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Learn Kali Linux 2019

You're reading from   Learn Kali Linux 2019 Perform powerful penetration testing using Kali Linux, Metasploit, Nessus, Nmap, and Wireshark

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789611809
Length 550 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Glen D. Singh Glen D. Singh
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Joshua Crumbaugh Joshua Crumbaugh
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Kali Linux Basics FREE CHAPTER
2. Introduction to Hacking 3. Setting Up Kali - Part 1 4. Setting Up Kali - Part 2 5. Getting Comfortable with Kali Linux 2019 6. Section 2: Reconnaissance
7. Passive Information Gathering 8. Active Information Gathering 9. Section 3: Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2019
10. Working with Vulnerability Scanners 11. Understanding Network Penetration Testing 12. Network Penetration Testing - Pre-Connection Attacks 13. Network Penetration Testing - Gaining Access 14. Network Penetration Testing - Post-Connection Attacks 15. Network Penetration Testing - Detection and Security 16. Client-Side Attacks - Social Engineering 17. Performing Website Penetration Testing 18. Website Penetration Testing - Gaining Access 19. Best Practices 20. Assessments 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding Google hacking and search operators

The concept of Google hacking is not actually hacking into Google's network infrastructure or systems, but rather using advanced search parameters within the Google search engine. We can use Google to help us find vulnerable systems, hidden information, and resources on the internet by simply inserting special search operators in the Google search bar.

Let's imagine that you would like to use the Google search engine to look for various websites, but you don't want to see results that contain certain keywords or phrases. We can use the <string of text here> -<keyword> syntax to do this. The keyword is the phrase or text that you want to exclude.

Let's look at the following example:

In our example, we are searching for penetration testing tools. At the same time, we are telling the Google search...

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