Searching the Dark/Deep web is a great intelligence activity that can yield a multitude of different treasures. This is a great resource for spotting early indicators of a breach or getting the latest trends in cyber crime.
*Darknet and .onion sites change frequently. This list may not be up to date.
Clearnet Search Engines
- Ahmia - Ahmia searches hidden services on the Tor network. To access these hidden services, you need the Tor browser bundle.
- Dark Search - A clearnet search engine for searching the Dark Web
- https://onionlandsearchengine.com/ - A search engine for the deep web. Official onion site can be found here.
- https://www.dargle.net/search - A data aggregation platform for dark web domains. Using this directory, we can generate a portfolio of domains and their statuses, gain insight into the content and nature of these services, as well as the connections between them.
- https://torwhois.com - TorWhois Onion Search
- TheDevilsEye — Search links in #darknet (.onion domain zone) from command line without using a Tor network.
- Onion Search Engine (+maps, mail and pastebin)
- KILOS Darknet Search Engine
Invisible Internet Project (I2P)
- https://i2psearch.com/ - A I2P search engine. I2P gateway is used for the search results to access I2P hidden services, known as "eepsites".
- https://ahmia.fi/i2p/ - Another great I2P search engine.
- http://nekhbet.com/i2p_links.shtml - A neatly organized directory of eepsites.
Deep/Darknet Search Utility
- Onion Link - Constantly curated list of popular Dark Web links.
- Tor2Web - Tor2web is a software project to allow Tor hidden services to be accessed from a standard browser without being connected to the Tor network
- Haystack - Search engine service to discover hidden services and gain access to onion sites or eepsites in the I2P network.
- https://www.darkowl.com/darknetdataproducts - A great tool for searching through different darknets including TOR, I2P, ZeroNet and paste sites. Requires a paid subscription.
- https://iaca-darkweb-tools.com - A collection of darkweb search tools. Allows you to query .onion search engines, marketplaces and social media sites.
IPFS - Interplanetary File System
A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol designed to preserve and grow humanity's knowledge by making the web upgradeable, resilient, and more open.
- https://www.ipse.io/ - An IPFS search engine.
- https://ipfs-search.com/#/search - Another search engine for IPFS.
- https://awesome.ipfs.io/datasets/ - A huge collection of all sorts of different data sets hosted via IPFS.
Misc Sites and Tools
- Dark Web Exposure and Phishing Detection Test
- Onion Search - OnionSearch is a Python3 script that scrapes urls on different ".onion" search engines.
- TorBot - Open source Intel tool for searching and crawling the Dark Web.
- https://torwhois.com - Look up an .onion address and see basic information such as date last seen, open ports, running software and banners. You can also query specific onions from the command line:
whois -h torwhois.com facebookcorewwwi.onion - https://osint.party/api/rss/fresh - An amazing RSS feed of fresh and newly discovered .onion sites. Be careful, this feed remains uncensored, so you may encounter illegal content.
- https://darktracer.com/ - Darkweb intelligence too. Has a free version for a limited number of queries.
- https://socradar.io/labs/darkmirror/ - Darkweb forum monitoring service
Reference
- https://www.osintcombine.com/post/dark-web-searching
- https://www.osintme.com/index.php/2019/11/24/darknet-diving-conducting-osint-on-onion-sites/
- https://www.osintme.com/index.php/2020/11/21/list-of-darknet-markets-for-investigators/
- https://webhose.io/blog/dark-web/the-top-5-dark-web-search-engines/