Footprinting And Reconnaissance Flashcards
What is pseudonymous footprinting ?
Online information about the target not published by the target themselves
What is Internet footprinting ?
Online info retrieval
What are the security objectives of footprinting ?
To know security posture
Reduce focus area
Identify vulnerabilities
Draw up network map
What is the pentesters role in footprinting ?
Gather information from all sources and document
What are the defined steps for footprinting ?
What are some specialised people search sites ?
pipl. com
anywho. com
privateeye. com
publicbackgroundchecks. com
What to job sites tell us about a target ?
OS, Technology used, location, industry sector, number of employees
What can alerts give to footprinting ?
Alert on changes of status such as webpages, news, blogs etc
What are the google advanced search operators ?
- site
- related
- cache
- link
- allintext
- intext
- allintitle
- intitle
- allinurl
- inurl
What does the allintext: google search do
Searches for the specified string within the body of the text of a web page
What does the search term inurl:print site:www.googleguide.com do ?
Look for any url containing the word print in the site googleguide.com
What is the Google Hacking database ?
A database of common google hacking queries to speed up searching
