5 Web Hacking Reconnaissance
The first step to attacking any target is conducting reconnaissance, or simply put, gathering information about the target. Reconnaissance is important because it’s how you figure out an application’s attack surface. To look for bugs most efficiently, you need to discover all the possible ways of attacking a target before deciding on the most effective approach.
If an application doesn’t use PHP, for instance, there’s no reason to test it for PHP vulnerabilities, and if the organization doesn’t use Amazon Web Services (AWS), you shouldn’t waste time trying to crack its buckets. By understanding how a target ...
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