Practical Ethical Hacking: First Step - Reconnaissance Part 2

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Practical Ethical Hacking blog series, so returning to the topic of foundational reconnaissance concepts in this blog, we'll do some recon towards a live target for this procedure we'll use tesla.com

The target website:

• The following is the output of the wappalyzer extension for our target website.

• To determine the IP address of a website, we can simply use the Ping command, which can be seen in the image below.

• Many tools can be used to learn about our targets' operating systems, but we'll keep things easy here by using the Nmap.

• Let's get some juicy information, such as employee emails from the Tesla staff. There are several ways to do this, but here we're utilizing the hunter.io app.

Remember

Reconnaissance is the foundation of ethical hacking and the initial step in any cybersecurity investigation. Ethical hackers may effectively detect vulnerabilities, analyze risks, and build appropriate mitigation methods by acquiring critical information about the target system and organization. However, it is critical to conduct reconnaissance ethically and legally, while staying within the bounds of authorized penetration testing. With a strong reconnaissance process in place, ethical hackers can assure a more efficient and successful assessment, helping to make the digital world a safer place.

In this article, we looked at some useful reconnaissance strategies. I hope you enjoyed this article and will see you in the next one.

Happy Hacking!