Cybersecurity is one of the most rapidly growing fields in information technology. Every day, numerous attacks are executed against various entities, from individuals to large enterprises and even governments. Due to these threats in the digital world, new professions are being created within organizations for people who can protect assets. This book aims to give you the knowledge and techniques that an aspiring penetration tester needs in order to enter the field of cybersecurity. A penetration tester is a professional who has the skills of a hacker; they are hired by an organization to perform simulations of real-world attacks on their network infrastructure with the objective of discovering security vulnerabilities before a real attack occurs. The penetration tester does this task with written legal permission from the target organization. To become...
Learn Kali Linux 2019
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Overview of this book
The current rise in hacking and security breaches makes it more important than ever to effectively pentest your environment, ensuring endpoint protection. This book will take you through the latest version of Kali Linux and help you use various tools and techniques to efficiently deal with crucial security aspects.
Through real-world examples, you’ll understand how to set up a lab and later explore core penetration testing concepts. Throughout the course of this book, you’ll get up to speed with gathering sensitive information and even discover different vulnerability assessment tools bundled in Kali Linux 2019. In later chapters, you’ll gain insights into concepts such as social engineering, attacking wireless networks, exploitation of web applications and remote access connections to further build on your pentesting skills. You’ll also focus on techniques such as bypassing controls, attacking the end user and maintaining persistence access through social media. Finally, this pentesting book covers best practices for performing complex penetration testing techniques in a highly secured environment.
By the end of this book, you’ll be able to use Kali Linux to detect vulnerabilities and secure your system by applying penetration testing techniques of varying complexity.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Preface
Introduction to Hacking
Setting Up Kali - Part 1
Setting Up Kali - Part 2
Getting Comfortable with Kali Linux 2019
Section 2: Reconnaissance
Passive Information Gathering
Active Information Gathering
Section 3: Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2019
Working with Vulnerability Scanners
Understanding Network Penetration Testing
Network Penetration Testing - Pre-Connection Attacks
Network Penetration Testing - Gaining Access
Network Penetration Testing - Post-Connection Attacks
Network Penetration Testing - Detection and Security
Client-Side Attacks - Social Engineering
Performing Website Penetration Testing
Website Penetration Testing - Gaining Access
Best Practices
Assessments
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