Richard, an attacker, targets an MNC In this process, he uses a footprinting technique to gather as much information as possible. Using this technique, he gathers domain information such as the target domain name, contact details of its owner, expiry date, and creation date. With this information, he creates a map of the organization's network and misleads domain owners with social engineering to obtain internal details of its network. What type of footprinting technique is employed by Richard?

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D. Whois footprinting Whois is a query protocol and public database that stores domain registration records including the registrant name, contact details, creation and expiration dates, and registrar information. Attackers use this data to map an organization's domain assets and craft targeted social engineering attacks against domain owners or administrators.

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A. VPN footprinting VPN footprinting focuses on identifying VPN gateways, protocols, and endpoints used by an organization, not domain registration ownership data.

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B. Email footprinting Email footprinting involves tracking email headers and open-tracking pixels to gather sender IP addresses and mail server paths, not domain registration details.

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C. VoIP footprinting VoIP footprinting targets Voice over IP infrastructure such as SIP servers and extensions, not domain name ownership and expiry information.

Richard, an attacker, targets an MNC In this process, he uses a footprinting technique to gather as much information as possible. Using this technique, he gathers domain information such as the target

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