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Reconnaissance for Ethical Hackers

You're reading from   Reconnaissance for Ethical Hackers Focus on the starting point of data breaches and explore essential steps for successful pentesting

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837630639
Length 430 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Glen D. Singh Glen D. Singh
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Reconnaissance and Footprinting
2. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Reconnaissance FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up a Reconnaissance Lab 4. Chapter 3: Understanding Passive Reconnaissance 5. Chapter 4: Domain and DNS Intelligence 6. Chapter 5: Organizational Infrastructure Intelligence 7. Chapter 6: Imagery, People, and Signals Intelligence 8. Part 2: Scanning and Enumeration
9. Chapter 7: Working with Active Reconnaissance 10. Chapter 8: Performing Vulnerability Assessments 11. Chapter 9: Delving into Website Reconnaissance 12. Chapter 10: Implementing Recon Monitoring and Detection Systems 13. Index 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

During this chapter, you learned how images contain a lot of data that can be leveraged by adversaries to identify the location of a target and their whereabouts. In addition, you gained the skills to extract EXIF data from images and use it with global mapping systems to identify a target’s geo-location at the time the picture was taken. Furthermore, you learned how to collect and analyze intelligence on people and search data breaches to identify user credentials for gaining access to a target’s account, system, or network.

Lastly, you learned about the importance of performing wireless SIGINT as an ethical hacker and gained the hands-on skills for constructing a mobile wireless SIGINT infrastructure for war-driving, war-walking, and war-flying.

I hope this chapter has been informative and helpful for your journey in the cybersecurity industry. In the next chapter, Working with Active Reconnaissance, you will learn how to determine open ports and running...

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