Working with SocialScan Tool on Kali Linux OS
Example 1: Checking User
socialscan w3wiki
1. In this example, We will be checking the availability of users on popular platforms. We are checking for the w3wiki user.
2. In the below Screenshot, We have got the platforms list on which w3wiki user has their identity.
Example 2: Checking Email Address
socialscan gauravgandal@gmail.com
1. In the below Screenshot, We are checking the email address available on the internet.
2. In the below Screenshot, We have got the list of platforms on which the specifies email address is active.
Example 3: Show program’s version number
socialscan --version
In this example, We are printing the version of the SocialScan tool. –version tag is used to print the version.
Example 4: Display profile URLs for usernames on supported platforms
socialscan w3wiki --show-urls
1. In this example, We will be printing the associated URLs of users active on various popular platforms. –show-urls tag is used to print the URLs.
2. In the below Screenshot, We have got the URLs of w3wiki User active in listed platforms.
3. In the below Screenshot, We have visited the Twitter profile of w3wiki.
Example 5: Verbose
socialscan w3wiki --show-urls -v
In this example, We are printing the results in a more detailed way. -v is the tag used for verbose mode.
SocialScan – Check Email Address and Username Availability in Kali Linux
OSINT is the process of gathering information about the person or the organization through open source means. We can collect lots of information only from a single username or email address. All the linked profile URLs can be collected by running an automated script. SocialScan is the tool that helps the tester to collect information about the individual from publicly available data. SocialScan tool is an automated script or tool developed in the python language. SocialScan tool finds the associated URLs list of the victim linked with popular platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, GitHub, etc. This collected information can be used to study the victim more closely and perform a Social Engineering attack. SocialScan tool is an open-source script and free-to-use.
Note: Make Sure You have Python Installed on your System, as this is a python-based tool. Click to check the Installation process: Python Installation Steps on Linux