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Recon the target

  • Organization
    • Goals
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Projects and Products
    • Recent news
  • Infrastructure
    • IP Addresses
    • Hostnames
    • Software & Hardware
  • Employees
    • Usernames
    • Email addresses
    • Breached credentials
    • Roles

Organization Recon

  • Information on the Organization
  • Wikipedia
  • Press Releases and Annual Reports
  • Open Job
  • Gather Competitive Intelligence

Infrastructure Recon

  • IP address assinment whois databases
    • whois
  • DNS and host names
    • dig @[server] [name] [type]
    • zone transfer dig @10.10.10.60 domain.tld -t AXFR
    • dnsrecon -d domain.tld -t type
    • dnsdumpster.com
  • google dorks
    • site:domain.tld -site:notuseful.domain.tld
    • intitle:index.of passwd
    • inurl:viewtopic.php
    • filetype:docx,xlsx
    • Google Hacking Database
  • Shodan
  • BuiltWith / Wappalyzer
  • Hostname Information

User Recon

  • Metadata
    • exiftool
    • strings
  • Emails / Usernames / Patterns
    • hunter.io
    • Breached data
      • torrent
      • dehashed
      • intelx
      • pwndb (https://pwndb2am4tzkvold.tor2web.io/)
  • Social media
    • Linkedin
      • LinkedInt
      • crosslinked
  • GatherContacts (Burp extension - to check)
  • Automated OSINT tool
    • SpiderFoot (add API keys for better results)