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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 configuration tricks


Now that your family of virtual computers is happily installed, it's time for a family reunion on the network. Your virtual machine has virtual hardware; they're software that are presented to the VM by the hypervisor as physical hardware. The virtualized Windows doesn't know the difference. There are a few ways to network your VMs, so let's take a look at some configurations.

Network address translation and VMnet subnets

If you just want to get your VM on the internet as quickly as possible, configure the virtual NAT and make sure your VM is DHCP-enabled. This feature creates a subnet with a gateway that routes traffic through the host's connection and provides DHCP and DNS. Any of your other VMs that are configured to use the virtual NAT will end up on the same subnet. This is probably the most popular configuration as it gets everyone online and reachable.

Of course, using NAT will certainly get your VMs on the host's network, but it won't make the VMs visible...