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Python Penetration Testing Cookbook

By : Rejah Rehim
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Python Penetration Testing Cookbook

By: Rejah Rehim

Overview of this book

Penetration testing is the use of tools and code to attack a system in order to assess its vulnerabilities to external threats. Python allows pen testers to create their own tools. Since Python is a highly valued pen-testing language, there are many native libraries and Python bindings available specifically for pen-testing tasks. Python Penetration Testing Cookbook begins by teaching you how to extract information from web pages. You will learn how to build an intrusion detection system using network sniffing techniques. Next, you will find out how to scan your networks to ensure performance and quality, and how to carry out wireless pen testing on your network to avoid cyber attacks. After that, we’ll discuss the different kinds of network attack. Next, you’ll get to grips with designing your own torrent detection program. We’ll take you through common vulnerability scenarios and then cover buffer overflow exploitation so you can detect insecure coding. Finally, you’ll master PE code injection methods to safeguard your network.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Scraping after logging into websites using Scrapy

There are situations where we have to log into websites to access the data we are planning to extract. With Scrapy, we can handle the login forms and cookies easily. We can make use of Scrapy's FormRequest object; it will deal with the login form and try to log in with the credentials provided.

Getting ready

When we visit a website that has authentication, we need a username and password. In Scrapy, we need the same credentials to log in. So we need to get an account for the website that we plan to scrape.

How to do it...

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