Overview
ReconWaveBot is an automated web identity associated with Recon Wave.
It is used for attack-surface discovery and security assessment.
The documented User-Agent pattern is ReconWaveBot. User-Agent strings can be copied, so corroborate requests with operator documentation, network ownership, reverse DNS, or other request evidence.
Identity
- User-Agent
ReconWaveBot- HTTP Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ReconWaveBot; +https://reconwave.com/bot)- Identity Type
- User Agent
- Evidence Method
- Match the documented User-Agent pattern ReconWaveBot, then corroborate it with operator documentation, network ownership, reverse DNS, or other request evidence. User-Agent strings alone do not prove identity.
Classification
- Type
- Security
- Kind
- Scanner
- Family
- Recon Wave
- Purpose
- security-scanning
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- attack-surface discovery and security assessment
- Detection Notes
- Detect candidate ReconWaveBot traffic using the documented User-Agent pattern ReconWaveBot. Confirm the identity with supporting evidence before enforcement.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- ReconWaveBot can be impersonated because its User-Agent pattern can be copied. Treat the identity as confirmed only when supporting evidence matches.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.