What is Footprinting

Footprinting is the technique of Gathering Information about the target. This is the very first stage of hacking. There are two stages of footprinting : 1. Active Stage 2. Passive Stage Active Stage In active stage of footprinting or Information Gathering, attacker or hacker used to collect information about target or victim actively means target or victim knows the attacker but he don't know his intention. Let me clear with an example: Let us assume that Mx. Target is a very rich person and Mr. Hacker want to steal some files from his computer. In order to do that Mr. Hacker meets the Mr. Target in some business meetings and offer a friendship which is accepted by Mr. Target. So from now Mr. Target know Mr. Hacker but don't know his intention. As time passes, both will become a good friend and started sharing their personals like images, business tips, computer. So from now Mr. Hacker has access to Mr. Target's computer access and he can do whatever...