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Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows

By : Phil Bramwell
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Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows

By: Phil Bramwell

Overview of this book

Windows has always been the go-to platform for users around the globe to perform administration and ad hoc tasks, in settings that range from small offices to global enterprises, and this massive footprint makes securing Windows a unique challenge. This book will enable you to distinguish yourself to your clients. In this book, you'll learn advanced techniques to attack Windows environments from the indispensable toolkit that is Kali Linux. We'll work through core network hacking concepts and advanced Windows exploitation techniques, such as stack and heap overflows, precision heap spraying, and kernel exploitation, using coding principles that allow you to leverage powerful Python scripts and shellcode. We'll wrap up with post-exploitation strategies that enable you to go deeper and keep your access. Finally, we'll introduce kernel hacking fundamentals and fuzzing testing, so you can discover vulnerabilities and write custom exploits. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed in identifying vulnerabilities within the Windows OS and developing the desired solutions for them.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Questions


  1. You have just established a meterpreter session with a dual-homed host, so you configure and execute the portscan module to search for hosts on the other network. You're curious about the status of the scan, so you pull up Wireshark on your machine. There's no scan traffic visible. What's wrong?
  2. I just issued the following command in meterpreter, but nothing happened: execute -f ipconfig. Why didn't I see the output of ipconfig?
  3. I don't need to specify ________ when running a module within meterpreter, since the command is sent to that system only.
  4. A deep packet analysis of the meterpreter ARP scan will reveal the IP address of our attacking Kali box. (True | False)
  5. Using fewer threads during a meterpreter port scan reduces the risk of our traffic tripping IDS. (True | False)
  6. When configuring a pass-the-hash attack, you must specify the salt. (True | False)
  7. My PtH attack works because I see a new meterpreter session; however, it dies about two seconds later. Is there anything I can do...