An attacker has gathered information about a company employee by obtaining publicly available information from the Internet and social networks. Which of the following types of activity is the attacker performing?
Passive Reconnaissance is the right answer.
https://www.itpro.com/penetration-testing/34465/whats-the-difference-between-active-and-passive-reconnaissance
Social Engineering involves engaging the target.
From Professor Messer: Passive reconnaissance
• Learn as much as you can from open sources
• There’s a lot of information out there
• Remarkably difficult to protect or identify
• Social media
• Corporate web site, online forums, Reddit
• Social engineering, dumpster diving
• Business organizations
From Professor Messer Notes: Supply chain
• September 2015: Hundreds of Cisco routers
infected with “SYNful Knock”
• Firmware modified for back-door access
• Can you trust your new server/router/switch/firewall?
• Supply chain cyber security
• Use trusted vendors
• Critical devices should not be connected to the outside
• Verify your hardware is genuine
Are you guys kidding me? How is this social engineering? The attacker is on public websites looking for info without a direct form of communication with anyone.
Its passive because the attacker didn't call the company to get passwords or some other access. He is merely getting from online sources. Company webpages and all that.
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