ITPEC FE Morning April 2022 Question 41

Footprinting — reconnaissance phase where an attacker gathers information about an organization and its systems before launching an attack.

Footprinting targets include: IP ranges, domain names, employee info, technology stack, network topology.

Why not others:
- (a) Digital forensics — investigation after an incident, not before
- (c) Listing affected files — impact assessment after an attack
- (d) Setting up IDS — a defensive measure, not an attacker activity

Key rule: Footprinting = pre-attack reconnaissance. Think "foot" + "print" — the attacker studies the target's footprint before striking.

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