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Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook Practical recipes that combine strategies, attacks, and tools for advanced penetration testing

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789952308
Length 472 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Himanshu Sharma Himanshu Sharma
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Kali - An Introduction 2. Gathering Intel and Planning Attack Strategies FREE CHAPTER 3. Vulnerability Assessment - Poking for Holes 4. Web App Exploitation - Beyond OWASP Top 10 5. Network Exploitation 6. Wireless Attacks - Getting Past Aircrack-ng 7. Password Attacks - The Fault in Their Stars 8. Have Shell, Now What? 9. Buffer Overflows 10. Elementary, My Dear Watson - Digital Forensics 11. Playing with Software-Defined Radios 12. Kali in Your Pocket - NetHunters and Raspberries 13. Writing Reports 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Preface

This book begins with the installation and configuration of Kali Linux to help you perform your tests. You will then learn about methods that will help you gather intel and perform web application exploitation using tools such as Burp. Moving forward, you will also learn how to perform network exploitation by generating payloads using MSFPC, Metasploit, and Cobalt Strike. Next, you will learn about monitoring and cracking wireless networks using Aircrack, Fluxion, and Wifi-Pumpkin. After that, you will learn how to analyze, generate, and crack passwords using tools such as Patator, John the Ripper, and ceWL. Later, you will also learn about some of the tools that help in forensic investigations. Lastly, you will learn how to create an optimum quality pentest report!

By the end of this book, you will know how to conduct advanced and efficient penetration testing activities thanks to the book's crisp and task-oriented recipes.

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