Infiltration

In Chapter 5, Reconnaissance, we discussed the reconnaissance efforts hackers make to get information that may allow them to get into a system. The external reconnaissance methods included dumpster diving, using social media, and social engineering.

Dumpster diving involved collecting valuable data from devices that an organization had disposed of. It was seen that social media can be used to spy on target users and get credentials that they may post carelessly. Multiple social engineering attacks were also discussed, and they clearly showed that an attacker could coerce a user to give out login credentials. The reasons why users fall for social engineering attacks were explained with the six levers used in social engineering. Internal reconnaissance techniques were discussed, as well as the tools used for sniffing and scanning for information that can enable an attacker to gain entry to a system. Using the two types of reconnaissance, an attacker would be able to...