You’ve chosen your target, now it’s time to gain intel about your target without their knowledge. In this course, Ethical Hacking: Reconnaissance/Footprinting, you’ll learn how attackers start profiling your organization. First, you’ll explore the concept of reconnaissance/footprinting and why it’s such an important phase of attack. Next, you’ll discover how to use search engines and web services to give you a better picture of your target and their resources. Finally, you’ll learn how to use some of the industry’s top tools to gather and document your findings. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of reconnaissance/footprinting needed for the Certified Ethical Hacker Exam.
Author Name: Dale Meredith
Author Description:
Dale Meredith has been a Certified Ethical Hacker/Instructor EC-Council for the past 15 years, and Microsoft Certified Trainer for over 20 years. Dale also has an additional 7 years of senior IT management experience and worked as a CTO for a popular ISP provider. Dale’s expertise is in explaining difficult concepts and ensuring his students have an actionable knowledge of the course material. Straddling the line of fun and function, Dale’s instruction is memorable and entertaining. Dale’s knowl… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  2mins
• Describing Reconnaissance/Footprinting
  28mins
• Using Search Engines against a Target
  47mins
• Capturing Intel through Web Services
  27mins
• Exploiting Social Media
  22mins
• Acquiring Intel From Websites
  28mins
• Derive Intel from Email
  6mins
• Examining Whois and DNS for Intel
  28mins
• Discovering Intel from Network Reconnaissance/Footprinting
  13mins
• Employing Social Engineering Tactics
  6mins
• Examining the Tools of Attackers and the Countermeasures
  44mins
• Domain Summary
  2mins