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Python: Penetration Testing for Developers

By : Christopher Duffy, Mohit , Cameron Buchanan, Andrew Mabbitt, Terry Ip, Dave Mound, Benjamin May
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Python: Penetration Testing for Developers

By: Christopher Duffy, Mohit , Cameron Buchanan, Andrew Mabbitt, Terry Ip, Dave Mound, Benjamin May

Overview of this book

Cybercriminals are always one step ahead, when it comes to tools and techniques. This means you need to use the same tools and adopt the same mindset to properly secure your software. This course shows you how to do just that, demonstrating how effective Python can be for powerful pentesting that keeps your software safe. Comprising of three key modules, follow each one to push your Python and security skills to the next level. In the first module, we’ll show you how to get to grips with the fundamentals. This means you’ll quickly find out how to tackle some of the common challenges facing pentesters using custom Python tools designed specifically for your needs. You’ll also learn what tools to use and when, giving you complete confidence when deploying your pentester tools to combat any potential threat. In the next module you’ll begin hacking into the application layer. Covering everything from parameter tampering, DDoS, XXS and SQL injection, it will build on the knowledge and skills you learned in the first module to make you an even more fluent security expert. Finally in the third module, you’ll find more than 60 Python pentesting recipes. We think this will soon become your trusted resource for any pentesting situation. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: ? Learning Penetration Testing with Python by Christopher Duffy ? Python Penetration Testing Essentials by Mohit ? Python Web Penetration Testing Cookbook by Cameron Buchanan,Terry Ip, Andrew Mabbitt, Benjamin May and Dave Mound
Table of Contents (32 chapters)
Python: Penetration Testing for Developers
Python: Penetration Testing for Developers
Credits
Preface
Bibliography
Index

Gaining access through websites


Exploiting websites that face the Internet will typically be the most viable option in cracking the perimeter of an organization. There are a number of ways of doing this, but the best vulnerabilities that provide access include Structured Query Language (SQL) Structured Query Language injection (SQLi), Command-line Injection (CLI), Remote and Local File Inclusion (RFI/LFI), and unprotected file uploads. There is a copious amount of information regarding the execution of vulnerabilities related to SQLi, CLI, LFI, and file uploads, but attacking through RFI has rather sparse information and vulnerability is prevalent.

The execution of file inclusion attacks

To look for file inclusion vectors, you need to look for vectors that reference resources, either locally on the server such as files, or to other resources on the Internet:

http://www.example.website.com/?target=file.txt

Remote file inclusion typically references content from other sites or incorporations:

http...