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Kali Linux 2 – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

Achieve the gold standard in penetration testing with Kali using this masterpiece, now in its third edition!

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Achieve the gold standard in penetration testing with Kali using this masterpiece, now in its third edition!

Key Features

  • Get a rock-solid insight into penetration testing techniques and test your corporate network against threats like never before
  • Formulate your pentesting strategies by relying on the most up-to-date and feature-rich Kali version in town—Kali Linux 2 (aka Sana).
  • Experience this journey with new cutting-edge wireless penetration tools and a variety of new features to make your pentesting experience smoother

Book Description

Kali Linux is a comprehensive penetration testing platform with advanced tools to identify, detect, and exploit the vulnerabilities uncovered in the target network environment. With Kali Linux, you can apply appropriate testing methodology with defined business objectives and a scheduled test plan, resulting in a successful penetration testing project engagement.
Kali Linux – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing is a fully focused, structured book providing guidance on developing practical penetration testing skills by demonstrating cutting-edge hacker tools and techniques with a coherent, step-by-step approach. This book offers you all of the essential lab preparation and testing procedures that reflect real-world attack scenarios from a business perspective, in today's digital age.

What you will learn

  • - Find out to download and install your own copy of Kali Linux
  • - Properly scope and conduct the initial stages of a penetration test
  • - Conduct reconnaissance and enumeration of target networks
  • - Exploit and gain a foothold on a target system or network
  • - Obtain and crack passwords
  • - Use the Kali Linux NetHunter install to conduct wireless penetration testing
  • - Create proper penetration testing reports

Who this book is for

If you are an IT security professional or a student with basic knowledge of Unix/Linux operating systems, including an awareness of information security factors, and you want to use Kali Linux for penetration testing, this book is for you.

Table of Contents

  1. Beginning with Kali Linux
  2. Penetration Testing Methodology
  3. Target Scoping
  4. Information Gathering
  5. Target Discovery
  6. Enumeration
  7. Vulnerability Mapping
  8. Social Engineering
  9. Target Exploitation
  10. Privilege Escalation
  11. Maintaining Access
  12. Wireless Penetration Testing
  13. Kali NetHunter
  14. Documentation and Reporting
  15. Appendix A: Supplementary Tools
  16. Appendix B: Key Resources
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78588-606-5
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2016 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 572