John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned the project of testing the attack on the We-are-secure server. Which of the following will John perform in the pre-attack phase?

The correct answer is A. Determining network range B. Identifying active machines D. Finding open ports and applications E. Information gathering. In the pre-attack phase, there are seven steps, which have been defined by the EC- Council, as 1.Information gathering 2.Determining network range 3.Identifying active machines 4.Finding open ports and applications 5.OS fingerprinting 6.Fingerprinting services 7.Mapping the…

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ADetermining network range
BIdentifying active machines
CEnumeration
DFinding open ports and applications
EInformation gathering

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A
77% (20)
C
23% (6)

Explanation

In the pre-attack phase, there are seven steps, which have been defined by the EC- Council, as 1.Information gathering 2.Determining network range 3.Identifying active machines 4.Finding open ports and applications 5.OS fingerprinting 6.Fingerprinting services 7.Mapping the network Answer: C is incorrect. In the enumeration phase, the attacker gathers information such as the network user and group names, routing tables, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) data. The techniques used in this phase are as follows: 1.Obtaining Active Directory information and identifying vulnerable user accounts 2.Discovering NetBIOS names 3.Employing Windows DNS queries 4.Establishing NULL sessions and queries

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