Information / Intelligence Gathering.

This post is going to be about information gathering. Its one of the important things. You want to know what you are going up against.

Information about location, building, and etc...
   Google Maps and Google streets.(1)
   Local government office might have building blueprints.

Network(IP, AP, Servers, Software, OS's, and etc...) Information
   WiGLE//great resource, has map of wireless AP's(2)
   Network-Tools.com//ping, traceroute, and other stuff.(3)
   Geobytes IP Locatior//shows location, and other things about the location(4)
   DNSStuff//just what it sounds line(5)
   Geektools//hotspot list(not good as WiGLE), Traceroute, Whois(6)
   Robtex//Lots of tools on there(7)
   Traceroute.org//you can traceroute from different places.(
   NetCraft//Finds information about the server(9)
   SamSpade//whois(10)
   dnssy.com//dns stuff..(11)
   centralops.net//lots of tool on there.(12)
   serversniff.de//lots of tools on here too(13)
   web-sniffer.net//gets information about webserver(header, etc..)(14)
   yougetsignal.com//great things here too.(15)
   Maltego//can be used too.(16)
   Shodan//good stuff.(26)
   Shodan Queries//(28)
   FOCA//it searches webz for files(pdfs,docs, etc..) tells you usernames,          software names, and other things.(34) Backtrack also has tools included       similar to this.

   Tools
   Nmap, Hping..just download backtrack open menu, go to backtrack > Network          Mapping > All. (17)
   

// You can also use tor with nmap http://pauldotcom.com/2009/08/scanning-through-a-tor-network.html

Individual(Names, Emails, Social Networks, Phone Numbers, and etc...) Information
   White Pages(18) / Yellow Book(19)//
   Google(20)
   Pipl.com(21)
   123People.com(22)
   Maltego(16)
   tracksomebody.com(23)
   Snoopstation.com//free background checks(35)

Information about a company
   Google Maps.//It sometimes gives you phone numbers, websites, names, with          map.(1)
   Job websites.//they want to hire people so they will put some information          there, it might be useful when social engineering.
   Google.//use your Google-fu(google hacks).(24-25)
   Maltego//
   Snoopstation.com//free background checks(35)
   TheHarvestor//its in backtrack, it gets lots of emails by searching google          and other places.
   abika//network stuff, and phone and email stuff.
   

Going to another level
   Drive-by//Get kismet or netstumbler running and drive by their building see          whats in the air.
   Email//Email them, when you get reply check the headers for internal IP.
   Parked car in front of the building, and using their wireless//now you can          gather information about internal network.
   Fake ID(32)//very useful.
   Social Engineering(33)//also very useful and good to know.

Organizing
   Onenote(27)//Microsoft product, not free.
   Evernote(29)//Similar to Onenote, but free and works on everything but Linux
   Leo(30-31)//Small program for making outlines.
   
Links
   1, maps.google.com
   2, wigle.net
   3, Network-Tools.com
   4, http://www.geobytes.com/iplocator.htm
   5, www.dnsstuff.com
   6, www.geektools.com
   7, www.robtex.com
   8, Traceroute.org
   9, www.netcraft.com
   10, www.samspade.org
   11, dnssy.com
   12, centralops.net
   13, serversniff.de
   14, web-sniffer.net
   15, yougetsignal.com
   16, www.paterva.com/web4/index.php/maltego
   17, backtrack-linux.org
   18, www.whitepages.com
   19, www.yellowpages.com
   20, www.google.com
   21, pipl.com
   22, 123people.com
   23, tracksomebody.com
   24, http://www.hackersforcharity.org/ghdb/
   25, http://pentestit.com/google-dorks/
   26, http://www.shodanhq.com/
   27, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX010562591033.aspx
   28, http://pentestit.com/shodan-queries/
   29, www.evernote.com
   30, http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/
   31, http://www.offensive-security.com/videos/leo-basic-usage/leo-basic-usage_controller.swf
   32, http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/
   33, http://www.social-engineer.org/
   34, http://www.informatica64.com/DownloadFOCA/
   35, Snoopstation.com
   
If i have mistakes correct me, I am human.
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EDIT: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13308  good addon.

Yep

When i get home ill put it up and we can all trade notes =)

Share it anyway, i have no training, ill learn something from it.

btw, very nice link, i never knew about them.

We have a new intelligence gathering project up and running.

http://www.dnsdumpster.com - dumpster dive a domain and get a bunch of information.

Hope someone finds it useful. The aim is to provide a quick and easy technical overview of a domain and related systems. Uses various methods to collect the information.