Firefly – Information Gathering Tool For Phone Numbers

Firefly tool is an automated tool used in the Phase of Information gathering on Contact Numbers. In the Reconnaissance process while getting the information about the individuals we get various links to phone numbers that are been used by the target domain or organizations. So, to get the information about that number we can use the Firefly tool. On the defensive side, if you receive any unknown number call you can check its information through this tool. Firefly tool is developed in the Python Language and available on the GitHub platform, it’s free and open-source to use.

Note: Make sure you have Python Installed on your System, as this is a python-based tool. Click to check the Installation process: Python Installation Steps on Linux

Installation of Firefly 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/Lexxrt/FireFly.git

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 FireFly

Step 3: You are in the directory of the FireFly. Now you have to install a dependency of the FireFly using the following command.

sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: All the dependencies have been installed in your Kali Linux operating system.

python3 FireFly.py

Working with Firefly Tool on Kali Linux OS

Example 1: Gathering Information for Personal Number

python3 FireFly.py +91xxxxxxxxxx

We have given a personal contact number as input.

We have got the information about the number like Country, Retailer, Device, etc.

Example 2: Gathering Information about GeeksForGeeks Contact Number

python3 FireFly.py +9118002584458

In this example, we have given the input as Contact Number of GeeksForGeeks.

We have the information about the number. You can see that the number shows that its toll free number.