TOOL TUTORIAL · Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) & Reconnaissance

How to install and use Recon-Ng

Recon-ng is a full-featured web reconnaissance framework written in Python. It provides an interface similar to Metasploit for conducting open-source intelligence (OSINT) gathering. Recon-ng includes numerous modules for collecting various types of information about targets, suc…

Quick install: sudo apt install recon-ng

Installation steps

  1. Run sudo apt install recon-ng to install it
  2. Type recon-ng to open the console
  3. Use marketplace install to add the modules you need
  4. Create a workspace with workspaces create myproject

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