We've probably all seen some people who get their hands on Metasploit and start pulling the trigger. If you're in your lab at home and are just watching what happens, that's fine; do that on a professional assessment and you're likely to get caught, setting off alarms without even getting anywhere. After all, pen testing isn't about hacking a sitting duck—your client will have defenses that, for the most part, will be good. If your client isn't good at prevention, they'll probably be good at detection, and poorly-crafted payloads hitting random IPs is a no-brainer for a defender. With this in mind, we need to learn how to craft our payloads according to the task at hand to maximize our success. The more successful we are, the more value we can bring to our client.
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Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows
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Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows
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Overview of this book
Windows has always been the go-to platform for users around the globe to perform administration and ad hoc tasks, in settings that range from small offices to global enterprises, and this massive footprint makes securing Windows a unique challenge. This book will enable you to distinguish yourself to your clients.
In this book, you'll learn advanced techniques to attack Windows environments from the indispensable toolkit that is Kali Linux. We'll work through core network hacking concepts and advanced Windows exploitation techniques, such as stack and heap overflows, precision heap spraying, and kernel exploitation, using coding principles that allow you to leverage powerful Python scripts and shellcode.
We'll wrap up with post-exploitation strategies that enable you to go deeper and keep your access. Finally, we'll introduce kernel hacking fundamentals and fuzzing testing, so you can discover vulnerabilities and write custom exploits.
By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed in identifying vulnerabilities within the Windows OS and developing the desired solutions for them.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Bypassing Network Access Control
Sniffing and Spoofing
Windows Passwords on the Network
Advanced Network Attacks
Cryptography and the Penetration Tester
Advanced Exploitation with Metasploit
Stack and Heap Memory Management
Windows Kernel Security
Weaponizing Python
Windows Shellcoding
Bypassing Protections with ROP
Fuzzing Techniques
Going Beyond the Foothold
Taking PowerShell to the Next Level
Escalating Privileges
Maintaining Access
Tips and Tricks
Assessment
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