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Learn Penetration Testing

By : Rishalin Pillay
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Learn Penetration Testing

By: Rishalin Pillay

Overview of this book

Sending information via the internet is not entirely private, as evidenced by the rise in hacking, malware attacks, and security threats. With the help of this book, you'll learn crucial penetration testing techniques to help you evaluate enterprise defenses. You'll start by understanding each stage of pentesting and deploying target virtual machines, including Linux and Windows. Next, the book will guide you through performing intermediate penetration testing in a controlled environment. With the help of practical use cases, you'll also be able to implement your learning in real-world scenarios. By studying everything from setting up your lab, information gathering and password attacks, through to social engineering and post exploitation, you'll be able to successfully overcome security threats. The book will even help you leverage the best tools, such as Kali Linux, Metasploit, Burp Suite, and other open source pentesting tools to perform these techniques. Toward the later chapters, you'll focus on best practices to quickly resolve security threats. By the end of this book, you'll be well versed with various penetration testing techniques so as to be able to tackle security threats effectively
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: The Basics
4
Section 2: Exploitation
12
Section 3: Post Exploitation
16
Section 4: Putting It All Together

Getting Started with Wireless Attacks

The wireless industry continues to grow with an increasing number of wireless gadgets. An average family possesses access points, media centers, phones, consoles, PCs, and even security systems. Businesses rely on wireless networks for convenience as employees move around freely inside and even outside of the corporate building. The downside to being able to freely access the network is that it opens up the network to attacks through vulnerabilities. Thus, it is important for companies to identify and fix vulnerabilities in their wireless networks.

In this chapter, you will learn about wireless attacks and how to execute them. We will discuss various components of a wireless packet, such as beacon frames, and what is contained within the packet. You will learn about the types of wireless adapters that can be used for wireless packet injection...