Shadow Hunter
Shadow Hunter is a network intelligence and infrastructure reconnaissance tool built for investigating autonomous systems, routing activity, ownership records, and the operational paths that shape internet traffic.
It gives investigators, cybersecurity researchers, and network analysts a direct route from IP address to ASN ownership, routing policy, RPKI state, IRR route objects, and traceroute visibility without forcing the workflow through disconnected public tools.
Shadow Hunter is designed to expose how systems are connected, where traffic is routed, and which infrastructure is actually responsible for movement beneath the surface.
Network Intelligence & OSINT Reconnaissance
Modern internet infrastructure is built from autonomous systems exchanging routing policy and network reachability through BGP. Investigating that structure usually means bouncing between registries, route databases, and live network tools.
Shadow Hunter consolidates those capabilities into a single interface, allowing rapid pivots between IP ownership, ASN records, IRR route policy, RPKI authorization, and traceroute path discovery.
This makes it possible to identify whether an autonomous system is actively routing traffic, partially exposed, or present in policy and registry data without obvious public activity.
By combining IP to ASN resolution, WHOIS intelligence, reverse DNS discovery, route authorization visibility, and path analysis, Shadow Hunter turns scattered infrastructure data into an operational investigation flow.
Core Investigation Capabilities
- Autonomous System (ASN) reconnaissance and routing status classification
- IRR routing policy discovery and route object inspection
- RPKI route authorization analysis
- BGP prefix activity detection
- IP address to ASN ownership mapping
- WHOIS registry intelligence
- Reverse DNS host discovery
- Traceroute network path analysis
Together these capabilities provide a fast method for investigating network ownership, understanding routing relationships, and identifying anomalies across internet infrastructure.
Linux Binary Release
The Linux binary version of Shadow Hunter is compiled as a standalone executable for Linux systems. This release requires no Python installation and can be launched immediately after download.
Usage
After launch, the graphical interface provides direct access to ASN intelligence analysis, IP to ASN resolution, WHOIS registry lookup, reverse DNS discovery, and traceroute path investigation.
Developer / Source Version
The developer package includes the complete Python source code for Shadow Hunter. This version is intended for researchers and developers who want to modify the tool, extend modules, or integrate additional infrastructure intelligence sources.
Requirements
Create an isolated Python environment
Install required dependencies
Run Shadow Hunter
Optional: Build a standalone executable (PyInstaller)
Run the compiled binary
Because Shadow Hunter is built entirely in Python using Tkinter, it can be extended with additional capabilities such as BGP route history analysis, ASN relationship mapping, certificate transparency pivots, and automated routing anomaly detection across large ASN datasets.
Use Cases
Shadow Hunter is built for cybersecurity research, threat intelligence analysis, infrastructure reconnaissance, and network ownership investigation.
Security analysts can identify the autonomous system behind suspicious infrastructure, inspect routing policy associated with that network, and trace upstream or intermediary path behavior across providers and exchange points.
Researchers studying route anomalies, infrastructure migration, or ASN exposure can use the platform to correlate registry data with observed routing behavior in a single operational workflow.
Whether the task is OSINT investigation, suspicious infrastructure analysis, or structural mapping of internet systems, Shadow Hunter provides a focused reconnaissance console for network intelligence work.