Gus Khawaja

Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Your ultimate guide to pentesting with Kali Linux

Kali is a popular and powerful Linux distribution used by cybersecurity professionals around the world. Penetration testers must master Kali's varied library of tools to be effective at their work. The Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible is the hands-on and methodology guide for pentesting with Kali.

You'll discover everything you need to know about the tools and techniques hackers use to gain access to systems like yours so you can erect reliable defenses for your virtual assets. Whether you're new to the field or an established pentester, you'll find what you need in this comprehensive guide.

• Build a modern dockerized environment
• Discover the fundamentals of the bash language in Linux
• Use a variety of effective techniques to find vulnerabilities (OSINT, Network Scan, and more)
• Analyze your findings and identify false positives and uncover advanced subjects, like buffer overflow, lateral movement, and privilege escalation
• Apply practical and efficient pentesting workflows
• Learn about Modern Web Application Security Secure SDLC
• Automate your penetration testing with Python

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119719076
• Artikelnr.: 61690838

Autorenporträt

Gus Khawaja is an expert in application security and penetration testing. He is a cybersecurity consultant in Montreal, Canada and has a depth of experience working with organizations to protect their assets from cyberattacks. He is a published author and online educator in the field of cybersecurity.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction xx

Chapter 1 Mastering the Terminal Window 1

Kali Linux File System 2

Terminal Window Basic Commands 3

Tmux Terminal Window 6

Starting Tmux 6

Tmux Key Bindings 7

Tmux Session Management 7

Navigating Inside Tmux 9

Tmux Commands Reference 9

Managing Users and Groups in Kali 10

Users Commands 10

Groups Commands 14

Managing Passwords in Kali 14

Files and Folders Management in Kali Linux 15

Displaying Files and Folders 15

Permissions 16

Manipulating Files in Kali 19

Searching for Files 20

Files Compression 21

Manipulating Directories in Kali 23

Mounting a Directory 23

Managing Text Files in Kali Linux 24

Vim vs. Nano 26

Searching and Filtering Text 27

Remote Connections in Kali 29

Remote Desktop Protocol 29

Secure Shell 30

SSH with Credentials 30

Passwordless SSH 32

Kali Linux System Management 34

Linux Host Information 36

Linux OS Information 36

Linux Hardware Information 36

Managing Running Services 38

Package Management 39

Process Management 41

Networking in Kali Linux 42

Network Interface 42

IPv4 Private Address Ranges 42

Static IP Addressing 43

DNS 45

Established Connections 46

File Transfers 47

Summary 48

Chapter 2 Bash Scripting 49

Basic Bash Scripting 50

Printing to the Screen in Bash 50

Variables 52

Commands Variable 54

Script Parameters 54

User Input 56

Functions 56

Conditions and Loops 57

Conditions 58

Loops 60

File Iteration 61

Summary 63

Chapter 3 Network Hosts Scanning 65

Basics of Networking 65

Networking Protocols 66

TCP 66

UDP 67

Other Networking Protocols 67

IP Addressing 69

IPv4 69

Subnets and CIDR 69

IPv6 70

Port Numbers 71

Network Scanning 72

Identifying Live Hosts 72

Ping 73

ARP 73

Nmap 73

Port Scanning and Services Enumeration 74

TCP Port SYN Scan 75

UDP 75

Basics of Using Nmap Scans 76

Services Enumeration 77

Operating System Fingerprinting 79

Nmap Scripting Engine 80

NSE Category Scan 82

NSE Arguments 84

DNS Enumeration 84

DNS Brute-Force 85

DNS Zone Transfer 86

DNS Subdomains Tools 87

Fierce 87

Summary 88

Chapter 4 Internet Information Gathering 89

Passive Footprinting and Reconnaissance 90

Internet Search Engines 90

Shodan 91

Google Queries 92

Information Gathering Using Kali Linux 94

Whois Database 95

TheHarvester 97

DMitry 99

Maltego 99

Summary 103

Chapter 5 Social Engineering Attacks 105

Spear Phishing Attacks 105

Sending an E-mail 106

The Social Engineer Toolkit 106

Sending an E-mail Using Python 108

Stealing Credentials 109

Payloads and Listeners 110

Bind Shell vs. Reverse Shell 111

Bind Shell 111

Reverse Shell 112

Reverse Shell Using SET 113

Social Engineering with the US