Internet Asset Discovery

name: internet-asset-discovery
description: >-
  Discover Internet-exposed assets associated with a target organization
  using Shodan's search, DNS, and on-demand scanning surface. Useful for
  external attack-surface inventories, M&A due diligence, third-party
  risk reviews, and adversary infrastructure mapping.
provider: shodan
workflow:
  - capability: shodan-rest
    operation: getDomainDns
    purpose: Enumerate subdomains and DNS history for the target organization's primary domains.
  - capability: shodan-rest
    operation: resolveHostnames
    purpose: Resolve discovered hostnames to IP addresses for further investigation.
  - capability: shodan-rest
    operation: reverseDnsLookup
    purpose: Reverse-resolve candidate IP ranges to find associated hostnames.
  - capability: shodan-rest
    operation: searchHosts
    purpose: Find Internet-exposed services using filters like `org:`, `ssl.cert.subject.cn:`, `hostname:`, and `net:`.
  - capability: shodan-rest
    operation: createScan
    purpose: Submit a targeted on-demand scan of newly discovered IP ranges to capture a fresh banner set.
  - capability: shodan-rest
    operation: getScan
    purpose: Poll on-demand scan status until DONE.
  - capability: shodan-rest
    operation: getHost
    purpose: Pull the full banner record for each discovered host once the scan completes.
  - capability: shodan-internetdb
    operation: getInternetDbHost
    purpose: Cross-check each discovered IP against the free InternetDB for ports, tags, and CVEs.