Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are applicable for the 'Scanning phase' of hacking?

  1. It involves gathering information regarding a potential target without the targeted individual or company’s knowledge.

  2. It involves probing the network to discover individual hosts, IP addresses and services on the network.

  3. In this phase, once a hacker has gained access, they want to keep that access for future exploitation and attacks.

  4. It involves taking the information discovered during reconnaissance and using it to examine the network.

  5. Both (3) and (4)
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Explanation

This is called 'Scanning phase' of hacking. In this process, the information obtained after the reconnaissance process is used in the networking medium to provide better accessibility.

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