Chapter 7

Reconnaissance

This chapter will introduce the first phase of the penetration testing lifecycle, reconnaissance. This includes taking the information known about the target and expanding it to include all of the information that can be obtained, often using open-source tools and queries, about the organization and system allowing future phases of the lifecycle to be more effective.

Keywords

Reconnaissance; Google; Google Hacking; HPing; LinkedIn; Facebook; GHDB; Google Hacking Database; footprinting; email tracking

Information in This Chapter

ent Website Mirroring

 Google Searches

 Google Hacking

 Social Media

 Job Sites

 DNS and DNS Attacks ...

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