recon-ng Command Examples

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

• Start the tool:

recon-ng

• Create a workspace:

workspaces create {{workspace_name}}

• Search the marketplace for modules used to accomplish different reconnaissance tasks:

marketplace search

• Install all available modules (some may need API keys to function completely):

marketplace install all

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

modules load profiler

• 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

• Run the current module:

run