A tool to efficiently discover and extract hostnames providing a large set of target IP addresses. HostHunter utilises simple OSINT techniques to map IP addresses with virtual hostnames. It generates a CSV or TXT file containing the results of the reconnaissance.

Latest version of HostHunter also takes screenshots of the targets, it is currently a beta functionality.

Installation

Tested with Python 3.7.2.

Linux / Mac OS

Install python dependencies.

$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt

The next few steps are only required if you would like to use the Screen Capture feature.

Download and install the latest version of Google Chrome.

Mac OS:

$ brew cask install google-chrome

Linux:

$ wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

$ dpkg -i ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

$ sudo apt-get install -f

Download and install the latest ChromeDriver.

Mac OS:

wget -O /tmp/chromedriver.zip https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/74.0.3729.6/chromedriver_mac64.zip && sudo unzip /tmp/chromedriver.zip chromedriver -d /usr/local/bin/;

Linux:

wget -O /tmp/chromedriver.zip https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/74.0.3729.6/chromedriver_linux64.zip && sudo unzip /tmp/chromedriver.zip chromedriver -d /usr/local/bin/;

Simple Usage Example

$ python3 hosthunter.py <targets.txt>

$ cat vhosts.csv

More Examples

HostHunter Help Page

$ python3 hosthunter.py -h
usage: hosthunter.py [-h] [-b] [-f FORMAT] [-o OUTPUT] [-sc] [-t TARGET] [-V]

Run HostHunter with Bing and Screen Capture modules enabled

$ python3 hosthunter.py <targets.txt> --bing -sc -f csv -o hosts.csv

Display Results

$ cat hosts.csv

View Screenshots

$ open ./screen_captures/

Features

[X] Works with Python3
[X] Extracts information from SSL/TLS certificates.
[X] Supports Free HackerTarget API requests.
[X] Takes Screenshots of the target applications.
[X] Validates the targets IPv4 address.
[X] Supports .txt and .csv output file formats
[X] Gathers information from HTTP headers. [X] Verifies Internet access. [X] Finds hostnames in 80/TCP, 443/TCP and 21/TCP ports.

Coming Next

[_] Support for Nessus target format.
[_] Improve output (IPs, HostNames, FQDNs)
[_] Pause and Resume Execution
[_] Support for a Premium HackerTarget API key
[_] Support for IPv6
[_] Gather information from additional APIs
[_] Actively pull SSL certificates from other TCP ports