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You're reading from Learn Penetration Testing Understand the art of penetration testing and develop your white hat hacker skills

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838640163

Length 424 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Author (1):

Rishalin Pillay

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: The Basics FREE CHAPTER

2. Introduction to Penetration Testing

3. Getting Started with Kali Linux

4. Section 2: Exploitation

5. Performing Information Gathering

6. Mastering Social Engineering

7. Diving into the Metasploit Framework

8. Understanding Password Attacks

9. Working with Burp Suite

10. Attacking Web Applications

11. Getting Started with Wireless Attacks

12. Section 3: Post Exploitation

13. Moving Laterally and Escalating Your Privileges

14. Antivirus Evasion

15. Maintaining Control within the Environment

16. Section 4: Putting It All Together

17. Reporting and Acting on Your Findings

18. Where Do I Go from Here?

19. Assessments

20. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Chapter 2: Getting Started with Kali Linux

Kali Linux contains over 100 tools out of the box.
Kali Linux can be installed using an .iso image file or using a prebuilt virtual machine.
Apt update && apt upgrade.
Usingsystemctl start [service].
Nmap, John the Ripper, Burp Suite.

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Authors (1)

Rishalin Pillay

Rishalin Pillay is an Offensive Cybersecurity expert who holds a number of awards and certifications from multiple companies in the Cybersecurity industry. He is well known for his contributions to online learning courses related to Red Teaming and as the author of Learn Penetration Testing. He holds Content Publisher Gold and Platinum awards for his contributions made towards the Cybersecurity Industry, including the Events Speaker Gold award for influential public speaking at Tier-1 business events.

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