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Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter

By : Glen D. Singh, Sean-Philip Oriyano
Book Image

Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter

By: Glen D. Singh, Sean-Philip Oriyano

Overview of this book

Kali NetHunter is a version of the popular and powerful Kali Linux pentesting platform, designed to be installed on mobile devices. Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter will teach you the components of NetHunter and how to install the software. You’ll also learn about the different tools included and how to optimize and use a package, obtain desired results, perform tests, and make your environment more secure. Starting with an introduction to Kali NetHunter, you will delve into different phases of the pentesting process. This book will show you how to build your penetration testing environment and set up your lab. You will gain insight into gathering intellectual data, exploiting vulnerable areas, and gaining control over target systems. As you progress through the book, you will explore the NetHunter tools available for exploiting wired and wireless devices. You will work through new ways to deploy existing tools designed to reduce the chances of detection. In the concluding chapters, you will discover tips and best practices for integrating security hardening into your Android ecosystem. By the end of this book, you will have learned to successfully use a mobile penetration testing device based on Kali NetHunter and Android to accomplish the same tasks you would traditionally, but in a smaller and more mobile form factor.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Working with Recon-Ng


Do you want to speed up the process of information-gathering and overall reconnaissance of a target? Recon-Ng is for you! While it is true that you will become more adept and therefore faster at gathering information manually, tools such as Recon-Ng will only improve the speed and efficiency of this process. So, let's take a closer look at this tool to get an appreciation of how it works.

Recon-Ng is a powerful tool designed to mimic the interface and design of similar tools known as frameworks. The tool is based around a design that incorporates standalone modules, interactions with the database, interactive help, and which  automatically completes commands for a user. However, Recon-Ng is not designed to compete with existing frameworks and is more of a complement to the other penetration-testing tools that are already popular.

Recon-Ng comes with 80 recon modules, 2 discovery modules, 2 exploitation modules, 7 reporting modules, and 2 import modules. The following...