Kali Linux Cookbook: Effective Penetration Testing Solutions (2nd Edition) – eBook

Kali Linux Cookbook, 2^nd Edition, (ePub/PDF) starts by helping you install Kali Linux on different options available. You will also be able to comprehend the lab architecture and install a Windows host for use in the lab. Then, you will understand the concept of vulnerability analysis and look at the different types of exploits. The ebook will introduce you to the psychology and concept of Social Engineering and password cracking. You will then be able to employ these skills to expand the scope of any breaches you create. Finally, the ebook will guide you in using specific technologies and gaining access to other systems in the environment. By the end of this ebook, you will have gained the central knowledge and concepts of the penetration testing process.

Key Features

• Learn how to scan networks to find exposed computers and servers
• Hack into devices to control them, take their data, and make them yours
• Target wireless networks, web servers and databases, and password cracking to make the most of Kali Linux

eBook Description

Kali Linux is a Linux distribution made for penetration testing and security auditing. It is the replacement to BackTrack, the world’s most popular penetration testing distribution. Kali Linux is the most commonly used platform and toolkit for penetration testing. Security is presently the hottest field in technology with an expected need for millions of security professionals.

This ebook Kali Linux Cookbook: Effective Penetration Testing Solutions 2e focuses on enhancing your knowledge in Kali Linux for security by growing your skills with frameworks and toolkits that can increase your value as a security professional.

What you will learn

• Discover vulnerabilities in hosts
• Learn how to hack into wireless networks
• Learn how to perform network reconnaissance
• Understand password cracking to bypass security
• Attack web and database servers to exfiltrate data
• Attack vulnerabilities to take control of workstations and servers
• Acquire the key skills of ethical hacking to perform penetration testing
• Obfuscate your command and control connections to avoid firewall and IPS detection

Table of Contents

1. Installing Kali and the Lab Setup
2. Reconnaissance and Scanning
3. Vulnerability Analysis
4. Finding Exploits in the Target
5. Social Engineering
6. Password Cracking
7. Privilege Escalation
8. Wireless Specific Recipes
9. Web and Database Specific Recipes
10. Maintaining Access

NOTE: The product only includes the ebook, Kali Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition in the original ePub format. A converted PDF is available on request. No access codes are included