ReconWaveBot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTReconWave is an attack surface management pla Operated by Recon Wave.
What is ReconWaveBot?
ReconWaveBot is the primary scanning agent for Recon Wave, a security firm focused on proactive attack surface management. The bot operates by performing authorized security assessments and gathering internet-wide telemetry to help organizations identify potential exposures and vulnerabilities within their infrastructure. It is designed to be transparent, utilizing a consistent User-Agent string and maintaining reverse DNS records that point back to the operator's domain.
Identification
ReconWaveBotHow we rated this bot
Verified by Cloudflare, which confirms who runs it, with no widespread reports of abuse.
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Why it crawls your site
The bot crawls the web to conduct security audits and gather open-source intelligence on behalf of Recon Wave's clients. By mapping how services relate to one another and identifying security gaps, the bot helps organizations harden their systems against emerging threats. Operators can verify the bot's legitimacy by checking the PTR records of the originating IP addresses, which are configured to resolve to reconwave.com.
Block or allow ReconWaveBot
Add a Disallow rule for ReconWaveBot in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block ReconWaveBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: ReconWaveBot Disallow: / # Allow ReconWaveBot full access User-agent: ReconWaveBot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows ReconWaveBot. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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