Aussie a