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Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows

By : Phil Bramwell
Book Image

Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows

By: Phil Bramwell

Overview of this book

Windows has always been the go-to platform for users around the globe to perform administration and ad hoc tasks, in settings that range from small offices to global enterprises, and this massive footprint makes securing Windows a unique challenge. This book will enable you to distinguish yourself to your clients. In this book, you'll learn advanced techniques to attack Windows environments from the indispensable toolkit that is Kali Linux. We'll work through core network hacking concepts and advanced Windows exploitation techniques, such as stack and heap overflows, precision heap spraying, and kernel exploitation, using coding principles that allow you to leverage powerful Python scripts and shellcode. We'll wrap up with post-exploitation strategies that enable you to go deeper and keep your access. Finally, we'll introduce kernel hacking fundamentals and fuzzing testing, so you can discover vulnerabilities and write custom exploits. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed in identifying vulnerabilities within the Windows OS and developing the desired solutions for them.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we reviewed network access control systems and some of their techniques. We learned how to construct a wireless access point with Kali for a physical drop while masquerading as an authorized IP Phone. We learned how to attack switched networks with layer-2 poisoning to intercept authentication data for authorized users while trapped in a restricted LAN. Other validation checks were discussed and methods for bypassing them were demonstrated.

We learned how operating system fingerprinting works and developed ways to research signatures for recon and to construct spoofing attacks for a target system, using the iOS running on an iPad as an example. We reviewed a more advanced operating system fingerprinting method, fingerprinting the stack, and introduced the packet manipulation utility Scapy to demonstrate a stack masquerade by writing up a Python script.