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Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Himanshu Sharma
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Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Himanshu Sharma

Overview of this book

Many organizations have been affected by recent cyber events. At the current rate of hacking, it has become more important than ever to pentest your environment in order to ensure advanced-level security. This book is packed with practical recipes that will quickly get you started with Kali Linux (version 2018.4 / 2019), in addition to covering the core functionalities. The book will get you off to a strong start by introducing you to the installation and configuration of Kali Linux, which will help you to perform your tests. You will also learn how to plan attack strategies and perform web application exploitation using tools such as Burp and JexBoss. As you progress, you will get to grips with performing network exploitation using Metasploit, Sparta, and Wireshark. The book will also help you delve into the technique of carrying out wireless and password attacks using tools such as Patator, John the Ripper, and airoscript-ng. Later chapters will draw focus to the wide range of tools that help in forensics investigations and incident response mechanisms. As you wrap up the concluding chapters, you will learn to create an optimum quality pentest report. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the knowledge you need to conduct advanced penetration testing, thanks to the book’s crisp and task-oriented recipes.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Writing Reports

In this chapter, we will go through one of the most important steps of a pentesting project: the report. A good report must contain every detail of the vulnerability. Our agenda is to keep it as detailed as possible, which may help the right person in the department to understand all of the details and work around it with a perfect patch.

There are different ways to create a pentesting report. In this chapter, you will learn a few tools that we can use to create a good report that covers everything in detail.

Let's look at some of the key points that should always be included in the report:

  • Details of the vulnerability: A good report must always contain in-depth details of the vulnerability discovered. These details will help management to understand the exact steps to take to replicate the vulnerability, and it will help the developers to understand and...