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Building Virtual Pentesting Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing

By : Kevin Cardwell
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Building Virtual Pentesting Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing

By: Kevin Cardwell

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Building Virtual Pentesting Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing
Kevin Cardwell
Jun, 2014 | 430 pages
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Building Virtual Pentesting Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing
Building Virtual Pentesting Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introducing Penetration Testing
Introducing Penetration Testing
Security testing
Abstract testing methodology
Myths and misconceptions of pen testing
Summary
2
Choosing the Virtual Environment
Choosing the Virtual Environment
Open source and free environments
Commercial environments
Image conversion
Converting from a physical to virtual environment
Summary
3
Planning a Range
Planning a Range
Planning
Identifying vulnerabilities
Summary
4
Identifying Range Architecture
Identifying Range Architecture
Building the machines
Selecting network connections
Choosing range components
Summary
5
Identifying a Methodology
Identifying a Methodology
The OSSTMM
CHECK
NIST SP-800-115
Summary
6
Creating an External Attack Architecture
Creating an External Attack Architecture
Establishing layered architectures
Configuring firewall architectures
iptables
Summary
7
Assessment of Devices
Assessment of Devices
Assessing routers
Evaluating switches
Attacking the firewall
Identifying the firewall rules
Tricks to penetrate filters
Summary
8
Architecting an IDS/IPS Range
Architecting an IDS/IPS Range
Deploying a network-based IDS
Implementing the host-based IDS and endpoint security
Working with virtual switches
Evasion
Summary
9
Assessment of Web Servers and Web Applications
Assessment of Web Servers and Web Applications
Analyzing the OWASP Top Ten attacks
Identifying web application firewalls
Penetrating web application firewalls
Tools
Summary
10
Testing Flat and Internal Networks
Testing Flat and Internal Networks
The role of Vulnerability Scanners
Dealing with host protection
Summary
11
Attacking Servers
Attacking Servers
Common protocols and applications for servers
Database assessment
OS platform specifics
Summary
12
Exploring Client-side Attack Vectors
Exploring Client-side Attack Vectors
Client-side attack methods
Pilfering data from the client
Using the client as a pivot point
Client-side exploitation
Binary payloads
Malicious PDF files
Bypassing antivirus and other protection tools
Obfuscation and encoding
Summary
13
Building a Complete Cyber Range
Building a Complete Cyber Range
Creating the layered architecture
Integrating decoys and honeypots
Attacking the cyber range
Recording the attack data for further training and analysis
Summary
Index
Index

Chapter 9. Assessment of Web Servers and Web Applications

In this chapter, you will learn the techniques of assessing the web servers and web applications that are a part of the vast majority of the environments we may encounter. We will discuss the following topics:

  • Analyzing the OWASP Top Ten attacks

  • Identifying web application firewalls

  • Penetrating web application firewalls

  • Tools

This chapter will provide us with information on one of the most popular attack vectors and the attack vector that is virtually accessible on any environment. Virtually all organizations will require some form of online presence. Therefore, it is a good bet we will have a web server and probably some web applications that we can use to attempt to compromise a client system and/or network.

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