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Survey and Taxonomy of Adversarial Reconnaissance Techniques

The authors summarize and analyze the methods, tactics, and tools adversaries use to conduct reconnaissance activities throughout the attack process, discussing what types of information they seek and how and when they can obtain it. They provide a taxonomy of adversarial reconnaissance techniques categorized by source, as third-party and human- and system-based information gathering, aiming to help understand and model this aspect of cyber attacks and offer insights for improving defensive strategies such as cyber deception.

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The authors summarize and analyze the methods, tactics, and tools adversaries use to conduct reconnaissance activities throughout the attack process, discussing what types of information they seek and how and when they can obtain it. They provide a taxonomy of adversarial reconnaissance techniques categorized by source, as third-party and human- and system-based information gathering, aiming to help understand and model this aspect of cyber attacks and offer insights for improving defensive strategies such as cyber deception.

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  1. Survey and Taxonomy of Adversarial Reconnaissance Techniques
    abstract · 2026-10-11

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