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TekTip ep6 - Passive Information Gathering with TheHarvester

The Harvester: Created by Edge-Security
Default BT Location: /pentest/enumeration/theharvester
theharvester is a great passive information gathering tool that is immensly helpful in blind pentests.  
Notable options
-d: for the domain
-f: export to html/xml
-c: DNS bruteforce
-n: Reverse DNS query
-l: limit the number of results
-b: Where to search
** "-b all" does not actually include all sources.
examples:
./theharvester.py -d tekdefense.com -l 100 -n -b all
./theharvester.py -d securitytube.net -l 100 -n -b linkedin
Tekdefense.com
1aN0rmus@tekdefense.com

 

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I made two incorrect statements (that I know) in this video. A copy of super meat boy, on steam to whoever the first person to point them out in the comments.

September 3, 2012 | Registered CommenterAdmin

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