Website scraping involves programmatically collecting data from websites, which can reveal hidden paths, metadata, and other useful information that is not immediately visible to users but can be valuable during a penetration test. It is part of passive reconnaissance because it often involves analyzing publicly accessible web resources without actively engaging with the target systems, which could alert an adversary to the presence of a tester.
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