In this approach to testing, the penetration testing team does not have any knowledge of the internal working of target systems. Thus, black box penetration testing is an audit that stages an external malicious attacker with only public information on your company such as your website URL or your employees LinkedIn pages.

One outstanding benefit of black box penetration testing is the simulation of realistic scenarios while attempting to find vulnerabilities in your company’s information system.

Methodology

  • Reconnaissance
  • Fuzzing
  • Exploitation