15 steps to gather information about a company.
Suitable for Fortune 500 corporations as well as the restaurant down the street.
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Step 1
Gathering basic information (adress of registration, number of employes, market capitalization etc) in global business registries
opencorporates.com
craft.co
@opencorporates @Craftdotco
Step 2
Check the details of the company in the official registry of the country in which it is registered (it can often be found on the website of the federal tax inspectorate)
cipher387.github.io/corporative_re… (63 countries)
Step 3
Look for references to the company in court decisions and court documents databases.
cipher387.github.io/osint_stuff_to… (62 sites for search court decisions in different countries)
Step 4
Search company name or company owner name in OffshoreLeaks database (@ICIJorg)
offshoreleaks.icij.org/search
Step 5
Searh company's Legal Entity Identifier, to find other companies with which it is associated.
search.gleif.org/#/search/
Step 6
Check the validity of the IBAN (International Bank Account Number) of the company and see the information about the bank where it is serviced.
iban.com/iban-checker
Step 7
Looking for information about deliveries of goods in which the company was involved.
panjiva.com
en.52wmb.com
Step 8
Let's go down to Darknet. We use the RelatedList service to find company-related contacts and confidential documents leaked online.
…zaeax3hwhidbqkjzva3223jpxqd.onion.pet
Thanks @akaclandestine
Step 9
Looking for brands and logos that are registered to the company.
www3.wipo.int/branddb/en/
Step 10
Looking for recent mentions of the company in online media around the world.
emm.newsbrief.eu
Step 11
View a detailed investment profile of the company.
investing.com
Step 12
We get a list of patents registered to the company.
patents.google.com
Step 13
It is also worth collecting as much information as possible about the company's website. There is a separate thread on this topic (pay special attention to the analysis of metadata of documents with metagoofil)
Step 14
Look at the photos on the company website and identify employees (there's a separate thread about that, too)
Step 15
Collect data on the physical address of the company (view separate thread)
This little thread is end.
But a great deal on the subject was left unsaid. For example, finding information in leak databases and working with social networks.
You can find tools for these and other OSINT purposes in my collection cipher387.github.io/osint_stuff_to… (505 items)
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