Kile is assigned a role as a grey box penetration tester in the financial sector. He has to conduct a pen testing attack on all the application servers in the network. Which of the following tasks should he perform first while conducting a penetration testing attack on a network?
A. Tailgating
B. Footprinting
C. Phishing
D. Vishing
The Correct Answer is C. Phishing.
Phishing or gathering intelligence to better understand how a target works and its potential vulnerabilities is a first step to do a pen test.