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Applied Network Security

By : Arthur Salmon, Michael McLafferty, Warun Levesque
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Applied Network Security

By: Arthur Salmon, Michael McLafferty, Warun Levesque

Overview of this book

Computer networks are increasing at an exponential rate and the most challenging factor organisations are currently facing is network security. Breaching a network is not considered an ingenious effort anymore, so it is very important to gain expertise in securing your network. The book begins by showing you how to identify malicious network behaviour and improve your wireless security. We will teach you what network sniffing is, the various tools associated with it, and how to scan for vulnerable wireless networks. Then we’ll show you how attackers hide the payloads and bypass the victim’s antivirus. Furthermore, we’ll teach you how to spoof IP / MAC address and perform an SQL injection attack and prevent it on your website. We will create an evil twin and demonstrate how to intercept network traffic. Later, you will get familiar with Shodan and Intrusion Detection and will explore the features and tools associated with it. Toward the end, we cover tools such as Yardstick, Ubertooth, Wifi Pineapple, and Alfa used for wireless penetration testing and auditing. This book will show the tools and platform to ethically hack your own network whether it is for your business or for your personal home Wi-Fi.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Web Application Exploits

In this chapter, we will discuss various web application vulnerabilities and how hackers exploit them. We will also demonstrate powerful tools such as Autopwn and BeEF. These tools are used to exploit web applications. This chapter will build a solid understanding of the various vulnerabilities found within web browsers. There are labs prepared for this chapter too, demonstrating how tools such as Autopwn and BeEF function. We recommend using Kali Linux running in a virtual machine. You will also need a Windows 7 victims machine. The victims machine should also be running in a virtual machine. Once you have set up your sandbox environment, you can proceed to follow along with the labs we have prepared. We caution you not to use this knowledge for illegal activity. Autopwn and BeEF are extremely effective tools and should be used responsibly. The objectives of this chapter are to demonstrate...