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recon-ng — Automated reconnaissance and information gathering tool. More information: <https://github.com/lanma

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Problem

How to use the recon-ng command: Automated reconnaissance and information gathering tool. More information: <https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng/wiki>.

Solution

recon-ng — Automated reconnaissance and information gathering tool. More information: <https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng/wiki>.

Start the tool in interactive mode:

recon-ng

[Interactive] Create a workspace:

workspaces create {{workspace_name}}

[Interactive] Search the marketplace for modules used to accomplish different reconnaissance tasks:

marketplace search

[Interactive] Install all available modules (some may need API keys to function completely):

marketplace install all

[Interactive] Load the profiler module. It is used to scan the web for profiles matching the target, scrape them, and store them:

modules load profiler

[Interactive] Insert the target's username. After entering this command, enter the desired username of the search and leave the rest of the options blank:

db insert profiles

[Interactive] Run the current module:

run

Code Snippets

Start the tool in interactive mode

recon-ng

[Interactive] Create a workspace

workspaces create {{workspace_name}}

[Interactive] Search the marketplace for modules used to accomplish different reconnaissance tasks

marketplace search

[Interactive] Install all available modules (some may need API keys to function completely)

marketplace install all

[Interactive] Load the profiler module. It is used to scan the web for profiles matching the target, scrape them, and store them

modules load profiler

Context

tldr-pages: common/recon-ng

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