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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

Network fuzzing – mutation fuzzing with Taof proxying


So far, this book has been exploring attacking perspectives that can be applied in the field. Fuzzing, on the other hand, is not an attack in the usual sense of the word. It's a testing methodology; for example, QA engineers fuzz user interfaces all the time. So, when do we leverage fuzzing as pen testers? As an example, suppose you've just completed some reconnaissance against your client's systems. You find a service exposed to the internet and discover that it reveals its full version information in a banner grab. You would not want to start fuzzing this service on the production network, but, you could get your hands on a copy and install it in your lab using the information you have acquired from the target. We're going to take a look at some network fuzzing that you just might end up doing in your hotel room after your first couple days with your client.

As the name implies, mutation fuzzing takes a given set of data and mutates...