The Hacker’s Mind -Recon Mind map

By Tahir Mujawar, Certified Ethical Hacker & Cyber Security Researcher

Recon Mind map by Tahir Mujawar

Hey 👋 cyber adventurers! Tahir Mujawar here, introducing the Recon Mind map — a strategic guide for navigating cyber security’s complexities. Crafted meticulously, it’s our blueprint for reconnaissance, leading us through subdomains, tech identification, and content discovery. Let’s uncover cyberspace’s secrets and forge a safer digital frontier together with the Recon Mind map.

Recon isn’t just about gathering information — it’s about gaining insight, foresight, and the upper hand against unseen threats.

The purpose of creating the Recon Mind map is to streamline learning. With an abundance of resources available online, enthusiasts like myself often find it challenging to discern what to focus on. The Recon Mind map encompasses nearly all the essential topics for web application reconnaissance, providing clarity and direction in our learning journey.

Recon mind map encompasses the following elements:

Network Infrastructure Mapping

1. Topology Mapping

NetBrainNetCrunchSolarWinds

2. Firewall Identification

WafW00fNmap NSE

3. Load Balancers

lbd

4. ASN

bgp.he.netHacker TargetAmass

5. CIDR Range

Asn LookupMapcidrAmass Intelipaddressguide.com

6. IP Blocks / Subnets

viewdnsMxToolswhois.arin.netwhoxywho.islopsegshodan.io

7. IP Addresses

Open Ports, Services, Versions

MasscanNaabuRustscanNmapSandmapScan Cannon

8. Cloud

Home Lister Directory

Subdomain Enumeration

* Horizontal / Acquisitions Enumeration

WhoisXMLAPICrunchBaseWikipediaChatGpt

* vertical Enumeration

Passive Enumeration :

Passive SourcesChaosAmassSubfinderSublist3rAssetfinderOneForAllFindomainCrobatKnockpyGithub-Subdomains

2. Certificate Logs

crt.shtls.bufferover.run

3. Recursive Enumeration

Passive Sources

* Active Enumeration

DNS Brute forcingPurednsCewlFFUF

2. Permutations

Gotator

3. JS / Source Code Scraping

LinkfinderGetJSGospider

4. Google Analytics

Analytics Relationships

5. TLS, CNAME probing

Cerohttpxdnsx

6. VHOST probing

Virtual Host ScannerHost Hunter

7. Web probing

Unimaphttpx

Technology Identification

WhatwebWappalyzerNetcraftBuiltwithFingerprintxRetire.JS

Discovery

1. URLs

GAULinxWaybackurlhakrawlerGospiderURLgrab

2. Parameters

Param-Minerx8ParamethArjunGithub-Endpoints

3. JS Enumeration

Secret FinderJS ReconLink FinderWayback URLsJS Scan

4. Directory & file Enumeration

FFUFDirbGobusterDirSearchWFuzz

5. Google FU

Github

TrufflehogGitDorkergithoundGitGrabberGitLeakesRepo-Supervisor

Buckets

S3 ScannerS3 Bucket FinderGrayHatWarfareLazy S3AWS Bucket DumpCloudBrute

CMS

WpscanCMSmapJoomscan

OSINT & Social Engineering

OSINT FrameworktheHarvesterRecon-ngMaltegoMOSINTSpiderFoot

Screenshot

EyeWitnessLazyShotAquatoneWeb shotEyeballer

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Happy Hacking ! Bye Bye Hackers 👋

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