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OSINT companies

We list 20 companies active in OSINT tools, and 7 of them have it as their main focus. 3 are owned by another company and 17 are private. Most are based in the United States (10) and the United Kingdom (3). The oldest, Silobreaker, was founded in 2005.

By countryUnited States 10

Companies focused on OSINT tools

7 companies
CompanyBased inFoundedSizeOwnership
Fivecast

Open source intelligence software that collects and analyses online data to detect threats and hidden networks for national security, law enforcement and financial crime teams.

Adelaide, AustraliaPrivate
Intelligence X

Intelligence X operates a search engine and data archive for open source intelligence.

Prague, Czech Republic2018Private
Opsis OSINT

Opsis provides an OSINT search platform for looking up emails, usernames and domains across public sources.

United States2026Private
OSINT Industries

OSINT Industries provides open-source intelligence tools for online investigations.

London, United KingdomPrivate
Social Links

OSINT and social media investigation software, including SL Crimewall, an API and a Maltego integration, used by law enforcement and corporate security teams.

New York, United StatesPrivate
Maltego

Maltego provides a platform for open source intelligence and cyber investigations.

Germany2017Owned by Charlesbank Capital Partners
ShadowDragon

ShadowDragon provides an OSINT software platform for investigators to collect and analyse public data.

Hoover, United States2016Private

Also active in OSINT tools

13 companies
CompanyBased inFoundedSizeOwnership
Sencode

CREST-accredited North East England penetration testing specialist founded in 2019, offering accessible and transparent security testing with free retests and a strong focus on social engineering.

Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom20191-10 staffPrivate
360 Privacy

Removes personal data from data brokers and monitors the deep and dark web for clients.

Nashville, United States2019Private
Babel Street

Risk intelligence platform that gathers multilingual online data and uses AI agents for threat, identity and vendor risk investigations by government and enterprise.

Reston, United StatesPrivate
Censys

Censys maps internet infrastructure and provides intelligence for security operations and exposure management.

Ann Arbor, United States2017Private
Criminal IP

Criminal IP provides threat intelligence solutions for uncovering exposed assets and detecting malicious infrastructure.

Torrance, South Korea2017Private
Cyber Intelligence House

Provides dark web intelligence and cyber exposure monitoring to managed security service providers.

Singapore, Singapore2015Private
DomainTools

DomainTools provides DNS-focused threat intelligence and domain security data to detect and mitigate malicious domains.

Seattle, United StatesPrivate
Silobreaker

Silobreaker provides a software platform that gathers and analyses security and risk intelligence for organisations.

London, United Kingdom2005Private
Team Cymru

Team Cymru provides global threat intelligence from internet traffic for proactive defence.

Lake Mary, United StatesPrivate
ARPSyndicate

Builds internet-scale intelligence datasets and security products for vulnerability, subdomain, and physical reconnaissance.

New Delhi, IndiaPrivate
KELA

KELA provides cyber threat intelligence and external threat exposure management from underground sources.

Tel Aviv, IsraelPrivate
Recorded Future

Recorded Future provides a threat intelligence platform that indexes open, dark and technical sources. Acquired by Mastercard for $2.65bn.

United States2008Owned by Mastercard
ZeroFox

ZeroFox provides external cybersecurity services to discover, validate, and disrupt digital threats.

Baltimore, United States2013Owned by Haveli

Recent deals in OSINT tools

All OSINT tools deals
DateDealAmountSource
September 2024Mastercard acquired Recorded FutureSource for Mastercard buying Recorded Future, opens in a new tab$2.6bnSource for Mastercard buying Recorded Future, opens in a new tab
February 2024Haveli acquired ZeroFoxSource for Haveli buying ZeroFox, opens in a new tab$350mSource for Haveli buying ZeroFox, opens in a new tab
April 2023Charlesbank Capital Partners acquired MaltegoSource for Charlesbank Capital Partners buying Maltego, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Charlesbank Capital Partners buying Maltego, opens in a new tab
April 2023ZeroFox acquired LookingGlassSource for ZeroFox buying LookingGlass, opens in a new tab$26mSource for ZeroFox buying LookingGlass, opens in a new tab
July 2022Recorded Future acquired HatchingSource for Recorded Future buying Hatching, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Recorded Future buying Hatching, opens in a new tab
January 2022Recorded Future acquired SecurityTrailsSource for Recorded Future buying SecurityTrails, opens in a new tab$65mSource for Recorded Future buying SecurityTrails, opens in a new tab
December 2021L&F Acquisition Corp acquired ZeroFoxSource for L&F Acquisition Corp buying ZeroFox, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for L&F Acquisition Corp buying ZeroFox, opens in a new tab
December 2021ZeroFox acquired IDXSource for ZeroFox buying IDX, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for ZeroFox buying IDX, opens in a new tab
November 2021DomainTools acquired Farsight SecuritySource for DomainTools buying Farsight Security, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for DomainTools buying Farsight Security, opens in a new tab
November 2021Team Cymru acquired AmplicySource for Team Cymru buying Amplicy, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Team Cymru buying Amplicy, opens in a new tab

Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.

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