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Kali Linux 2: Windows Penetration Testing

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Kali Linux 2: Windows Penetration Testing

Overview of this book

Microsoft Windows is one of the two most common OS and managing its security has spawned the discipline of IT security. Kali Linux is the premier platform for testing and maintaining Windows security. Kali is built on the Debian distribution of Linux and shares the legendary stability of that OS. This lets you focus on using the network penetration, password cracking, forensics tools and not the OS. This book has the most advanced tools and techniques to reproduce the methods used by sophisticated hackers to make you an expert in Kali Linux penetration testing. First, you are introduced to Kali's top ten tools and other useful reporting tools. Then, you will find your way around your target network and determine known vulnerabilities to be able to exploit a system remotely. Next, you will prove that the vulnerabilities you have found are real and exploitable. You will learn to use tools in seven categories of exploitation tools. Further, you perform web access exploits using tools like websploit and more. Security is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. Passwords are often that weak link. Thus, you learn about password attacks that can be used in concert with other approaches to break into and own a network. Moreover, you come to terms with network sniffing, which helps you understand which users are using services you can exploit, and IP spoofing, which can be used to poison a system's DNS cache. Once you gain access to a machine or network, maintaining access is important. Thus, you not only learn penetrating in the machine you also learn Windows privilege’s escalations. With easy to follow step-by-step instructions and support images, you will be able to quickly pen test your system and network.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Kali Linux 2: Windows Penetration Testing
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Replacing the executable


There are many file types that the Windows Operating Systems treat as executable. The following table is a partial list of Windows/DOS executable files and extensions that windows treats as an executable if there is executable code written into it:

Extension

Extension

Extension

Extension

Extension

Extension

a6p

dbr

ime

msi

pyzw

sxx

accde

dll

INF1

msp

qpx

tlcp

aex

dsp

INS

mst

r

trs

agt

elf

int

ndr

REG

VB

aif

exe

INX

nt

RGS

VBE

air

exe1

ISU

paf.exe

rpm

vbs

apk

exp

jar

PDF

rtl

VBS

app

fmx

jax

pe

run

VBSCRIPT

appref-ms

fox

JOB

pgm

rxe

wgt

appx

fpx

js

pif

ryb

widget

bas

fqy

JSE

PIF

s2a

wiz

bat

frm

jse

pl

scr

WS

btm

fxp

kmd

prg

SCT

wsf

c

gadget

le

prx

self

wsh

cac

gambas

lnk

PS1

shb

wwe

cmd

gpu...