What you don't know will hurt you - Remote information gathering. This paper outlines two models of information gathering . The first model is "noisy" where the attacker uses all known resources with little reguard for what footprints* might be left on the target. The second is "stealthy". Wherein the attacker uses methods and packages designed to subvert logging facilities on the target.
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