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Kali Linux CTF Blueprints

Kali Linux CTF Blueprints

By : Cameron Buchanan
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Kali Linux CTF Blueprints

Kali Linux CTF Blueprints

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By: Cameron Buchanan
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Overview of this book

Taking a highly practical approach and a playful tone, Kali Linux CTF Blueprints provides step-by-step guides to setting up vulnerabilities, in-depth guidance to exploiting them, and a variety of advice and ideas to build and customising your own challenges. If you are a penetration testing team leader or individual who wishes to challenge yourself or your friends in the creation of penetration testing assault courses, this is the book for you. The book assumes a basic level of penetration skills and familiarity with the Kali Linux operating system.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Reading guide
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A warning
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. Microsoft Environments
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1. Microsoft Environments
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Creating a vulnerable machine
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Creating a secure network
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Hosting vulnerabilities
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Scenario 1 – warming Adobe ColdFusion
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Scenario 2 – making a mess with MSSQL
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Scenario 3 – trivializing TFTP
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Flag placement and design
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Post-exploitation and pivoting
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Exploitation guides
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Challenge modes
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Summary
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2. Linux Environments
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2. Linux Environments
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Differences between Linux and Microsoft
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Scenario 1 – learn Samba and other dance forms
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Scenario 2 – turning on a LAMP
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Scenario 3 – destructible distros
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Scenario 4 – tearing it up with Telnet
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Flag placement and design
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Exploitation guides
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Summary
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3. Wireless and Mobile
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3. Wireless and Mobile
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Wireless environment setup
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Scenario 1 – WEP, that's me done for the day
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Scenario 2 – WPA-2
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Scenario 3 – pick up the phone
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Exploitation guides
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Summary
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4. Social Engineering
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4. Social Engineering
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Scenario 1 – maxss your haxss
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Scenario 2 – social engineering: do no evil
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Scenario 3 – hunting rabbits
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Scenario 4 – I am a Stegosaurus
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Exploitation guides
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Summary
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5. Cryptographic Projects
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5. Cryptographic Projects
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Crypto jargon
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Scenario 1 – encode-ageddon
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Scenario 2 – encode + Python = merry hell
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Scenario 3 – RC4, my god, what are you doing?
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Scenario 4 – Hishashin
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Scenario 5 – because Heartbleed didn't get enough publicity as it is
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Exploitation guides
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Summary
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6. Red Teaming
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6. Red Teaming
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Chapter guide
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Scoring systems
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Setting scenarios
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Reporting
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CTF-style variations
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Scenario 1 – ladders, why did it have to be ladders?
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Scenario 2 – that's no network, it's a space station
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Summary
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A. Appendix
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A. Appendix
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Further reading
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Index
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Index

Scenario 2 – encode + Python = merry hell

Having covered the basics, now we move onto something a bit more interesting and complicated. String manipulation can be an interesting way to create unique encoding methods. A simple way of doing this is using the string library to perform simple transforms on the text.

This is not cryptographically secure, but it does teach good decoding skills and can be easily edited to create new substitution ciphers. Please don't ever use this method to make legitimate solutions. This is, by far, one of the worst ways of doing things. It's a prime example of security through obscurity and therefore flawed in every aspect.

Setup

The script that we're going to use is really basic and can be found in the next snippet. It doesn't require any extra downloads or modules, but it is designed to work in Python 2.7 as the maketrans method has been replaced in 3.x. Don't copy and paste the script from the book. That will result in errors...

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