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Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter

By : Glen D. Singh, Sean-Philip Oriyano
Book Image

Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter

By: Glen D. Singh, Sean-Philip Oriyano

Overview of this book

Kali NetHunter is a version of the popular and powerful Kali Linux pentesting platform, designed to be installed on mobile devices. Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter will teach you the components of NetHunter and how to install the software. You’ll also learn about the different tools included and how to optimize and use a package, obtain desired results, perform tests, and make your environment more secure. Starting with an introduction to Kali NetHunter, you will delve into different phases of the pentesting process. This book will show you how to build your penetration testing environment and set up your lab. You will gain insight into gathering intellectual data, exploiting vulnerable areas, and gaining control over target systems. As you progress through the book, you will explore the NetHunter tools available for exploiting wired and wireless devices. You will work through new ways to deploy existing tools designed to reduce the chances of detection. In the concluding chapters, you will discover tips and best practices for integrating security hardening into your Android ecosystem. By the end of this book, you will have learned to successfully use a mobile penetration testing device based on Kali NetHunter and Android to accomplish the same tasks you would traditionally, but in a smaller and more mobile form factor.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Clearing tracks


The field of cybersecurity is growing at an exponential rate; the need for professionals to help combat and protect organizations and citizens from both cyber threats and threat actors are in extremely high demand. A cyber-attack can be anything from a phishing email, malware infection, and even ransomware attacks; the cybersecurity organizations and certification bodies, such as EC-Council and GIAC, saw the need for forensics in the digital world as assists in investigations to determine what happened, how the attack took place, the threat actors, and many more details that can assist the prosecution in a court of law.

Note

In cybersecurity, a security incident is an event that is triggered by an organization’s system or network that indicates a compromise. An example of a security incident is a malicious file running on an employee’s computer. The anti-malware protection software will detect and trigger an alert for investigation.

The field of digital forensics opened the...