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Python Penetration Testing Essentials

Python Penetration Testing Essentials

By : Mohit Raj
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Python Penetration Testing Essentials

Python Penetration Testing Essentials

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By: Mohit Raj
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Overview of this book

This book gives you the skills you need to use Python for penetration testing (pentesting), with the help of detailed code examples. We start by exploring the basics of networking with Python and then proceed to network hacking. Then, you will delve into exploring Python libraries to perform various types of pentesting and ethical hacking techniques. Next, we delve into hacking the application layer, where we start by gathering information from a website. We then move on to concepts related to website hacking—such as parameter tampering, DDoS, XSS, and SQL injection. By reading this book, you will learn different techniques and methodologies that will familiarize you with Python pentesting techniques, how to protect yourself, and how to create automated programs to find the admin console, SQL injection, and XSS attacks.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Python with Penetration Testing and Networking
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Python with Penetration Testing and Networking
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Introducing the scope of pentesting
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Approaches to pentesting
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Introducing Python scripting
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Understanding the tests and tools you'll need
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Learning the common testing platforms with Python
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Network sockets
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Summary
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Scanning Pentesting
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Scanning Pentesting
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How to check live systems in a network and the concept of a live system
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What are the services running on the target machine?
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Summary
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Sniffing and Penetration Testing
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Sniffing and Penetration Testing
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Introducing a network sniffer
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Implementing a network sniffer using Python
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Learning about packet crafting
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Introducing ARP spoofing and implementing it using Python
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Testing the security system using custom packet crafting
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Summary
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Network Attacks and Prevention
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Network Attacks and Prevention
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Technical requirements
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DHCP starvation attack
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The MAC flooding attack
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Gateway disassociation by RAW socket
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Torrent detection
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Summary
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Wireless Pentesting
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Wireless Pentesting
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Introduction to 802.11 frames
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Wireless SSID finding and wireless traffic analysis with Python
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Wireless attacks
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Summary
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Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers
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Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers
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Technical requirements
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Fake ARP reply
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Fake ping reply
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Fake port-scanning reply
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Fake OS-signature reply to nmap
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Fake web server reply
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Summary
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Foot Printing a Web Server and a Web Application
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Foot Printing a Web Server and a Web Application
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The concept of foot printing a web server
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Introducing information gathering
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Information gathering of a website from whois.domaintools.com
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Email address gathering from a web page
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Banner grabbing of a website
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Hardening of a web server
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Summary
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Client-Side and DDoS Attacks
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Client-Side and DDoS Attacks
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Introducing client-side validation
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Tampering with the client-side parameter with Python
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Effects of parameter tampering on business
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Introducing DoS and DDoS
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Pentesting SQL and XSS
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Pentesting SQL and XSS
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Introducing the SQL injection attack
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Types of SQL injections
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Understanding the SQL injection attack by a Python script
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Learning about cross-site scripting
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Summary
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