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Kali Linux 2 - Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

Kali Linux 2 - Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Third Edition

By : Gerard Johansen, Lee Allen, Tedi Heriyanto, Shakeel Ali
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Kali Linux 2 - Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

Kali Linux 2 - Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

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By: Gerard Johansen, Lee Allen, Tedi Heriyanto, Shakeel Ali

Overview of this book

Kali Linux is a comprehensive penetration testing platform with advanced tools to identify, detect, and exploit the vulnerabilities uncovered in the target network environment. With Kali Linux, you can apply appropriate testing methodology with defined business objectives and a scheduled test plan, resulting in a successful penetration testing project engagement. Kali Linux – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing is a fully focused, structured book providing guidance on developing practical penetration testing skills by demonstrating cutting-edge hacker tools and techniques with a coherent, step-by-step approach. This book offers you all of the essential lab preparation and testing procedures that reflect real-world attack scenarios from a business perspective, in today's digital age.
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Open Source Intelligence

One of the key terms often associated with Information Gathering is Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). Military and intelligence organizations divide their intelligence sources into a variety of types. True espionage, involving interaction between spies, is often referred to as Human Intelligence (HUMINT). The capturing of radio signals with the intent of cracking the encryption is called Signals Intelligence (SIGINT). While the penetration tester is not likely to interface with either of these, the information gathering stage is OSINT. OSINT is information derived from sources that have no security controls preventing their disclosure. They are often public records or information that target organizations share as part of their daily operations.

For this information to be of use to the penetration tester, they need specific knowledge and tools to find this information. The Information Gathering stage relies heavily on this information. In addition, simply showing...

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