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Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter

You're reading from   Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter Spy on and protect vulnerable ecosystems using the power of Kali Linux for pentesting on the go

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
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ISBN-13 9781788995177
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sean-Philip Oriyano Sean-Philip Oriyano
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Glen D. Singh Glen D. Singh
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Preface 1. Section 1: Exploring Kali NetHunter FREE CHAPTER
2. Introduction to Kali NetHunter 3. Understanding the Phases of the Pentesting Process 4. Section 2: Common Pentesting Tasks and Tools
5. Intelligence-Gathering Tools 6. Scanning and Enumeration Tools 7. Penetrating the Target 8. Clearing Tracks and Removing Evidence from a Target 9. Section 3: Advanced Pentesting Tasks and Tools
10. Packet Sniffing and Traffic Analysis 11. Targeting Wireless Devices and Networks 12. Avoiding Detection 13. Hardening Techniques and Countermeasures 14. Building a Lab 15. Selecting a Kali Device and Hardware 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

The Android platform and security model

Android is a popular mobile operating system that is based on a modified version of Linux. Another benefit is being open source, which gives developers and enthusiasts the opportunity to create custom applications and modifications on Android. Being Linux-based has many benefits, such as running various Linux-based tools and utilities.

At that time, there were many competitors in the market, some of these were Hewlett-Packard (HP) who used the WebOS operating system on their devices, Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, Blackberry’s Research in Motion (RIM) operating system and Symbian OS which was used on some first generation phone manufacturers such as Nokia.

The Android architecture

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