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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)

Dealing with WPAs

Wifite is a Linux-only tool designed to automate the wireless audit process. It requires Aircrack suite, Reaver, and Pyrit to be installed to be able to run properly. It comes pre-installed with Kali. In this recipe, we will learn to use wifite to crack some WPAs.

How to do it...

Let's perform the following steps:

  1. We can start wifite by typing the following command:
wifite  

The preceding command shows a list of all the available networks:

  1. We then press Ctrl + C to stop it. It will then ask us to choose the network we want to try cracking:
  1. We enter our number and press Enter. The tool automatically tries to use different methods to crack the network and in the end it will show us the password...