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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

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Overview of this book

Kali Linux is built for professional penetration testing and security auditing. It is the next-generation of BackTrack, the most popular open-source penetration toolkit in the world. Readers will learn how to think like real attackers, exploit systems, and expose vulnerabilities. Even though web applications are developed in a very secure environment and have an intrusion detection system and firewall in place to detect and prevent any malicious activity, open ports are a pre-requisite for conducting online business. These ports serve as an open door for attackers to attack these applications. As a result, penetration testing becomes essential to test the integrity of web-applications. Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux is a hands-on guide that will give you step-by-step methods on finding vulnerabilities and exploiting web applications. "Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux" looks at the aspects of web penetration testing from the mind of an attacker. It provides real-world, practical step-by-step instructions on how to perform web penetration testing exercises. You will learn how to use network reconnaissance to pick your targets and gather information. Then, you will use server-side attacks to expose vulnerabilities in web servers and their applications. Client attacks will exploit the way end users use web applications and their workstations. You will also learn how to use open source tools to write reports and get tips on how to sell penetration tests and look out for common pitfalls. On the completion of this book, you will have the skills needed to use Kali Linux for web penetration tests and expose vulnerabilities on web applications and clients that access them.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Man-in-the-middle


A man-in-the-middle attack by standard definition is a form of active eavesdropping by having an attacker make independent connections with victims. The most common form of man-in-the-middle attacks are between host systems. Not too long ago, a vulnerability was found that abused the system that moves people from insecure to secure web pages. This gives attackers the ability to eavesdrop on users connecting to secure web servers. The next section will cover that vulnerability. Common man-in-the-middle attacks will be covered in later chapters in this book.

SSL strip

In 2009 security researcher Moxie Marlinspike at DefCon released SSL strip. He introduced the concept of SSL stripping, a man-in-the-middle attack in which a network attacker proxies HTTPS requests from the user, instead sending the traffic via HTTP, which can be intercepted and manipulated. SSL strip automates the attack and allows someone to intercept traffic intended for a secure website. The HTTP strict transport...

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