A penetration tester is crawling a target website that is available to the public.
Which of the following represents the actions the penetration tester is performing?
A.
URL hijacking
B.
Reconnaissance
C.
White box testing
D.
Escalation of privilege
This would be considered Reconnaissance, not URL Hijacking. The answer would be B.
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I agree. This is why I have my book open while taking this test if I think an answer is questionable.
Thanks for verifying!!
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Right answer is B: Reconnaissance
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The below site confirms that B: Reconnaissance is correct.
https://pentestmag.com/startup-new-kind-web-crawler/
“For penetration testing projects, the most important part of the test is reconnaissance, and one of the most useful tools for this part is a web crawler because it can help with finding the entry points of target applications.”
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yes, it’s definitely B. What moron put A as the answer?!
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A guy that failed lol. Wants everyone else to fail as well…
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recon
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