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Hi everyone! I am Ekansh T. (known online as lazyekansh), a frontend developer and JEE aspirant from India.

While studying, I became fascinated by Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)—the art of gathering data from public sources. I realized that manual information gathering (like checking usernames across 50+ sites) was slow and boring.

So, I decided to automate it. I built a custom OSINT Tool (integrated with a Telegram bot) to streamline digital footprint analysis.

The Problem

When performing basic reconnaissance or digital footprinting, I faced these issues:

fragmented Tools: I had to visit one site for IP lookup, another for username checks, and a third for DNS info.

Rate Limits: Public APIs often blocked me after a few requests.

Slow UI: Most free tools have terrible user interfaces filled with ads.

The Solution: My Custom Tool

I built a centralized tool that aggregates data from multiple sources into a clean, dark-themed interface (and a Telegram bot for mobile use).

Tech Stack

Frontend: Next.js & React (for the web dashboard).

Backend: Python & Node.js (for handling the logic and scraping).

Automation: Telegram Bot API (for quick lookups on the go).

Infrastructure: Custom proxy rotation to bypass rate limits.

Future Plans

I am currently working on:

Adding visual graphing to show connections between data points.

Improving the "Dark Teal" UI to make it look even more like a sci-fi HUD.

Optimizing the proxy network for faster scans.

Connect with Me

I am constantly building new tools and updating my portfolio.

Portfolio

GitHub

Twitter/X

If you are interested in OSINT, automation, or web development, let's connect!

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SOC Incident Playbook: Remote Code Execution (RCE) Defense

WAF MitigationSofort

Virtuelles Patchen am Reverse Proxy / WAF für gefährdete URL-Pfade und Payloads aktivieren.

SecRule REQUEST_URI "@rx ..." "id:1001,phase:1,deny,status:403"

Web Shell ScanSofort

Web-Root auf neu angelegte Scripts, anomal modifizierte Dateien und Persistence scannen.

find /var/www -type f -name "*.php" -mmin -120

Outbound FilteringSofort

Ausgehenden Datenverkehr (Reverse Shells zu unbekannten IPs/Ports) blockieren.

ss -tunp | grep -E ":(4444|1337|8080|9001)"

Vendor Patching

Hersteller-Update in Staging validieren und schnellstmöglich in Produktion ausrollen.

apt update && apt --only-upgrade install <pkg>

1-Click Detection Engineering: Multi-Dialect SIEM Rules5 Formate

Regeln anzeigen

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title: Detect Exploitation - Building a Custom OSINT Tool for Digital Footprinting (by lazyekansh)
id: c55cacca-8df8-4488-b80b-964ea630090f
status: experimental
description: Automatisch generierte SIEM-Erkennungsregel basierend auf CTI Intelligence
references:
  - https://tsecurity.de/
author: iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine
date: 2026-09-24
logsource:
  category: network_connection
  product: any
detection:
  selection:
      CommandLine|contains:
        - 'exploit'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Legitime administrative Zugriffe oder Penetrationstests
level: high
tags:
  - attack.initial_access

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rule CTI_Threat_Indicator {
    meta:
        author = "iShareStuff CTI Automated Detection Engine"
        date = "2026-09-24"
        description = "YARA Signature for "
    strings:
        $str = "Building a Custom OSINT Tool f" ascii wide
    condition:
        any of them
}

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index=security sourcetype IN ("cisco:asa", "pan:traffic", "zeek_conn", "suricata", "WinEventLog:Security")
("Building a Custom OSINT Tool for Digital")
| stats count earliest(_time) as first_seen latest(_time) as last_seen by src_ip, dest_ip, dest_host, signature
| eval first_seen=strftime(first_seen, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), last_seen=strftime(last_seen, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
| sort - count

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message: "*Building a Custom OSINT Tool for Digital*"

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CommonSecurityLog
| where Message has "Building a Custom OSINT Tool for Digital"
| summarize EventCount = count(), FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated) by SourceIP, DestinationIP, DestinationPort, Activity
| extend DetectionRule = "iShareStuff-CTI-Compiled"
| sort by EventCount desc

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Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Format: python

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Exploit Title: PoC for Target
import socket, sys
target = '192[.]168[.]1[.]10'
url = 'hxxp://target[.]local/vuln'
s = socket.socket()
s.connect((target, 80))
s.send(b'GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: target.local\r\n\r\n')