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Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing - Second Edition

By : Wolf Halton, Bo Weaver
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Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing - Second Edition

By: Wolf Halton, Bo Weaver

Overview of this book

Microsoft Windows is one of the two most common OSes, and managing its security has spawned the discipline of IT security. Kali Linux is the premier platform for testing and maintaining Windows security. Kali is built on the Debian distribution of Linux and shares the legendary stability of that OS. This lets you focus on using the network penetration, password cracking, and forensics tools, and not the OS. This book has the most advanced tools and techniques to reproduce the methods used by sophisticated hackers to make you an expert in Kali Linux penetration testing. You will start by learning about the various desktop environments that now come with Kali. The book covers network sniffers and analysis tools to uncover the Windows protocols in use on the network. You will see several tools designed to improve your average in password acquisition, from hash cracking, online attacks, offline attacks, and rainbow tables to social engineering. It also demonstrates several use cases for Kali Linux tools like Social Engineering Toolkit, and Metasploit, to exploit Windows vulnerabilities. Finally, you will learn how to gain full system-level access to your compromised system and then maintain that access. By the end of this book, you will be able to quickly pen test your system and network using easy-to-follow instructions and support images.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Sharpening the Saw

A craftsman is only as good as his tools and tools need to be set up and maintained. Since you have an idea of what Kali Linux distro you are interested in installing, this chapter will help you set up and configure your personal versions of the platform. Kali Linux is versatile and can be used in several use cases.

When you first decided to use Kali Linux, you probably hadn't thought about the various common and uncommon uses. This chapter introduces you to ups that will work best for your Windows penetration testing requirements, the documentation tools that we use to make sure that the results of the tests are prepared and presented properly, and the details of Linux services that you need to operate these tools. Many books, including the first book Wolf Halton wrote about penetration testing, set its chapters in the order of the sub-menus in the Kali...