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Kali Linux Social Engineering

By : Rahul Singh Patel
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Kali Linux Social Engineering

By: Rahul Singh Patel

Overview of this book

<p>Kali Linux has a specific toolkit that incorporates numerous social-engineering attacks all into one simplified interface. The main purpose of SET (social engineering toolkit) is to automate and improve on many of the social engineering attacks currently out there.</p> <p>This book is based on current advanced social engineering attacks using SET that help you learn how security can be breached and thus avoid it. You will attain a very unique ability to perform a security audit based on social engineering attacks.</p> <p>Starting with ways of performing the social engineering attacks using Kali, this book covers a detailed description on various website attack vectors and client side attacks that can be performed through SET. This book contains some of the most advanced techniques that are currently being utilized by hackers to get inside secured networks. This book covers phishing (credential harvester attack), web jacking attack method, spear phishing attack vector, Metasploit browser exploit method, Mass mailer attack and more.</p> <p>By the end of this book you will be able to test the security of any organization based on social engineering attacks.</p>
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Credits

Author

Rahul Singh Patel

Reviewers

Pranshu Bajpai

Aamir Lakhani

Joseph Muniz

Rohit Patel

Acquisition Editor

Joanne Fitzpatrick

Commissioning Editors

Manasi Pandire

Shaon Basu

Llewellyn Rozario

Technical Editors

Sharvari H. Baet

Dennis John

Copy Editors

Roshni Banerjee

Brandt D'Mello

Project Coordinator

Michelle Quadros

Proofreaders

Maria Gould

Paul Hindle

Indexer

Monica Ajmera Mehta

Production Coordinator

Conidon Miranda

Cover Work

Conidon Miranda