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Python Penetration Testing Essentials

By : Mohit Raj

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Python Penetration Testing Essentials

3 (9)

By: Mohit Raj

Overview of this book

If you are a Python programmer or a security researcher who has basic knowledge of Python programming and want to learn about penetration testing with the help of Python, this book is ideal for you. Even if you are new to the field of ethical hacking, this book can help you find the vulnerabilities in your system so that you are ready to tackle any kind of attack or intrusion.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. Python with Penetration Testing and Networking

1. 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

Server socket methods

Client socket methods

General socket methods

Moving on to the practical

Summary

2. Scanning Pentesting

2. 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

3. 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 and injection

Summary

4. Wireless Pentesting

4. Wireless Pentesting

Wireless SSID finding and wireless traffic analysis by Python

Wireless attacks

Summary

5. Foot Printing of a Web Server and a Web Application

5. Foot Printing of a Web Server and a Web Application

The concept of foot printing of a web server

Introducing information gathering

Information gathering of a website from SmartWhois by the parser BeautifulSoup

Banner grabbing of a website

Hardening of a web server

Summary

6. Client-side and DDoS Attacks

6. 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

7. Pentesting of SQLI and XSS

7. Pentesting of SQLI 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

Index

Index

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Introducing Python scripting

Before you start reading this book, you should know the basics of Python programming, such as the basic syntax, variable type, data type tuple, list dictionary, functions, strings, methods, and so on. Two versions, 3.4 and 2.7.8, are available at python.org/downloads/.

In this book, all experiments and demonstration have been done in Python 2.7.8 Version. If you use Linux OS such as Kali or BackTrack, then there will be no issue, because many programs, such as wireless sniffing, do not work on the Windows platform. Kali Linux also uses the 2.7 Version. If you love to work on Red Hat or CentOS, then this version is suitable for you.

Most of the hackers choose this profession because they don't want to do programming. They want to use tools. However, without programming, a hacker cannot enhance his2 skills. Every time, they have to search the tools over the Internet. Believe me, after seeing its simplicity, you will love this language.

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