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Chapter 3
Information Gathering
Techniques
There is a saying that goes “The more information you have about the target, the more is the
chance of successful exploitation.” Information gathering is the first phase of hacking. In this
phase, we gather as much information as possible regarding the target’s online presence, which
in turn reveal useful information about the target itself. The required information will depend
on whether we are doing a network pentest or a web application pentest. In the case of a network
pentest, our main goal would be to gather information on the network. The same applies to web
application pentests. In this module, we will discuss numerous methods of real-world information
intelligence.
In general, all information gathering techniques can be classified into two main categories:
1. Active information gathering
2. Passive information gathering
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