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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

Metasploit Payload Generator


In this book, we have covered various topics and tools. Once particular tool within the Kali NetHunter platform is Metasploit Payload Generator. The name of this tools pretty much describes its function: to generate payloads using the Metasploit framework. Upon opening the app in Kali NetHunter, we are presented with the following:

As you can see, we can select the type of payload we would like to generate, the IP address and port number, and additional payload options. If we click on the drop-down menu for Type, we will be presented with the following options:

 

There are many different types to choose from. An example of leveraging the benefits of this feature would be to select the Windows (.exe) type if you’re creating a payload for a Microsoft Windows system. This would convince the target/victim device – in this case a Windows operating system – that the .exe file can be trusted as it seems to be a native executable file.

Depending on the target operating system...