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Python Penetration Testing Essentials

Employ the power of Python to get the best out of pentesting

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|Sep 2025
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Key Features

    Book Description

    If you are a Python programmer or a security researcher who has basic knowledge of Python programming and want to learn about penetration testing with the help of Python, this book is ideal for you. Even if you are new to the field of ethical hacking, this book can help you find the vulnerabilities in your system so that you are ready to tackle any kind of attack or intrusion.

    What you will learn

    • Monitor the Ethernet IP and TCP traffic over the network
    • Explore wireless traffic with the help of various programs
    • Perform wireless attacks with Python programs
    • Check live systems and distinguish between the operating system and services of a remote machine
    • Broaden your concepts in pentesting right from the basics of the client/server architecture in Python
    • Gather passive information from a website using automated scripts
    • Perform XSS, SQL injection, and parameter tampering attacks

    Who this book is for

    If you are a Python programmer or a security researcher who has basic knowledge of Python programming and want to learn about penetration testing with the help of Python, this book is ideal for you. Even if you are new to the field of ethical hacking, this book can help you find the vulnerabilities in your system so that you are ready to tackle any kind of attack or intrusion.

    Table of Contents

    1. Python for Penetration Testing and Networking
    2. Scanning Pen Testing
    3. Sniffing and Pen Testing
    4. Wireless Pen Testing
    5. Foot printing of web server and Web Application
    6. Client Side and DDOS Attack
    7. Pentesting of SLQi and XSS
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78439-588-9
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 178