Recon-ng (OSINT) Tool - Installation, Uses and Complete Tutorial

What is Recon-ng?

Recon-ng is a powerful open source web reconnaissance tool written in Python. It provides a command-line interface that can be used to gather information about a given target domain. The interactive console provides a number of helpful features, such as command completion and contextual help. Recon-ng is highly modular, allowing users to easily add and remove modules as needed. It also has built-in support for interacting with a number of popular databases, making it easy to store and retrieve data. Overall, Recon-ng provides an excellent environment for conducting open source web-based reconnaissance.

Installation of Recon-ng:

 $ git clone https://github.com/lanmaster53/recon-ng.git
 $ cd recon-ng
 $ pip3 install -r REQUIREMENTS

Uses of Recon-ng:

Recon-ng is a complete package of Information gathering tools.
Recon-ng can be used to find IP Addresses of target.
Recon-ng can be used to look for error based SQL injections.
Recon-ng can be used to find sensitive files such as robots.txt.
Recon-ng can be used to find information about Geo-IP lookup, Banner grabbing, DNS lookup, port scanning, sub-domain information, reverse IP using WHOIS lookup .
Recon-ng can be used to detects Content Management Systems (CMS) in use of a target web application,
InfoSploit can be used for WHOIS data collection, Geo-IP lookup, Banner grabbing, DNS lookup, port scanning, sub-domain information, reverse IP, and MX records lookup
Recon-ng is a complete package (TOOL) for information gathering. This tool is free and Open Source.
Recon-ng subdomain finder modules is used to find subdomains of a singer domain.
Recon-ng can be used to find robots.txt file of a website.
Recon-ng port scanner modules find closes and open ports which can be used to maintain access to the server.
Recon-ng has various modules that can be used to get the information about target.

Recon-ng has been installed on your Kali Linux .Now type command

recon-ng

                                                                                
┌──(ankit㉿hackreveal)-[~]
└─$ recon-ng
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                      [recon-ng v5.1.2, Tim Tomes (@lanmaster53)]                       

[*] No modules enabled/installed.

[recon-ng][default] >

Recon-ng help:

[recon-ng][default] > help

Commands (type [help|?] <topic>):
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back            Exits the current context
dashboard       Displays a summary of activity
db              Interfaces with the workspace's database
exit            Exits the framework
help            Displays this menu
index           Creates a module index (dev only)
keys            Manages third party resource credentials
marketplace     Interfaces with the module marketplace
modules         Interfaces with installed modules
options         Manages the current context options
pdb             Starts a Python Debugger session (dev only)
script          Records and executes command scripts
shell           Executes shell commands
show            Shows various framework items
snapshots       Manages workspace snapshots
spool           Spools output to a file
workspaces      Manages workspaces

On your first load of recon-ng