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Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter

By : Glen D. Singh, Sean-Philip Oriyano
Book Image

Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter

By: Glen D. Singh, Sean-Philip Oriyano

Overview of this book

Kali NetHunter is a version of the popular and powerful Kali Linux pentesting platform, designed to be installed on mobile devices. Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter will teach you the components of NetHunter and how to install the software. You’ll also learn about the different tools included and how to optimize and use a package, obtain desired results, perform tests, and make your environment more secure. Starting with an introduction to Kali NetHunter, you will delve into different phases of the pentesting process. This book will show you how to build your penetration testing environment and set up your lab. You will gain insight into gathering intellectual data, exploiting vulnerable areas, and gaining control over target systems. As you progress through the book, you will explore the NetHunter tools available for exploiting wired and wireless devices. You will work through new ways to deploy existing tools designed to reduce the chances of detection. In the concluding chapters, you will discover tips and best practices for integrating security hardening into your Android ecosystem. By the end of this book, you will have learned to successfully use a mobile penetration testing device based on Kali NetHunter and Android to accomplish the same tasks you would traditionally, but in a smaller and more mobile form factor.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Concerning passwords


A popular first step to take in order to acquire access to a system is to just use a password that you have obtained for an account on the system. Of course, obtaining this password is the important part as you must find a way to obtain a password for a valid account. This is where a process known as password-cracking or password-recovery comes into play.

So, what's the definition of the term password-cracking? Well, despite what movies and TV have to say about the topic, password-cracking is a catchall term for a group of techniques used to gain possession of this piece of information. You can expect to use any individual, or combination of, methods during the process—each of which has its pros and cons. You can guess a password blindly or you may have some information about the system owner that may make the guessing process easier. Other techniques to obtain passwords may involve repeatedly guessing or exploiting security weaknesses in a system.

Choosing an approach...