Intelligence Sources

30+ sources. Three tiers.
CIA-grade coverage.

From public GitHub commits to ransomware leak sites โ€” Argus covers every layer of the intelligence stack. Each tier goes deeper.

30+
Intelligence Sources
3
Intel Tiers
15m
Fastest Refresh
100%
Public / Legal
๐Ÿ” Standard โ€” All plans  ยท  13 sources
๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Advanced โ€” Pro & Enterprise  ยท  12 sources
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ Dark โ€” Enterprise only  ยท  5 sources
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Standard Intelligence

All plans ยท 13 sources
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GitHub Activity
github.com API
New repos, commits, releases, stars. Reveals tech stack decisions, open-source bets, and release cadence before press coverage.
StandardFree60 min
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Job Postings
Ashby ยท Greenhouse ยท Lever ยท Workable
Open roles across major ATS platforms. Hiring patterns reveal product bets, market expansion, and team growth before any announcement.
StandardFree15 min
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News & Press
Brave Search ยท DuckDuckGo
Real-time news search for company mentions, product launches, funding rounds, and executive changes.
StandardFree15 min
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Website Changes
Live crawl
Detects copy changes, new page sections, and layout shifts on competitor websites.
StandardFree60 min
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SEC Filings
SEC EDGAR
10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-1 filings. Revenue figures, risk disclosures, new business lines, executive compensation.
StandardFree60 min
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Patent Filings
PatentsView ยท Google Patents
New patent applications and grants. Reveals R&D direction 12-24 months before product release.
StandardFree6 hr
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Reddit & Hacker News
reddit.com ยท news.ycombinator.com
Brand mentions, customer complaints, community sentiment. Early signal of product problems or viral moments.
StandardFree60 min
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Product Hunt
producthunt.com
Competitor launches and related products. Often the first public signal of a new product or pivot.
StandardFree60 min
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HuggingFace Models
huggingface.co
Model uploads and fine-tunes. Early signal of AI strategy and upcoming ML-powered features.
StandardFree60 min
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App Store Updates
Apple App Store ยท Google Play
Version updates, changelogs, rating changes. App updates telegraph backend changes and new features.
StandardFree60 min
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USPTO Trademarks
tmsearch.uspto.gov
New trademark filings. Often precede product launches, rebrandings, or new market categories.
StandardFree60 min
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Customer Reviews
Reddit ยท G2 ยท Capterra
Customer sentiment on public review platforms. Feature gaps and support complaints surface before earnings calls.
StandardFree4 hr
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Certificate Transparency
crt.sh CT logs
TLS cert issuance monitoring. New certs for internal subdomains or staging envs reveal stealth projects โ€” publicly logged.
StandardFree60 min
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Advanced Intelligence

Pro & Enterprise ยท 12 sources
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Subdomain Enumeration
HackerTarget ยท RapidDNS passive DNS
Passively maps competitor subdomains. Strategic subdomains (api2, beta, staging, checkout) signal product expansion.
AdvancedFree6 hr
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Shodan Infrastructure
Shodan InternetDB (free tier)
Maps open ports, exposed services, cloud providers, TLS certs, and known CVEs. Reveals tech stack and security posture.
AdvancedFree24 hr
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S3 Bucket Scanner
AWS S3 public API
Checks 25 bucket naming patterns for public accessibility. Publicly listable buckets can expose build artifacts and internal docs.
AdvancedFree24 hr
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GitHub Secret Scanner
GitHub Search API
Searches public repos for accidental internal domain references, unreleased feature keywords, and new repos. Catches roadmap hints.
AdvancedFree12 hr
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Paste Site Monitor
Pastebin ยท GitHub Gist
Scans public paste sites for accidental data exposure โ€” API keys, internal URLs, database strings, credentials.
AdvancedFree6 hr
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Breach Monitor
HaveIBeenPwned domain API
Checks if competitor domains appear in known data breaches. Reveals security maturity and customer trust vulnerabilities.
AdvancedFree24 hr
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Court Records
CourtListener free API
Federal and state court dockets for competitor lawsuits. Case type, parties, financial figures โ€” legal risk made visible.
AdvancedFree24 hr
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Hiring Velocity
Ashby ยท Greenhouse ยท Lever ยท Workable
Tracks hiring acceleration and deceleration by department over time. A 3x spike in ML engineers is a stronger signal than any press release.
AdvancedFree24 hr
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Pricing Watch
Live crawl + SHA256 fingerprinting
Detects pricing page changes using content fingerprinting and Wayback diffs. Price increases and new tiers flagged immediately.
AdvancedFree12 hr
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Employee Signals
LinkedIn posts ยท Conference talks ยท DDG
Monitors public posts about new hires, departures, and conference talks. Executive movement often precedes pivots.
AdvancedFree12 hr
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LinkedIn Company Monitor
Brave Search API ยท direct scrape fallback
Tracks follower growth, new posts, and company page updates. Follower acceleration is an early indicator of brand momentum or launch activity. Brave Search API key recommended for reliable results; falls back to direct scraping without it.
AdvancedBrave key recommended12 hr
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Wayback Machine Diffs
web.archive.org API
Compares current pages against archived snapshots to show exactly what changed โ€” removed features, new positioning, killed pages.
AdvancedFree60 min
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Ad Library
Facebook Ad Library API
Active ad creatives, spend estimates, messaging angles. Reveals campaign focus areas and growth channels.
AdvancedToken needed60 min
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Dark Intelligence

Enterprise only ยท 5 sources
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Ransomware Leak Sites
Ransomwatch public aggregator โ€” 100+ groups
Monitors 100+ ransomware group leak sites (LockBit, ALPHV, Cl0p, Black Basta, etc.) for company mentions. If a competitor is listed, it means they've been breached and their data is about to go public. Standard practice at Recorded Future, Mandiant, Digital Shadows.
DarkNo Tor needed12 hr
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LeakIX Exposed Services
leakix.net API
Indexes publicly exposed databases, open Redis/MongoDB/Elasticsearch instances, and infrastructure misconfigurations found via internet-wide scanning. A hit means live exposed data accessible right now.
DarkFree tier24 hr
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BGP / ASN Mapping
BGPView.io free API
Maps the company's entire IP address space, autonomous system ownership, and peering relationships. Identifies cloud vs. owned infrastructure and geographic expansion via new IP prefixes.
DarkFree48 hr
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Google Dorking
Brave Search API ยท DuckDuckGo fallback
Automated advanced search queries (filetype:env, inurl:admin, "index of /", open directories, credentials on paste sites) against the target domain. Finds publicly indexed sensitive content search engines have already crawled. Brave Search API key recommended for higher rate limits; falls back to DuckDuckGo without it.
DarkBrave key recommended48 hr
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DeHashed + IntelligenceX
dehashed.com ยท intelx.io
DeHashed searches breach databases for employee credential exposure by domain โ€” plaintext passwords, hashed credentials, affected emails. IntelligenceX extends this to dark web archives, Tor hidden service mentions, and paste site history going back years.
DarkAPI keys needed24 hr

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