Human psychological capabilities depend on the senses that provide an input. These are used to form a perception of reality. This natural phenomenon categorizes the human senses into sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell, balance and acceleration, temperature, kinesthetic, pain, and direction. The utilization of these senses effectively develops and maintains the method by which we perceive the world. From a social engineering perspective, any information retrieved or extracted from the target via the dominant senses (visual or auditory), eye movements (eye contact, verbal discrepancies, blink rate, or eye cues), facial expressions (surprise, happiness, fear, sadness, anger, or disgust), and other abstract entities observed or felt, may add a greater probability of success. Often, it is necessary for a social engineer to directly communicate with the target in order to obtain the confidential information or access restricted zones. This communication can be performed...
Kali Linux 2 - Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Third Edition
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Overview of this book
Kali Linux is a comprehensive penetration testing platform with advanced tools to identify, detect, and exploit the vulnerabilities uncovered in the target network environment. With Kali Linux, you can apply appropriate testing methodology with defined business objectives and a scheduled test plan, resulting in a successful penetration testing project engagement.
Kali Linux – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing is a fully focused, structured book providing guidance on developing practical penetration testing skills by demonstrating cutting-edge hacker tools and techniques with a coherent, step-by-step approach. This book offers you all of the essential lab preparation and testing procedures that reflect real-world attack scenarios from a business perspective, in today's digital age.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Kali Linux 2 – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing Third Edition
Credits
Disclaimer
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Beginning with Kali Linux
Penetration Testing Methodology
Target Scoping
Information Gathering
Target Discovery
Enumerating Target
Vulnerability Mapping
Social Engineering
Target Exploitation
Privilege Escalation
Maintaining Access
Wireless Penetration Testing
Kali Nethunter
Documentation and Reporting
Supplementary Tools
Key Resources
Index
Customer Reviews