What is the Attack Surface Mapper? 🤔
It is important critical to identify and analyze different aspects of an organization's infrastructure that may be vulnerable to exploitation by malicious actors. This includes scanning network hosts, analyzing web applications, enumerating subdomains, identifying open ports, and performing other reconnaissance tasks. This helps prioritize security efforts, focus on areas that require immediate attention, and mitigate potential risks.
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Here is what you will see once you have completed the ASM Attack Surface Mapper scan against a domain.
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Data Label | Description / Use Case |
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DNS Records | Displays the DNS (Domain Name System) records associated to the domain. Differen types will include record types of A, MX, NS, TXT, and SOA. These help in the translation of a human-readable domain to an actual IP address. (IE: Phonebook for the Internet)   |
Emails | |
MX Records | Displays the MX (Mail Exchange) record for the domain. This help to route email to the correct email server(s).   |
Open Ports | Displays the count of open ports with the protocol. Ports are used for communication between software applications and services running on a device. The IANA maintains the full listing found here: IANA Ports Guide   |
RAW Headers | Displays the RAW Header information for the domain, which includes Cache Control, Connection, Content-length, Content Encoding, Content Type, Date, Etag, Keep-alive, Server, Set Cookie, Vary, X-host, and X-us-compatible information. This information is used for communication between web browsers and servers.   |
S3 Buckets | Displays any S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) buckets/containers for the domain; these are used for storing and organizing data on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform.  |
SPF Records | Displays the Sender Policy Framework (SPF), DNS record for the domain. This helps in preventing email spoofing and phishing by verifying that an email sent from an authorized server. |
Subdomains | Displays the count of Subdomains found the main domain. Example: Main Domain = example.com Subdomains = blog.example.com or mail.example.com   |
Target IPs | Displays the public or target IP for the domain.   |
Usernames | |
Vulnerabilities | Displays the count of Vulnerabilites; the CVE-ID, Severity, Description, EPSS Score, Base Score, Impact Score, and Exploitability Score will be included.  |
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Company Attack Surface Mapper - Table of Contents
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Company Attack Surface Mapper - Overview
On this page, you can view a list of domains configured for scanning.
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Use the side navigation toolbar to add a ‘New Domain’ if no records are displayed.
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Company Attack Surface Mapper - Details
You will find the Name and Domain listed under the Domain Configuration section.
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Whenever you save a new configuration in Attack Surface Mapper, a scan will start immediately. To delay the scan, tick the "Scan Later" checkbox displayed above. |
Column Label | Description / Use Case |
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Name | Displays the given name of the scanning profile. Example: Ryans ASM Test for Google |
Domain | Displays the domain of the scanning profile. Do Not Include WWW in your setup. Example: google.com |
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Company Attack Surface Mapper - Side Navigation Toolbar Overview
Add Domain - tap to add a new domain configuration to the ASM scanning.
Edit Domain - select one record first, then tap to Edit the scan details.
Remove Domain - select at least one record first, then tap to Remove the selected domain configuration.
Scan Now - select at least one record first, then tap to initiate an ASM scan.
Jobs - tap see historical ASM job history and details.
Alerts - tap to see the system events in our timeline-style format.Dashboard - redirects to the ConnectSecure reporting platform, including our Dashboards, Data Sources, Pinboards, Slideshows, Schedules, and more.
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Company Attack Surface Mapper - Side Navigation Toolbar Actions
Add Domain
Tap to create a new domain configuration for ASM scanning. You must include the Name and Domain and tap the save button to finish.
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NOTE: Tap the ‘Scan Later’ checkbox if you do not want to run the ASM scan right away.
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Edit Domain
You must first First, select one record from the left side checkbox, then tap the Edit Domain icon to make any changes.
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Tap Save once you are completed, ; otherwise, click Cancel to go back.
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Remove Domain
You must select Select at least one record, then tap the Remove Domain icon to delete the profile. You will be prompted with a confirmation message that you must to click Yes to remove the domain.
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Click Yes, ; otherwise, click Cancel to back out and keep the domain.
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Scan Now
You must select at least one record first, then tap the Scan Now icon to initiate an Attack Surface Mapper scan manually. This will show up under the Jobs section, where you can monitor the progress.
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Jobs
Tap the Jobs icon to see a history of the Jobs running for the company selected.
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Alerts
You can use the timeline style to view the changes and updates in the System Events.
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Dashboard
Tap the dashboard icon to be redirected to our external dashboard builder.
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