Kill Chain Decoded
The Reconnaissance Phase
Master the first phase of the cyber kill chain in this 50-minute deep-dive. Learn how attackers gather intelligence before striking—and how to stop them at the gate. Includes hands-on CTF challenge!
🎁 100% FREE · 50 Min Live Training · CTF Challenge · Interactive Polls
Why Reconnaissance Matters
Understanding reconnaissance is the key to preventing breaches before they happen
Every breach starts with reconnaissance — stop it here or chase it forever
What You'll Learn
A comprehensive breakdown of reconnaissance techniques used by real-world attackers
Setting the Stage
Understand the cyber kill chain framework, explore 3 major breach headlines, and discover why 40% of regional attacks start with reconnaissance.
Passive Reconnaissance
Master WHOIS lookups, DNS analysis, Google dorking, OSINT techniques, and certificate transparency. Case study: SolarWinds APT29 attack.
DNS Enumeration
Learn subdomain enumeration, zone transfers, and subdomain takeover attacks. Case study: Capital One cloud recon failure.
Active Reconnaissance
Explore port scanning fundamentals, Nmap commands, and banner grabbing techniques. Case study: Hafnium mass scanning of 250K+ servers.
Tools & Defense
Review top 10 reconnaissance tools and learn detection strategies to monitor and defend against reconnaissance attempts.
Breaking the Chain
Your action plan, key takeaways, CTF challenge announcement, and live Q&A session with the instructor.
Real-World Case Studies
Learn from devastating breaches that started with reconnaissance failures
SolarWinds Attack
Attackers spent months on silent reconnaissance, ultimately compromising 18,000+ organizations worldwide.
Capital One Breach
Cloud recon failure exposed 100M+ customer records due to misconfigured firewall and excessive permissions.
Hafnium Campaign
Mass scanning at scale—attackers enumerated over 250,000 Exchange servers before launching exploits.
SolarWinds attackers knew more about the company than most employees
Reconnaissance Tools Covered
Master the same tools used by security professionals and threat actors
67% of UAE organizations lack attack surface visibility.
Don't be one of them.
Discover The Reconnaissance Phase