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ReconWave is an attack surface management pla Operated by Recon Wave.

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Assessment
Security
Category
BOT
Kind
1
Data sources
AI-generated summary, drawn from Cloudflare, operator docs, and community data

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.

Helpful — This bot is a transparent security tool that provides administrators with visibility into their own attack surface and offers a clear opt-out mechanism.

Identification

Bot name
ReconWaveBot
Operator
Recon Wave
Category
Security
Kind
BOT
Verification
Verified bot
Cloudflare slug
reconwavebot-2
User-agent patterns
ReconWaveBot
User-agent string
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ReconWaveBot; +https://reconwave.com/bot)
Main use cases
Vulnerability scanningAttack surface monitoringOSINT data collection
Rated Sep 23, 2026 from public evidence

How we rated this bot

Verified by Cloudflare, which confirms who runs it, with no widespread reports of abuse.

Names itself honestly
Yes
Verified by Cloudflare
Yes
Says it follows robots.txt and opt-outs
Not stated
Ignores site rules
None found
Disguises itself or evades blocks
None found
Overloads sites
None found
How widely people complain
No complaint about this bot in the evidence
Reddit discussion
There is no Reddit discussion of this bot in the evidence

What we read

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

Block it

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: /
Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows ReconWaveBot. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.

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Data sources

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Last updated October 25, 2026

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