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Learn Kali Linux 2019

By : Glen D. Singh
Book Image

Learn Kali Linux 2019

By: Glen D. Singh

Overview of this book

The current rise in hacking and security breaches makes it more important than ever to effectively pentest your environment, ensuring endpoint protection. This book will take you through the latest version of Kali Linux and help you use various tools and techniques to efficiently deal with crucial security aspects. Through real-world examples, you’ll understand how to set up a lab and later explore core penetration testing concepts. Throughout the course of this book, you’ll get up to speed with gathering sensitive information and even discover different vulnerability assessment tools bundled in Kali Linux 2019. In later chapters, you’ll gain insights into concepts such as social engineering, attacking wireless networks, exploitation of web applications and remote access connections to further build on your pentesting skills. You’ll also focus on techniques such as bypassing controls, attacking the end user and maintaining persistence access through social media. Finally, this pentesting book covers best practices for performing complex penetration testing techniques in a highly secured environment. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to use Kali Linux to detect vulnerabilities and secure your system by applying penetration testing techniques of varying complexity.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Kali Linux Basics
6
Section 2: Reconnaissance
9
Section 3: Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2019

What's new in Kali Linux 2019?

Kali Linux 2019 comes with an upgraded kernel of 4.19.13 and many updated packages and bug fixes within the operating system. One of the major upgrades is for the Metasploit Framework. The previous version of Metasploit was version 4.0, released in 2011, but, in Kali Linux 2019, it was upgraded to version 5.0.

The new Metasploit version 5.0 brings new evasion techniques, updates to its database, and the automation of APIs. Kali Linux 2019 also contains upgrades for the following tools:

  • theHarvester
  • dbeaver
  • Metasploit
  • exe2hex
  • msfpc
  • SecLists

Further information on the new evasion techniques in Metasploit 5.0 can be found at https://www.rapid7.com/info/encapsulating-antivirus-av-evasion-techniques-in-metasploit-framework/.

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