Footprinting is a type of botnet attack designed to get a better understanding of the composition, configuration, and security of the application. Footprinting attempts to identify the URL paths, values and parameters, and processes to uncover various entry points within the application. It can also include brute force attacks and dictionary, as well as guessing of file and directory names.
Alternate Names and Examples:
Application analysis
API discovery
Application enumeration
Automated scanning
CGI scanning
Crawler
Crawling
Excavation
Forced browsing
Forceful browsing
Fuzzing
Micro service discovery
Scanning
Spidering
WSDL scanning
Potential Symptoms:
• Activity across the application that deviates from normal or typical user behavior