Book Image

Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition

By : Mohit Raj
Book Image

Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition

By: Mohit Raj

Overview of this book

This book gives you the skills you need to use Python for penetration testing (pentesting), with the help of detailed code examples. We start by exploring the basics of networking with Python and then proceed to network hacking. Then, you will delve into exploring Python libraries to perform various types of pentesting and ethical hacking techniques. Next, we delve into hacking the application layer, where we start by gathering information from a website. We then move on to concepts related to website hacking—such as parameter tampering, DDoS, XSS, and SQL injection. By reading this book, you will learn different techniques and methodologies that will familiarize you with Python pentesting techniques, how to protect yourself, and how to create automated programs to find the admin console, SQL injection, and XSS attacks.

Related Content you might be interested in

Current Title:

Small book image
Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition
Mohit Raj
May, 2018 | 230 pages
Small book image
Python Penetration Testing Cookbook
Rejah Rehim
Nov, 2017 | 226 pages
Small book image
Mastering Python for Networking and Security
Joseacute Ortega
Sep, 2018 | 426 pages
Small book image
Python for Security and Networking
Joseacute Ortega
Jun, 2023 | 586 pages
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Get in touch
Free Chapter
1
Python with Penetration Testing and Networking
Python with Penetration Testing and Networking
Introducing the scope of pentesting
Approaches to pentesting
Introducing Python scripting
Understanding the tests and tools you'll need
Learning the common testing platforms with Python
Network sockets
Summary
2
Scanning Pentesting
Scanning Pentesting
How to check live systems in a network and the concept of a live system
What are the services running on the target machine?
Summary
3
Sniffing and Penetration Testing
Sniffing and Penetration Testing
Introducing a network sniffer
Implementing a network sniffer using Python
Learning about packet crafting
Introducing ARP spoofing and implementing it using Python
Testing the security system using custom packet crafting
Summary
4
Network Attacks and Prevention
Network Attacks and Prevention
Technical requirements
DHCP starvation attack
The MAC flooding attack
Gateway disassociation by RAW socket
Torrent detection
Summary
5
Wireless Pentesting
Wireless Pentesting
Introduction to 802.11 frames
Wireless SSID finding and wireless traffic analysis with Python
Wireless attacks
Summary
6
Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers
Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers
Technical requirements
Fake ARP reply
Fake ping reply
Fake port-scanning reply
Fake OS-signature reply to nmap
Fake web server reply
Summary
7
Foot Printing a Web Server and a Web Application
Foot Printing a Web Server and a Web Application
The concept of foot printing a web server
Introducing information gathering
Information gathering of a website from whois.domaintools.com
Email address gathering from a web page
Banner grabbing of a website
Hardening of a web server
Summary
8
Client-Side and DDoS Attacks
Client-Side and DDoS Attacks
Introducing client-side validation
Tampering with the client-side parameter with Python
Effects of parameter tampering on business
Introducing DoS and DDoS
Summary
9
Pentesting SQL and XSS
Pentesting SQL and XSS
Introducing the SQL injection attack
Types of SQL injections
Understanding the SQL injection attack by a Python script
Learning about cross-site scripting
Summary
10
Other Books You May Enjoy
Other Books You May Enjoy
Leave a review - let other readers know what you think

Tampering with the client-side parameter with Python

The two most commonly used methods, POST and GET, are used to pass the parameters in the HTTP protocol. If the website uses the GET method, its passing parameter is shown in the URL and you can change this parameter and pass it to a web server; this is in contrast to the POST method, where the parameters are not shown in the URL.

In this section, we will use a dummy website with simple JavaScript code, along with parameters passed by the POST method and hosted on the Apache web server.

Let's look at the index.php code:

<html>
<body background="wel.jpg">

  <h1>Leave your Comments </h1>
  <br>
  <form Name="sample" action="submit.php" onsubmit="return validateForm()" method="POST">

    <table-cellpadding="3" cellspacing=&quot...
Previous Section
End of Section 3
Next Section