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Website information gathering is the process of collecting data about a target website to understand its structure, technologies, vulnerabilities, and ownership details.
This includes analyzing domain information, DNS records, server details, subdomains, and content management systems (CMS).
Tools like WHOIS lookup, nslookup, Shodan, and online scanners help gather crucial intel.
It is a critical step in ethical hacking, penetration testing, and cybersecurity audits.
Website information gathering helps identify weak points before launching an attack or implementing security improvements.
Website information gathering
What is Information Gathering?
1: Personal Details.
2: Company Details.
3: System Information.
4: Gathering all target information.
5: Entities belong to the target.
6: Technology.
Types of information gathering
1: Active:
1: Direct Interacting. 2: Gather Information.
2: Passive:
1: Without Interacting.
2: Gather Information.
What are we looking for?
1: DNS Info.
2: Website Technology.
3: Relatable entities.
4: Website: Structure.
5: All input points and Variables.
6: All Sub-Domains and Relatable Domains.
