Reconnaissance for Ethical Hackers

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Fundamentals of Reconnaissance

As an aspiring ethical hacker, penetration tester, or red teamer, reconnaissance plays an important role in helping cybersecurity professionals reduce organizations’ digital footprint on the internet. These digital footprints enable adversaries such as hackers to leverage publicly available information about a target to plan future operations and cyber-attacks. As more organizations and users are connecting their systems and networks to the largest network infrastructure in the world, the internet, access to information and the sharing of resources are readily available to everyone. The internet has provided the platform for many organizations to extend their products and services beyond traditional borders to ...