Install SpiderFoot on Ubuntu 20.04

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Install SpiderFoot on Ubuntu 20.04

 

 

The SpiderFoot tool is an open-source security intelligence tool that searches more than 100 public data sources (OSINT) to gather intelligence., Python-based vulnerability tester that automatically searches public data sources for vulnerabilities. By using e-mail addresses, domain names, IP addresses, and names, this tool analyzes the vulnerabilities and malicious functions of Linux servers that can be exploited by hackers so you can prevent them from attacking. It supports both Linux and Windows.

 

The purpose of this article is to explain how to install SpiderFoot on Ubuntu 20.04.

 

 

Let’s get started,

 

 

Step 1: Install Python and PIP 

 

 

Update the system packages.

 

sudo apt update

 

Install Python and pip,

 

sudo apt install python3 python3-pip -y

 

 

Step 2: Install SpiderFoot

 

 

1) Download SpiderFoot package from the GitHub repository. You can find the most recent version on the releases page.

 

wget https://github.com/smicallef/spiderfoot/archive/v3.5.tar.gz

 

2) Extract the downloaded file,

 

tar -xvzf v3.5.tar.gz

 

3) The directory must be changed to the extracted directory.

 

cd spiderfoot-3.5

 

 

4) Take backup of the requirements file.

 

sudo mv file.txt file.txt.bak
 
5) Create a new requirements file.
 
sudo nano file.txt
 
6) In the file, copy and paste the following code.
 
adblockparser>=0.7
dnspython>=1.16.0
exifread>=2.1.2
CherryPy>=18.0
cherrypy-cors>=1.6
Mako>=1.0.4
beautifulsoup4>=4.4.1
lxml>=4.6.3
netaddr>=0.7.18
pysocks>=1.7.1
requests>=2.20.0
ipwhois==1.0.0
ipaddr>=2.2.0
phonenumbers>=8.12.9
pygexf>=0.2.2
PyPDF2>=1.26.0
python-whois>=0.7.1
secure==0.2.1
pyOpenSSL>=17.5.0
python-docx>=0.8.10
python-pptx>=0.6.18
networkx>=2.5
cryptography>=3.3.2
publicsuffixlist>=0.7.3
stem>=1.7.1
 
7) Install the added pip dependencies.
sudo pip3 install -r file.txt
 
8) Specify the username and password for your user account in the passwd file. Change Password to your own password.  
 
 echo "admin:Password" > passwd
 
9) Utilize your IP address to launch SpiderFoot’s Web-based interface.
 python3 sf.py -l {Your IP}:5001

 

 

10) Surf to port 5001 in your web browser to access the SpiderFoot web interface. Input your server’s IP address.

 

http://{Your IP}:5001

 

Your server has been installed with SpiderFoot, The scanning process can now begin.

 

 

That’s it!

 

 

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