Mitaka - In-Browser Tool

Introduction

Web browser extensions are one of the simplest ways to get starting using open-source intelligence tools because they're cross-platform. So anyone using Chrome on Linux, macOS, and Windows can use them all the same. The same goes for Firefox. One desktop browser add-on, in particular, makes OSINT as easy as right-clicking to search for hashes, email addresses, and URLs.

Mitaka, created by Manabu Niseki, works in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Once installed, it lets you select and inspect certain pieces of text and indicators of compromise (IoC), running them through a variety of different search engines, all with just a few clicks. The tool can help investigators identify malware, determine the credibility of an email address, and see if a URL is associated with anything sketchy, to name just a few things.

Installation

• Mitaka: Chrome Extension | Firefox Add-On

Inspecting Email Addresses

• Select the Email Address

• Right click

• Choose Mitaka

• Choose any option from the list to gather the information about the email

Perform Malware Analysis on the Files

• Select the Hash

• Right click

• Choose Mitaka

• Choose any option from the list to gather the information about the hash

Checking to See if a Site Is Sketchy

• Select the domain name

• Right click

• Choose Mitaka

• Choose any option from the list to gather the information about the domain

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REFERENCES

• https://github.com/ninoseki/mitaka
• https://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/use-mitaka-perform-browser-osint-identify-malware-sketchy-sites-shady-emails-more-0216352/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaVsdopP7Tw&ab_channel=NullByte