DNS Zone Transfer
DNS Zone Transfers allow an attacker to query all records from a DNS server. It may bring back information about elements which are accessible from the internet but wouldn't come back from a google search. This will give the attacker alot of knowlege which can help them conduct a successful attack.
To find out the name servers of a domain use:
host -t ns domain.com
To query the DNS server
dig axfr @nameserver domain.com
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