# kevthehermit/PasteHunter

Scanning pastebin with yara rules

Repository: https://github.com/kevthehermit/PasteHunter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pastehunter
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-01-10T06:36:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 50/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 61, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3287, "days_push": 235, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1137, forks 222 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.922040+00:00)

## What it is
PasteHunter is a Python 3 application that queries public pastebin-style sites (pastebin.com, GitHub gists, slexy, stackexchange, etc.) and scans the raw paste contents against Yara rules. Matches can be output to Elasticsearch, email, Slack, JSON, CSV, syslog, or a URL, and decoded data can be forwarded to sandboxes like Cuckoo or Viper.

## Use cases
- monitor pastebin for leaked credentials and secrets
- find exposed API keys and passwords in public pastes
- threat intelligence gathering from paste sites
- alert a Slack channel when sensitive data is pasted publicly
- index pasted data into Elasticsearch for research
- detect malware samples or phishing kits shared on pastebins

## When to choose
- you need automated monitoring of public paste sites for sensitive or malicious data
- you already use Yara rules and want to apply them to pastebin content
- you want a self-hosted OSINT/threat-intel collection pipeline with flexible outputs

## When to avoid
- you need real-time monitoring of private or authenticated data sources
- you want a managed SaaS threat-intel feed rather than running your own infrastructure
- you need deep content analysis beyond Yara rule matching

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, monitoring, web-scraping, security
- domain: security, osint
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: yara, pastebin, osint, threat-intelligence, threat-hunting, elasticsearch, data-leak-detection, automation, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- kevthehermit/PasteHunter (main) score 50

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.922040+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:36:20.222057+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kevthehermit/PasteHunter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.922040+00:00, sha a0cb753e1ce9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.