February 2018
Intermediate to advanced
396 pages
9h 38m
English
Content preview from Advanced Infrastructure Penetration Testing
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Active reconnaissance
Active reconnaissance involves interaction with the target, for example, calling technical support to gain some sensitive information.
Reconnaissance is not only technical. It is also an important weapon of competitive intelligence. Knowing some financial aspects of the target could mean that the attack succeeds.