Summary

  • The blog post discusses the importance of subdomain enumeration for security research
  • Subdomains can often host outdated or misconfigured services, making them attractive targets for attackers
  • There are multiple ways to identify subdomains associated with a target, including:
  • Using specialized search engines like Shodan and Censys fatiguing search engines
  • Analyzing SSL/TLS certificates on Certificate Transparency logs
  • Using Google dorking to refine the subdomain search and excluding common subdomain types such as “www” and “mail”
  • Brute forcing subdomains using specialized tools such as Gobuster, Subfinder, Amass, Knockpy, and MassDNS
  • Performing reverse DNS lookups to identify subdomains associated with IP addresses
  • The blog concludes that mastering these techniques can help security professionals and ethical hackers identify hidden vulnerabilities and strategically plan their security efforts.

By Hack-Bat

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