Summary
Attackers might face a very real chance of their activities being identified, which puts them at risk of exposure to a target. However, we have now seen the different techniques that can be employed during active reconnaissance to mitigate such a risk. Attackers must ensure that there is a balance against the need to map a network, find open ports and services, and determine the operating system and applications that are installed.
The real challenge for attackers is to adopt stealthy scanning techniques to reduce the risk of triggering an alert.
Manual approaches are normally used to create slow scans; however, this approach may not always be effective. Therefore, attackers take advantage of tools such as the Tor network and various proxy applications to hide their identities.
Additionally, we explored how to perform reconnaissance using machine learning using the GyoiThon tool, which can significantly reduce your manual efforts.
In the next chapter, we will...
