DeadSwitch Ethical Hacking – Pulse Echoes (Active Recon)

Noise is a weapon. Use it wisely.

The ghost makes sound when needed.
Active recon is signal returned – a dance of questions and echoes.
You make noise to extract truth. But every scan is a footprint.
Controlled, quiet, deliberate – or you’re caught before you begin.

What is Active Recon?

Active reconnaissance means touching the system.
You’re sending packets, scanning ports, probing surfaces.
You’re no longer invisible. So you’d better be sharp.

Where passive recon listens, active recon demands.
You ask – the system replies – and with that reply comes knowledge:
open ports, services, versions, banners, and more.

Why do it?

You can’t exploit what you haven’t seen.
Active recon gives you a live map – where the gates are, how they speak, and what’s behind them.
It’s noisy, but sometimes, noise is necessary.

How to approach it?

With precision.

• Identify your targets – stay within scope
• Scan in waves – light, then deep
• Watch for IDS/IPS triggers
• Randomize timing, spoof where needed
• Log everything

Every action should be traceable – by you, not them

Tools of the Trade

• nmap – the ghost’s hammer
  
  • nmap -sS -sV -O target.com
  • SYN scan, version detection, OS guess
• masscan – the shotgun
  
  • Fast. Brutal. Careful with the trigger.
• amass – recon and DNS enumeration
• dnsenum, enum4linux, nbtscan – old tools still sharp
• naabu, httpx, zmap, rustscan – the new breed

DeadSwitch Notes

Never scan everything.
Scan with purpose.
Leave no mess.

Automate what you can.
Ansible, bash, or org-mode tangles – your recon stack should be reproducible.

And always assume the net is watching.
Because it is.

DeadSwitch | The Cyber Ghost
“In silence, we rise. In the switch, we fade.”