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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

Questions


  1. You put your wireless card in monitor mode and capture raw wireless packets without associating with a WLAN. What sniffing concept is this?
  2. The BSSID of an access point is the same as the hardware's _____________.
  3. Individual devices that are participating in conversations are called ___________ by Wireshark.
  4. What is the Wireshark display filter used to find any packet with the TCP ACK flag set?
  5. When writing Ettercap filters, you can put a space between a function name and the opening parenthesis. (True | False)
  6. What Ettercap filter function will quietly prevent packets from passing to a destination?
  7. How do you reduce the verbosity of Ettercap's command line interface?
  8. What is the file extension of a binary Ettercap filter?
  9. What does ICMP stand for?