November 2019
Beginner
550 pages
13h 14m
English
Recon-ng is an OSINT reconnaissance framework written in Python. The tool itself is complete with its own modules, database, interactive help, and menu system, similar to Metasploit. Recon-ng is able to perform web-based, information-gathering techniques using various open source platforms.
Recon-ng is already part of the arsenal of tools in Kali Linux. To access the interface of Recon-ng, simply click on Applications in the top-left corner to expand the application menu, and then select 01 – Information Gathering. You should see recon-ng. Click on it to open the framework:

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