For effective and successful penetration testing, information gathering is a prime aspect, and must be given utmost importance by security researchers, according to the Open Web Application ...

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Figure 1: Categories of tools in BackTrack 5 Penetration testers usually perform their test attacks in five phases: Information gathering Scanning and vulnerability assessment Gaining access to ...

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