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Practical Web Penetration Testing

By : Gus Khawaja
Book Image

Practical Web Penetration Testing

By: Gus Khawaja

Overview of this book

Companies all over the world want to hire professionals dedicated to application security. Practical Web Penetration Testing focuses on this very trend, teaching you how to conduct application security testing using real-life scenarios. To start with, you’ll set up an environment to perform web application penetration testing. You will then explore different penetration testing concepts such as threat modeling, intrusion test, infrastructure security threat, and more, in combination with advanced concepts such as Python scripting for automation. Once you are done learning the basics, you will discover end-to-end implementation of tools such as Metasploit, Burp Suite, and Kali Linux. Many companies deliver projects into production by using either Agile or Waterfall methodology. This book shows you how to assist any company with their SDLC approach and helps you on your journey to becoming an application security specialist. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on knowledge of using different tools for penetration testing.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
13
Metasploit Cheat Sheet

Metasploit framework

Start a Metasploit with the following script file:

$msfconsole -r test.rc

To run Metasploit, use the following command:

$msfconsole

Using the database

In Kali Linux, you will need to start up the postgresql server before using the database:

$ systemctl start postgresql

After starting postgresql, you will need to create and initialize the msf database with msfdb init:

$ msfdb init

If you just created a new exploit and want to refresh metasploit db to start using the newly created exploit, enter the following:

$service postgresql restart && msfdb reinit

Then, type the following command:

$msfconsole -q

The -q will start msfconsole in debug mode, so if you made mistakes in your new exploit class, the...