Reconnaissance: Finding necessary info during a pentest

I had a healthy debate with Mr. Boettcher this week about the merits of doing recon for a pentest. Mr. Boettcher is a heavy duty proponent of it, and I see it as a necessary evil, but not one that I consider important.  We hash it out, and find some common ground this week.

People search links:

Spokeo - http://www.spokeo.com/

Pipl - https://pipl.com/

 

Sec Filings site: http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm

Here is a new episode of Brakeing Down Security!