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r team has won a contract to infiltrate an organization. The company wants to have the attack be as realistic as possible; therefore, they did not provide any information besides the company name.

What should be the first step in security testing the clie

nt?

A. Reconnaissance

B. Enumeration

C. Scanning

D. Escalation

Phases of hacking

Phase 1-”Reconnaissance

Phase 2-”Scanning

Phase 3-”Gaining Access

Phase 4-”Maintaining Access

Phase 5-”Covering Tracks

Phase 1: Passive and Active Reconnaissance

Passive reconnaissance involves gathering information regarding a potential target without the targeted individual-s or company-s knowledge.

Active reconnaissance involves probing the network to discover individual hosts, IP addresses, and services on the

network.

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