Sometimes a hacker may choose to crack the hash instead of passing it. There are many great tools available to crack password hashes such as rainbowcrack. This tool uses rainbow tables to crack hashes. Rainbow tables are used for longer passwords. The way they work is by using hash and reduction functions. Hash functions map plaintext to hashes and reduction functions map hashes to plaintext. These functions create chains of hash values mapped to plaintext. The chain starts with a specific plaintext and ends with a specific hash. The plaintext at the beginning of the chain is hashed by the hash function and then reduced by the reduction function to create a different plaintext. This pattern can repeat many times generating millions of hashes from a single plaintext and a single hash. Creating rainbow tables can take hours to complete depending on how you want to configure your rainbow table...
Applied Network Security
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Overview of this book
Computer networks are increasing at an exponential rate and the most challenging factor organisations are currently facing is network security. Breaching a network is not considered an ingenious effort anymore, so it is very important to gain expertise in securing your network.
The book begins by showing you how to identify malicious network behaviour and improve your wireless security. We will teach you what network sniffing is, the various tools associated with it, and how to scan for vulnerable wireless networks. Then we’ll show you how attackers hide the payloads and bypass the victim’s antivirus.
Furthermore, we’ll teach you how to spoof IP / MAC address and perform an SQL injection attack and prevent it on your website. We will create an evil twin and demonstrate how to intercept network traffic. Later, you will get familiar with Shodan and Intrusion Detection and will explore the features and tools associated with it. Toward the end, we cover tools such as Yardstick, Ubertooth, Wifi Pineapple, and Alfa used for wireless penetration testing and auditing.
This book will show the tools and platform to ethically hack your own network whether it is for your business or for your personal home Wi-Fi.
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Applied Network Security
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Introduction to Network Security
Sniffing the Network
How to Crack Wi-Fi Passwords
Creating a RAT Using Msfvenom
Veil Framework
Social Engineering Toolkit and Browser Exploitation
Advanced Network Attacks
Passing and Cracking the Hash
SQL Injection
Scapy
Web Application Exploits
Evil Twins and Spoofing
Injectable Devices
The Internet of Things
Detection Systems
Advance Wireless Security Lab Using the Wi-Fi Pineapple Nano/Tetra
Offensive Security and Threat Hunting
Customer Reviews