
Silent Recon
Passive browser-native security reconnaissance
What it does
Silent Recon is a Chrome extension for passive browser-native security reconnaissance during web testing. It helps surface CORS issues, missing security headers, API endpoints, JavaScript intelligence, auth/session indicators, sensitive JSON patterns, and workflow chains while you browse. Findings stay local in the browser, with approved-target mode, target locking, dashboard views, and export controls for focused triage.
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