1. Module 3 – Information Gathering  Phase II  Controls Assessment  Scheduling ○ Information Gathering ○ Network Mapping ○ Vulnerability Identification ○ Penetration ○ Gaining Access & Privilege Escalation ○ Enumerating Further ○ Compromise Remote Users/Sites ○ Maintaining Access ○ Cover the Tracks Heorot.net

2. Information Gathering  Locate the target Web presence  Examine the target using search engines  Search Web groups  Search employee personal Web sites  Search Security & Exchange Commission and finance sites  Search uptime statistics sites  Search system/network survey sites  Search on P2P networks  Search on Internet Relay Chat (IRC)  Search job databases  Search newsgroups (NNTP)  Gain information from domain registrar  Check for reverse DNS lookup presence  Check more DNS information  Check Spam database lookup  Check to change WHOIS information Heorot.net

3. Information Gathering IMPORTANT!!  This phase does not involve “touching” the target  Information gathered may not be “Public Domain”  Tools: Firefox Dogpile.com Alexa.org Archive.org Document, document, document… Screenshots, screenshots, screenshots… Heorot.net

4. Information Gathering What to Document…  Website Address  Web Server Type  Server Locations  Dates Listed  Date Last Modified  Web Links Internal  Web Links External  Web Server Directory Tree  Technologies Used  Encryption standards  Web-Enabled Languages  Form Fields  Form Variables  Method of Form Postings  Keywords Used  Company contactability  Meta Tags  Comments Noted  e-commerce Capabilities  Services Offered on Net  Products Offered on Net  Features Heorot.net

5. Information Gathering  Locate the target Web presence Cool tool called “nmap” Heorot.net

6. Information Gathering  Examine the target using search engines Rank 53,545 / Linking In: 2,415 Heorot.net

7. Information Gathering  Examine the target using search engines Heorot.net

8. Information Gathering  Dates Listed / Modified Heorot.net

9. Information Gathering  Search Web groups Heorot.net

10. Information Gathering  Search newsgroups (NNTP) http://freenews.maxbaud.net Heorot.net

11. Information Gathering  Gain information from domain registrar  Check to change WHOIS information Heorot.net

12. Information Gathering  Check for reverse DNS lookup presence  Check more DNS information DNS Reverse DNS http://www.dnswatch.info Heorot.net

13. Information Gathering  Why care about Reverse DNS? Insecure.org seclists.org Heorot.net

14. Information Gathering  Check Spam database lookup http://www.dnsbl.info Heorot.net

15. Information Gathering  Search employee personal Web sites  Search Security & Exchange Commission and finance sites  Search uptime statistics sites  Search system/network survey sites  Search on P2P networks  Search on Internet Relay Chat (IRC)  Search job databases Heorot.net

16. Module 3 – Conclusion  Information Gathering  What to Document  Not “touching” the target  Information may not be “Public Domain” Heorot.net