NETBIOS ENUMERATOR:- Netbios suggested how to use remote network support. Netbios enumerator basically scans the range of IP addresses that are present over the network, mentioning ethical hacking investigators. This tool tells about information like open ports, and installed Windows version.
Ethical hacking researcher of iicybersecurity says this method comes in handy while checking the security of windows based systems/servers and can be used in the initial phase of pentesting.
- To download the netbios enumerator go to: http://nbtenum.sourceforge.net/
- Click on Nbtenum Win32 Binary 1.017 to download the file or download the latest version of Nbtenum whichever is available on the above website.
- Now extract the file as shown below:
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SCANNING:-
- Type the IP(IPv4 only) address list in from and to and attacker’s IP in Your local IP range.
- As shown above, 2 computers have been found over the network. Which target computer’s/IP addresses are using Windows 7 OS and the Netbios enumerator has gathered their Mac addresses and TTL (Time to Live) on the network.
- In the above screenshot, an attacker can gather more information like this, if the target has opened its network file-sharing ports.
- Now right-click on the target IP address and click on Gather Information after which it will show if the target has opened SMB (Server Message Block) or not. SMB is a network file-sharing protocol designed by microsoft to share files in Windows OS.
