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DircoverRB – Passive subdomains and web directories recon using Bing

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Google search engine preferably dislikes the scrapers which are used for the information collection or for crawling. So to get the information Bing search engine is been used. DircoverRB is an automated cyber security tool developed in the Ruby language which finds the passive subdomains and also discovers the directories of the target domain. The Bing dork technique is been used to get information from search engines. This tool is also available on the GitHub platform for free. You can also be a contributor to this tool.

Note: Make Sure You have Ruby Installed on your System, as this is a ruby-based tool. Click to check the Installation process: Ruby Installation Steps on Linux

Installation of DircoverRB Tool on Kali Linux OS

Step 1: Use the following command to install the tool in your Kali Linux operating system.

git clone https://github.com/dreadlocked/DircoverRB

Step 2: Now use the following command to move into the directory of the tool. You have to move in the directory in order to run the tool.

cd DircoverRB

Step 3: You are in the directory of the DircoverRB. Now you have to install the tool by using the following command.

bundle install

Step 4: All the dependencies have been installed in your Kali Linux operating system. Now use the following command to run the tool and check the help section.

ruby dircover.rb -h

Working with DircoverRB Tool on Kali Linux OS

Example/Usage: Scanning target domain (geeksforgeeks.org)

ruby dircover.rb -d geeksforgeeks.org

In this example, we are scanning for directories on geeksforgeeks.org’s target domain.

We have got the results for our main domain geeksforgeeks.org.

Along with the main domain, this tool also finds the directories for the subdomains associated with the main domain.


Last Updated : 17 Nov, 2022
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