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onlinelibrary.london.ac.uk
A library support page explaining the invisible web, also called the deep web or hidden web. It states that search engines cover about 16% of the internet and advises against relying on them alone, especially for academic information. It lists content search engines cannot find, such as dynamically changing content, password protected resources and sites requiring registration, and suggests web directories and asking a librarian.
arxiv.org
This arXiv paper by Dirk Lewandowski and Philipp Mayr provides a critical review of Bergman's 2001 study on the Deep Web. It introduces the concept of the Academic Invisible Web, defined as databases and collections relevant to academia but not searchable by general-purpose internet search engines, and reviews approaches for indexing it. The authors question Bergman's size estimate and suggest collaboration.
tor.stackexchange.com
Tor Stack Exchange is a question-and-answer site for researchers, developers, and users of Tor. Questions cover topics such as onion services, exit relays, Tails, the Tor Browser Bundle, anonymity, and configuration.
globaleaks.org
GlobaLeaks is free, open source software for setting up and maintaining a secure whistleblowing platform. It is designed as a framework for anonymous reporting, with privacy protection and submission protection enabled by default, and has been translated into over 70 languages. The source code is public and has been examined in independent security audits since 2011.
forbes.com
Forbes SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations such as Forbes use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. Users access the SecureDrop page through the Tor browser and follow instructions to send information. Users receive a codename to log back in and check for responses from Forbes reporters.
cbc.ca
CBC SecureDrop is a method for securely and anonymously contacting CBC and its investigative journalists. It establishes an anonymous online connection and allows sending encrypted messages or documents. Access requires Tor Browser, with a pass-phrase serving as the user-name to check for replies; the pass-phrase cannot be retrieved once the user leaves the site.
news.bloomberglaw.com
Bloomberg Industry Group accepts confidential news tips through SecureDrop, described as a secure communication platform designed to protect anonymity. Bloomberg Industry Group controls the server, which stores submitted information in encrypted form. The page advises against using home, office or employer networks and devices, recommending public wifi and devices the source controls. Signal and postal mail are listed as alternative methods.
aftenposten.no
Aftenposten AS instructions for submitting documents securely through its verified SecureDrop service.
stem.torproject.org
Stem is a Python controller library for Tor. It implements Tor's directory and control specifications, allowing scripts and applications to interact with the Tor process through its control protocol. The latest version is 1.8.1, released September 2022, and the project is noted as mostly unmaintained. It requires only Python.
ooni.org
The OONI Probe Tor test provides an automated way of examining whether Tor works in a tested network. It measures the reachability of Tor directory authorities, OR ports and obfs4 bridge addresses. The Tor network is described as free and open source, providing online anonymity, privacy and censorship circumvention.
nyx.torproject.org
Nyx is a command-line monitor for Tor, providing real-time information about a relay such as bandwidth usage, connections and logs. It is a curses interface suited to ssh connections and tty terminals. It requires Stem 1.5.4 or later and works with Python 2.7 and greater, including Python 3.x.
arxiv.org
This dataset maps the network layer of the Invisible Internet Project (I2P), collected using the SWARM-I2P framework, which deployed I2P routers as mapping agents. It documents over 50,000 nodes with metrics such as bandwidth, latency, and uptime, plus network traffic records and geographic distribution. Node identifiers were anonymized. Data is available in CSV and TXT formats on Zenodo, with mapping scripts on GitHub.
arxiv.org
CRATOR is a proposed dark web crawler described in an arXiv paper. It is designed to extract pages that handle security protocols such as captchas, using seed URL lists, link analysis and scanning to discover content, with user-agent rotation and proxy usage for anonymity. The authors report evaluation using coverage, performance and robustness metrics, and suggest threat intelligence, cybersecurity and online investigation applications.
pypi.org
onionsearch is a Python script that scrapes URLs on different .onion search engines. It is distributed on PyPI as version 1.3, released on October 22, 2021, under the GNU General Public License v3. The package page states the author has not provided a project description.
ahmia.fi
Ahmia is a search engine for services on the Tor network. It indexes hidden services, which require the Tor browser bundle to access, and states that abuse material is not allowed and is removed from the index. The project is developed as free and open source software, with a crawler, an index and a search website.
ecrime.ch
eCrime.ch is an extortion exposure monitoring platform for enterprise security, incident response and third-party risk teams. It detects, verifies and delivers ransomware and data-leak signals with context such as entity mapping, artifacts, links and timelines. The site states it monitors 280+ extortion and leak sources and delivers alerts through dashboard, email, Slack, API and reports. A REST API provides tracker, intelligence, file-search, screenshot, actor, leak-site and torrent-monitoring data.
www2.gov.bc.ca
A British Columbia government search page for locating and downloading specific documents, such as receipts, notes, letters, memos and reports, that correspond to information releases and travel expense records. It advises using the catalogue search by keyword and information type when the document is not known.
pikaosint.pages.dev
A curated directory of OSINT tools and resources organized by categories such as username, email, phone, image, social, chat, gaming and location. The page states that it prioritizes highly effective content over quantity and lists only services that can be used for free. It includes dorks and tool entries with usage examples.
map.malfrats.industries
Malfrat's OSINT Map is a web-based tree of open source intelligence tools and methods, presented as an alternative version of osintframework.com. Its legend marks items that require installation, need purchases, are web-based, are guides, lead to .onion sites, are browser extensions, or are offensive-OSINT that might alert the target.
chris927.github.io
A browser-based tool that generates South African ID numbers, labeled as fake on the page. A form is submitted to obtain a generated number, and the page links to Wikipedia, an article and the source code for further information.
fakenamegenerator.com
A generator that produces random, fictional identities including names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, usernames and passwords, described for software testing, sample data and writing. It is free and needs no account; signing in allows saving identities, bulk orders and API use. An API returns identities as JSON repeatable with a seed.
openoversight.com
OpenOversight is a Lucy Parsons Labs project offering a public, searchable database of law enforcement officers. It maintains profiles and digital galleries consolidating information such as names, birthdates, news mentions, salaries and photographs, with officer information in 24 departments across 5 states and the federal government. Volunteers upload and sort officer photos.
aware-online.com
The Company search tool is a custom OSINT script for finding more information about national and international companies, including companies inside and outside the Netherlands. It is intended for investigating companies and their directors and is described as useful for CDD, AML and KYC analysts. The scripts forward users to third party websites.