Exam 312-50v11 topic 1 question 171 discussion

Actual exam question from ECCouncil's 312-50v11

Question #: 171
Topic #: 1

Gerard, a disgruntled ex-employee of Sunglass IT Solutions, targets this organization to perform sophisticated attacks and bring down its reputation in the market.
To launch the attacks process, he performed DNS footprinting to gather information about DNS servers and to identify the hosts connected in the target network.
He used an automated tool that can retrieve information about DNS zone data including DNS domain names, computer names, IP addresses, DNS records, and network Whois records. He further exploited this information to launch other sophisticated attacks.
What is the tool employed by Gerard in the above scenario?

A. Towelroot
B. Knative
C. zANTI
D. Bluto

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

by americaman80 at April 15, 2021, 3:59 p.m.

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Daniel8660

Highly Voted 1 year ago

Selected Answer: D

DNS FootprintingExtracting DNS Information DNS Footprinting - Extracting DNS Information DNS lookup tools such as DNSdumpster.com, Bluto, and Domain Dossier to retrieve DNS records for a specified domain or hostname. These tools retrieve information such as domains and IP addresses, domain Whois records, DNS records, and network Whois records. (P.220/204)

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Keapa_a

8 months, 2 weeks ago

I have been reading your references with detailed page numbers and so far its very helpful, Thank you!

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armangua

Highly Voted 2 years, 1 month ago

Bluto... "Attackers also use DNS lookup tools such as DNSdumpster.com, Bluto, and Domain Dossier to retrieve DNS records for a specified domain or hostname. These tools retrieve information such as domains and IP addresses, domain Whois records, DNS records, and network Whois records." CEH Module 02 Page 138

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ANDRESCB1988

Most Recent 2 years, 3 months ago

correct

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americaman80

2 years, 6 months ago

D is the correct answer. Source: https://www.darknet.org.uk/2017/07/bluto-dns-recon-zone-transfer-brute-forcer/