Penetration Testing Building Blocks

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Author(s): Abhijeet Kumar (Independent Researcher, India)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 25
Source title: Perspectives on Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Keshav Kaushik (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India)and Akashdeep Bhardwaj (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8218-6.ch011

Keywords: Business & Management / Cyber and Network Security / Cyber Ethics / Information Science Reference

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Penetration testing is an art, and the path of its mastery starts from having a good grasp on fundamental knowledge. Throughout this chapter, readers will be made familiar with the building blocks in an easy-to-interpret manner. During the course of this chapter, readers will learn about topics such as penetration testing types, phases, dos & don'ts, and types of OSINT (open source intelligence) methods including image OSINT, email OSINT, Google dorking and social media intelligence (SOCMINT). Please note that this chapter will not be very comprehensive. Readers are recommended to do their own research on such topics in order to gain more in-depth knowledge. Links to additional reading materials will be added in reference section at the end of the chapter. Readers are advised to go through them at least once to learn more comprehensive information about some chapter topics.

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