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Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook

Gathering Intel and Planning Attack Strategies

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Getting a list of subdomains
  • Using Shodan for fun and profit
  • Shodan Honeyscore
  • Shodan plugins
  • Using Nmap to find open ports
  • Bypassing firewalls with Nmap
  • Searching for open directories
  • Performing deep magic with DMitry
  • Hunting for SSL flaws
  • Exploring connections with intrace
  • Digging deep with theharvester
  • Finding technology behind web apps
  • Scanning IPs with masscan
  • Sniffing around with Kismet
  • Testing routers with firewalk

Introduction

We learned in the previous chapter the basics of hunting subdomains. In this chapter, we dive a little deeper and look at other different tools available for gathering Intel on our target. We start by using the infamous tools of Kali Linux.

Gathering information is a very crucial stage of performing a penetration test, as every next step we take after this will totally be an outcome of all the information we gather during this stage. So it is very important that we gather as much information as possible before jumping into the exploitation stage.

Getting a list of subdomains

We don't always we have a situation where a client has defined a full detailed scope of what needs to be pentested. So we will use the following mentioned recipes to gather as much information as we can to perform a pentest.

Fierce

We start with jumping into Kali's Terminal and using the first and most widely used tool fierce.

How to do it...

The following steps demonstrate the use of fierce:

  1. To launch fierce, we type fierce -h to see the help menu:
  1. To perform a subdomain scan we use the following command:
        fierce -dns...

Using Shodan for fun and profit

Shodan is the world's first search engine to search for devices connected to the internet. It was launched in 2009 by John Matherly. Shodan can be used to look up webcams, databases, industrial systems, video games, and so on. Shodan mostly collects data on the most popular web services running, such as HTTP, HTTPS, MongoDB, FTP, and many more.

Getting ready

To use Shodan we will need to create an account on Shodan.

How to do it...

Shodan Honeyscore

Shodan Honeyscore is another great project built in the Python. It helps us figure out whether an IP address we have is a honeypot or a real system.

How to do it...

The following steps demonstrate the use of Shodan Honeyscore:

  1. To use Shodan Honeyscore we visit https://honeyscore.shodan.io/:
  1. Enter the IP address we want to check, and that's it!

Shodan plugins

To make our life even easier, Shodan has plugins for Chrome and Firefox that can be used to check open ports for websites we visit on the go!

How to do it...

We download and install the plugin from https://www.shodan.io/. Browse any website and we will see that by clicking on the plugin we can see the open ports:

See also

  • The Dnscan recipe from Chapter 1, Kali – An Introduction
  • The Digging deep with theharvester recipe

Using Nmap to find open ports

Network Mapper (Nmap) is a security scanner written by Gordon Lyon. It is used to find hosts and services in a network. It first came out in September 1997. Nmap has various features as well as scripts to perform various tests such as finding the OS, service version, brute force default logins, and so on.

Some of the most common types of scan are:

  • TCP connect() scan
  • SYN stealth scan
  • UDP scan
  • Ping scan
  • Idle scan

How to do it...

The following is the recipe for using Nmap:

  1. Nmap is already installed in Kali Linux. We can type the following command to start it and see all the options available:
        nmap -h

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

  1. To perform a basic...

Introduction

We learned in the previous chapter the basics of hunting subdomains. In this chapter, we dive a little deeper and look at other different tools available for gathering Intel on our target. We start by using the infamous tools of Kali Linux.

Gathering information is a very crucial stage of performing a penetration test, as every next step we take after this will totally be an outcome of all the information we gather during this stage. So it is very important that we gather as much information as possible before jumping into the exploitation stage.

Getting a list of subdomains

We don't always we have a situation where a client has defined a full detailed scope of what needs to be pentested. So we will use the following mentioned recipes to gather as much information as we can to perform a pentest.

Fierce

We start with jumping into Kali's Terminal and using the first and most widely used tool fierce.

How to do it...

The following steps demonstrate the use of fierce:

  1. To launch fierce, we type fierce -h to see the help menu:
  1. To perform a subdomain scan we use the following command:
        fierce -dns host.com -threads 10

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

DNSdumpster

This is a free project by Hacker Target to look up subdomains. It relies on https://scans.io/ for its results. It can also be used to get the subdomains of a website. We should always prefer to use more than one tool for subdomain enumeration as we may get something from other tools that the first one failed to pick.

How to do it...

It is pretty simple...

Using Shodan for fun and profit

Shodan is the world's first search engine to search for devices connected to the internet. It was launched in 2009 by John Matherly. Shodan can be used to look up webcams, databases, industrial systems, video games, and so on. Shodan mostly collects data on the most popular web services running, such as HTTP, HTTPS, MongoDB, FTP, and many more.

Getting ready

To use Shodan we will need to create an account on Shodan.

How to do it...

To learn about Shodan, follow the given steps:

  1. Open your browser and visit https://www.shodan.io:
  1. We begin by performing a simple search for the FTP services running. To do this we can use the following Shodan dorks: port:"21". The following screenshot shows the search results:
  1. This search can be made more specific by specifying a particular country/organization: port:"21" country:"IN". The following screenshot shows the search results:
  1. We can now see all the FTP servers running in India; we can also see the servers that allow anonymous...

Shodan Honeyscore

Shodan Honeyscore is another great project built in the Python. It helps us figure out whether an IP address we have is a honeypot or a real system.

How to do it...

The following steps demonstrate the use of Shodan Honeyscore:

  1. To use Shodan Honeyscore we visit https://honeyscore.shodan.io/:
  1. Enter the IP address we want to check, and that's it!

Shodan plugins

To make our life even easier, Shodan has plugins for Chrome and Firefox that can be used to check open ports for websites we visit on the go!

How to do it...

We download and install the plugin from https://www.shodan.io/. Browse any website and we will see that by clicking on the plugin we can see the open ports:

See also

  • The Dnscan recipe from Chapter 1, Kali – An Introduction
  • The Digging deep with theharvester recipe

Using Nmap to find open ports

Network Mapper (Nmap) is a security scanner written by Gordon Lyon. It is used to find hosts and services in a network. It first came out in September 1997. Nmap has various features as well as scripts to perform various tests such as finding the OS, service version, brute force default logins, and so on.

Some of the most common types of scan are:

  • TCP connect() scan
  • SYN stealth scan
  • UDP scan
  • Ping scan
  • Idle scan

How to do it...

The following is the recipe for using Nmap:

  1. Nmap is already installed in Kali Linux. We can type the following command to start it and see all the options available:
        nmap -h

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

  1. To perform a basic scan we use the following command:
        nmap -sV -Pn x.x.x.x

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

  1. -Pn implies that we do not check whether the host is up or not by performing a ping request first. The -sV parameter is to list all the running services on...

Bypassing firewalls with Nmap

Most of the time during a pentest, we will come across systems protected by firewalls or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). The Nmap provides different ways to bypass these IDS/firewalls to perform port scans on a network. In this recipe, we will learn some of the ways we can bypass firewalls.

TCP ACK scan

The ACK scan (-sA) sends acknowledgment packets instead of SYN packets, and the firewall does not create logs of ACK packets as it will treat ACK packets as responses to SYN packets. It is mostly used to map the type of firewall being used.

How to do it...

The ACK scan was made to show unfiltered and filtered ports instead of open ones.

The command for ACK scan is:

nmap -sA x.x.x.x

Let's look at the comparison of how a normal scan differs from an ACK scan:

 

Here we see the difference between a normal scan and an ACK scan:

How it works...

The scan results of filtered and unfiltered ports depends on whether a firewall being used is stateful or stateless. A stateful firewall...

Searching for open directories

In the previous recipe, we discussed how to find open ports on a network IP or domain name. We often see developers running web servers on different ports. Sometimes developers may also leave directories misconfigured that may contain juicy information for us. We have already covered dirsearch in the previous chapter; here we will look at alternatives.

The dirb tool

The dirb tool is a well-known tool that can be used to brute force open directories. Although it is generally slow and does not support multi-threading, it is still a great way to find directories/subdirectories that may have been left open due to a misconfiguration.

How to do it...

Type the following command to fire up the tool:

dirb https://domain.com

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

There's more...

There are other options in dirb, as well, that come in handy:

  • -a: to specify a user agent
  • -c: to specify a cookie
  • -H: to enter a custom header
  • -X: to specify the file extension...

Performing deep magic with DMitry

The Deepmagic Information Gathering Tool (DMitry) is a command-line tool open source application coded in C. It has the capability of gathering subdomains, email addresses, whois info, and so on, about a target.

How to do it...

To learn about DMitry, follow the given steps:

  1. We use a simple command:
dmitry -h

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

  1. Next, we try performing an email, whois, TCP port scan, and subdomain search by using the following:
dmitry -s -e -w -p domain.com

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

Hunting for SSL flaws

Most of the web applications today use SSL to communicate with the server. The sslscan is a great tool to check SSL for flaws or misconfigurations.

How to do it...

To learn about sslscan follow the given steps:

  1. We will look at the help manual to see the various options the tool has:
sslscan -h

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

  1. To run the tool against a host we type the following:
sslscan host.com:port

The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command:

See also

  • The A tale of a bleeding heart recipe from Chapter 5, Network Exploitation on Current Exploitation

TLSSLed is also an alternative we can use in Kali to perform checks on SSL.

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  • •Practical recipes to conduct effective penetration testing using the powerful Kali Linux
  • •Leverage tools like Metasploit, Wireshark, Nmap, and many more to detect vulnerabilities with ease
  • •Confidently perform networking and application attacks using task-oriented recipes

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With the current rate of hacking, it is very important to pentest your environment in order to ensure advanced-level security. This book is packed with practical recipes that will quickly get you started with Kali Linux (version 2016.2) according to your needs, and move on to core functionalities. This book will start with the installation and configuration of Kali Linux so that you can perform your tests. You will learn how to plan attack strategies and perform web application exploitation using tools such as Burp, and Jexboss. You will also learn how to perform network exploitation using Metasploit, Sparta, and Wireshark. Next, you will perform wireless and password attacks using tools such as Patator, John the Ripper, and airoscript-ng. 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 penetration testing thanks to the book’s crisp and task-oriented recipes.

Who is this book for?

This book is aimed at IT security professionals, pentesters, and security analysts who have basic knowledge of Kali Linux and want to conduct advanced penetration testing techniques.

What you will learn

  • • Installing, setting up and customizing Kali for pentesting on multiple platforms
  • • Pentesting routers and embedded devices
  • • Bug hunting 2017
  • • Pwning and escalating through corporate network
  • • Buffer over?ows 101
  • • Auditing wireless networks
  • • Fiddling around with software-defned radio
  • • Hacking on the run with NetHunter
  • • Writing good quality reports

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Table of Contents

12 Chapters
Kali – An Introduction Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Kali – An Introduction
Introduction
Configuring Kali Linux
Configuring the Xfce environment
Configuring the Mate environment
Configuring the LXDE environment
Configuring the e17 environment
Configuring the KDE environment
Prepping up with custom tools
Pentesting VPN's ike-scan
Setting up proxychains
Going on a hunt with Routerhunter
Gathering Intel and Planning Attack Strategies Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Gathering Intel and Planning Attack Strategies
Introduction
Getting a list of subdomains
Using Shodan for fun and profit
Shodan Honeyscore
Shodan plugins
Using Nmap to find open ports
Bypassing firewalls with Nmap
Searching for open directories
Performing deep magic with DMitry
Hunting for SSL flaws
Exploring connections with intrace
Digging deep with theharvester
Finding the technology behind web apps
Scanning IPs with masscan
Sniffing around with Kismet
Testing routers with firewalk
Vulnerability Assessment Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Vulnerability Assessment
Introduction
Using the infamous Burp
Exploiting WSDLs with Wsdler
Using Intruder
Web app pentest with Vega
Exploring SearchSploit
Exploiting routers with RouterSploit
Using Metasploit
Automating Metasploit
Writing a custom resource script
Databases in Metasploit
Web App Exploitation – Beyond OWASP Top 10 Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Web App Exploitation – Beyond OWASP Top 10
Introduction
Exploiting XSS with XSS Validator
Injection attacks with sqlmap
Owning all .svn and .git repositories
Winning race conditions
Exploiting JBoss with JexBoss
Exploiting PHP Object Injection
Backdoors using web shells
Backdoors using meterpreters
Network Exploitation on Current Exploitation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Network Exploitation on Current Exploitation
Introduction
Man in the middle with hamster and ferret
Exploring the msfconsole
Railgun in Metasploit
Using the paranoid meterpreter
A tale of a bleeding heart
Redis exploitation
Say no to SQL – owning MongoDBs
Embedded device hacking
Elasticsearch exploit
Good old Wireshark
This is Sparta!
Wireless Attacks – Getting Past Aircrack-ng Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Wireless Attacks – Getting Past Aircrack-ng
Introduction
Password Attacks – The Fault in Their Stars Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Password Attacks – The Fault in Their Stars
Introduction
Identifying different types of hash in the wild!
Using hash-identifier
Cracking with patator
Cracking hashes online
Playing with John the ripper
Johnny Bravo!
Using cewl
Generating word list with crunch
Have Shell Now What? Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Have Shell Now What?
Introduction
Spawning a TTY Shell
Looking for weakness
Horizontal escalation
Vertical escalation
Node hopping – pivoting
Privilege escalation on Windows
Using PowerSploit
Pulling plaintext passwords with mimikatz
Dumping other saved passwords from the machine
Pivoting into the network
Backdooring for persistence
Buffer Overflows Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Buffer Overflows
Introduction
Exploiting stack-based buffer overflows
Exploiting buffer overflow on real software
SEH bypass
Exploiting egg hunters
An overview of ASLR and NX bypass
Playing with Software-Defined Radios Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Playing with Software-Defined Radios
Introduction
Radio frequency scanners
Hands-on with RTLSDR scanner
Playing around with gqrx
Kalibrating device for GSM tapping
Decoding ADS-B messages with Dump1090
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Kali in Your Pocket – NetHunters and Raspberries
Introduction
Installing Kali on Raspberry Pi
Installing NetHunter
Superman typing – HID attacks
Can I charge my phone?
Setting up an evil access point
Writing Reports Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Writing Reports
Introduction
Generating reports using Dradis
Using MagicTree

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Himanshu Sharma
Himanshu Sharma has been in the field of security since 2009 and has been listed in the halls of fame of Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and many more. He has helped celebrities such as Harbhajan Singh in recovering their hacked accounts. He has been a speaker at various conferences worldwide such as BotConf, CONFidence, Hack In the Box, SINCON, Sec-T, Hackcon, and numerous others. Currently, he is the co-founder of BugsBounty. He also authored multiple bestsellers titled "Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook", " Hands-On Red Team Tactics" and "Hands-On Web Pentesting with Metasploit."
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