Mapping the Battlefield: Automated Recon Like an Adversary

Recon is a important first step in any pentest—but it can easily become messy, repetitive, and disorganized. auto-recon is a simple tool I built together with my friend Zagros to streamline and structure the reconnaissance phase, helping you stay efficient and focused on what really matters: finding real vulnerabilities.

Instead of juggling random scripts or losing track of outputs, auto-recon gives you a consistent and organized way to collect information about your target. It handles scope labeling, colors the output for better readability, and keeps everything tidy—making it easier to escalate findings later on.

This makes it much easier to escalate findings and avoids the usual chaos that comes with ad-hoc recon.

You can find more information about Zagros here:

• Github: https://github.com/zagrosbingol

The full source code on GitHub: https://github.com/olofmagn/auto-recon