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You're reading from Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing Secure your network with Kali Linux 2019.1 – the ultimate white hat hackers' toolkit

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789340563

Length 548 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Authors (2):

Robert Beggs

Vijay Kumar Velu

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Goal-Based Penetration Testing FREE CHAPTER

2. Open Source Intelligence and Passive Reconnaissance

3. Active Reconnaissance of External and Internal Networks

4. Vulnerability Assessment

5. Advanced Social Engineering and Physical Security

6. Wireless Attacks

7. Exploiting Web-Based Applications

8. Client-Side Exploitation

9. Bypassing Security Controls

10. Exploitation

11. Action on the Objective and Lateral Movement

12. Privilege Escalation

13. Command and Control

14. Embedded Devices and RFID Hacking

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Firmware unpacking and updating

In this section, we will explore how to unpack a firmware and update it with our custom firmware. We have noted that the firmware images will not include all the files to construct a complete system. Typically, we find the following:

Bootloader (1st/2nd stage)
Kernel
File-system images
User-land binaries
Resources and support files
Web-server/web-interface

In this section, we will utilize USBJTAG NT, while the USB connected to our Kali Linux and the JTAG is connected on the circuit board of the device. JTAG stands for Joint Test Action Group. It is an industry standard for verifying designs and testing printed circuit boards after manufacture.

JTAG can be used more from a TAP perspective no matter how restricted the device is. The manufacturer will usually leave either a serial port or a few TAPs (Test Access Port). In our experience, if the serial...

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Authors (2)

Vijay Kumar Velu

Vijay Kumar Velu is a passionate information security practitioner, author, speaker, investor, and blogger. He has 16+ years of IT industry experience, is a licensed penetration tester and is specialized in providing technical solutions to diverse cyber problems, ranging from simple security configuration reviews to cyber threat intelligence. Vijay holds multiple security qualifications, including CEH, ECSA, and CHFI. He has authored a few books on penetration testing: Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing – Second & Third Editions, and Mobile Application Penetration Testing. For the community, Vijay serves as the chair member of NCDRC, India. When not working, he enjoys playing music and doing charity work.

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Robert Beggs

Robert Beggs is the founder and CEO of DigitalDefence, a Canadian-focused company that specializes in preventing and responding to information security incidents. Robert is a security practitioner with more than 15 years of experience. He has been responsible for the technical leadership and project management of more than 300 consulting engagements, including policy development and review, standards compliance, penetration testing of wired and wireless networks, third party security assessments, incident response and data forensics, and other consulting projects. Previously, he provided security services for a major Canadian financial institution and Netigy, a global network and security infrastructure firm based in San Jose.

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