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Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing

You're reading from Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing Conduct network testing, surveillance, and pen testing on MS Windows using Kali Linux 2018

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788997461

Length 404 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Authors (2):

Wolf Halton

Bo Weaver

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Choosing Your Distro FREE CHAPTER

2. Sharpening the Saw

3. Information Gathering and Vulnerability Assessments

4. Sniffing and Spoofing

5. Password Attacks

6. NetBIOS Name Service and LLMNR - Obsolete but Still Deadly

7. Gaining Access

8. Windows Privilege Escalation and Maintaining Access

9. Maintaining Access on Server or Desktop

10. Reverse Engineering and Stress Testing

11. Other Books You May Enjoy

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More reading on the Radare2 Tool Suite: https://rada.re/r/
Radare2 Cheatsheets: https://github.com/pwntester/cheatsheets/blob/master/radare2.md
More on EDB-Debugger: https://github.com/eteran/edb-debugger and http://codef00.com/projects
More on OllyDbg: http://www.ollydbg.de/
More on Capstone: http://www.capstone-engine.org/lang_python.html

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Authors (2)

Wolf Halton

Wolf Halton

Wolf Halton is an Authority on Computer and Internet Security, a best selling author on Computer Security, and the CEO of Atlanta Cloud Technology. He specializes inbusiness continuity, security engineering, open source consulting, marketing automation, virtualization and data center restructuring, network architecture, and Linux administration. Wolf has been a security engineer since 1999 and has been training security engineers since 2005.

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Bo Weaver

Bo Weaver

Bo Weaver is an old school ponytailed geek. His first involvement with networks was in 1972 while in the US Navy working on a R&D project called ARPA NET. Here he also learned the power of UNIX and how to out smart the operating system. Bo has been working with and using Linux daily since the 1990's and a promoter of Open Source. (Yes, Bo runs on Linux.) Bo has also worked in physical security fields as a private investigator and in executive protection. Bo now works as the senior penetration tester and security researcher for CompliancePoint a Atlanta based security consulting company. Bo is Cherokee and works with native youths to help keep native traditions alive and strong.

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