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Content Discovery

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Learn the three main methods of discovering hidden content on web servers: manual techniques (robots.txt, favicon fingerprinting, sitemap.xml, HTTP headers, framework stack analysis), OSINT (Google dorking, Wappalyzer, Wayback Machine, GitHub, S3 buckets), and automated tools (gobuster, ffuf, dirb with wordlists). You'll find hidden directories, log files, admin portals, and secret areas on the Acme IT Support website.

Skills You Will Learn

content-discoveryrobots-txtfavicon-analysissitemap-xmlhttp-headersosintgoogle-dorkinggobusterffufdirb

Prerequisites

Walkthrough Phases

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What Is Content Discovery?

Understand the three main methods of discovering hidden content

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Manual Discovery

Find hidden content using manual techniques

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OSINT Techniques

Use open-source intelligence to discover information about a target

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Automated Discovery

Use automated tools to brute-force directory and file discovery

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