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Penetration Testing Bootcamp

By : Jason Beltrame

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Penetration Testing Bootcamp

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By: Jason Beltrame

Overview of this book

Penetration Testing Bootcamp delivers practical, learning modules in manageable chunks. Each chapter is delivered in a day, and each day builds your competency in Penetration Testing. This book will begin by taking you through the basics and show you how to set up and maintain the C&C Server. You will also understand how to scan for vulnerabilities and Metasploit, learn how to setup connectivity to a C&C server and maintain that connectivity for your intelligence gathering as well as offsite processing. Using TCPDump filters, you will gain understanding of the sniffing and spoofing traffic. This book will also teach you the importance of clearing up the tracks you leave behind after the penetration test and will show you how to build a report from all the data obtained from the penetration test. In totality, this book will equip you with instructions through rigorous tasks, practical callouts, and assignments to reinforce your understanding of penetration testing.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

Planning and Preparation

Planning and Preparation

Why does penetration testing take place?

Defining objectives with stakeholder questionnaires

Building the systems for the penetration test

Summary

Information Gathering

Information Gathering

Understanding the current environment

Where to look for information – checking out the toolbox!

Utilizing whois for information gathering

Enumerating DNS with dnsmap

Checking for a DNS BIND version

Probing the network with Nmap

Checking for DNS recursion with NSE

Fingerprinting systems with P0f

Firewall reconnaissance with Firewalk

Detecting a web application firewall

Protocol fuzzing with DotDotPwn

Using Netdiscover to find undocumented IPs

Enumerating your findings

Summary

Setting up and maintaining the Command and Control Server

Setting up and maintaining the Command and Control Server

Command and control servers

Setting up secure connectivity

Automating evidence collection

Summary

Vulnerability Scanning and Metasploit

Vulnerability Scanning and Metasploit

Vulnerability scanning tools

Scanning techniques

OpenVAS

Getting started with OpenVAS

Performing scans against the environment

Getting started with Metasploit

Exploiting our targets with Metasploit

Understanding client-side attacks

Using BeEF for browser-based exploitation

Using SET for client-side exploitation

Summary

Traffic Sniffing and Spoofing

Traffic Sniffing and Spoofing

Traffic sniffing tools and techniques

Understanding spoofing attacks

Ettercap

Intercepting SSL traffic with SSLsplit

Summary

Password-based Attacks

Password-based Attacks

Generating rainbow tables and wordlists

Cracking utilities

Social engineering experiments

Summary

Attacks on the Network Infrastructure

Attacks on the Network Infrastructure

attacks

Wireless-based attacks

Monitoring the airway with Kismet

Attacking WEP with wifite

Bluetooth probing

Physical security considerations

Summary

Web Application Attacks

Web Application Attacks

Manipulation by client-side testing

Infrastructure and design weaknesses

Identity-based testing

Cleaning Up and Getting Out

Cleaning Up and Getting Out

Cleaning up any trails left behind

Summary

Writing Up the Penetration Testing Report

Writing Up the Penetration Testing Report

Gathering all your data

Building the report

Delivering the report

Summary

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Vulnerability scanning tools

There are many types of vulnerability scanning tools out there. Some are commercial products, so you need to pay for them. These products typically have refined GUIs and are easy to use with great reporting functionality. These include scanners such as Rapid7, Qualys, and Tenable. There are others out there that are free. These include products such as OpenVAS, Retina CS, and Nexpose. These free tools are often not as easy to use and don't always have as many features as the paid versions. However, in my experience, OpenVAS is a great free tool. Nessus was one of the most popular free vulnerability scanners until they closed-sourced it, and since then requires an annual subscription.

Vulnerability scanners are designed to scan through an environment and look for known vulnerabilities within the network parameters. Depending on the product, there...

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