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Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition

By : Mohit Raj
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Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition

By: Mohit Raj

Overview of this book

This book gives you the skills you need to use Python for penetration testing (pentesting), with the help of detailed code examples. We start by exploring the basics of networking with Python and then proceed to network hacking. Then, you will delve into exploring Python libraries to perform various types of pentesting and ethical hacking techniques. Next, we delve into hacking the application layer, where we start by gathering information from a website. We then move on to concepts related to website hacking—such as parameter tampering, DDoS, XSS, and SQL injection. By reading this book, you will learn different techniques and methodologies that will familiarize you with Python pentesting techniques, how to protect yourself, and how to create automated programs to find the admin console, SQL injection, and XSS attacks.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about wireless frames and how to obtain information, such as SSID, BSSID, and the channel number, from the wireless frame using the Python script and the scapy library. We also learned how to connect a wireless device to the AP. After information gathering, we moved on to wireless attacks. The first attack we discussed was the deauth attack, which is similar to a Wi-Fi jammer. In this attack, you have to attack the wireless device and see the reaction of the AP or the intrusion detection system.

In Chapter 6, Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers, you will learn how set traps for hacker, how to create fake reply or fake identities.