Security News > 2024 > May > reNgine: Open-source automated reconnaissance framework for web applications

ReNgine is an open-source automated reconnaissance framework for web applications that focuses on a highly configurable and streamlined recon process.

ReNgine was developed to overcome the constraints of conventional reconnaissance tools.

"ReNgine was created as part of a personal automation project. Using various open-source tools to pipeline the recon process wasn't necessarily new, not something reNgine invented; many open-source tools back then did the job. But they were all missing the major component of reconnaissance, i.e., correlation between the recon data, and most importantly, most of these tools used during the reconnaissance process gave outputs in different file formats such as JSON, XML, TXT, etc. Doing the correlation between those data was a huge task," Yogesh Ojha, developer of reNgine, told Help Net Security.

The point of creating automation tools is to save time doing reconnaissance, both pre- and post-reconnaissance.

ReNgine shows various actionable insights in charts, maps, visualization trees, etc.

"We also have another unique feature called Projects, which allows you to organize your recon data with minimal effort. With this feature, you can create distinct project spaces tailored to a specific purpose, such as personal bug bounty hunting, client engagements, or any other specialized recon task. Each project gets a separate dashboard, and all the scan results will be separated from each project, while scan engines and configuration will be shared across all projects," Ojha added.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/05/02/rengine-open-source-automated-reconnaissance-framework/