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The Ultimate Kali Linux Book - Second Edition

By : Glen D. Singh
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Book Image

The Ultimate Kali Linux Book - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Glen D. Singh

Overview of this book

Kali Linux is the most popular and advanced penetration testing Linux distribution within the cybersecurity industry. Using Kali Linux, a cybersecurity professional will be able to discover and exploit various vulnerabilities and perform advanced penetration testing on both enterprise wired and wireless networks. This book is a comprehensive guide for those who are new to Kali Linux and penetration testing that will have you up to speed in no time. Using real-world scenarios, you’ll understand how to set up a lab and explore core penetration testing concepts. Throughout this book, you’ll focus on information gathering and even discover different vulnerability assessment tools bundled in Kali Linux. You’ll learn to discover target systems on a network, identify security flaws on devices, exploit security weaknesses and gain access to networks, set up Command and Control (C2) operations, and perform web application penetration testing. In this updated second edition, you’ll be able to compromise Active Directory and exploit enterprise networks. Finally, this book covers best practices for performing complex web penetration testing techniques in a highly secured environment. By the end of this Kali Linux book, you’ll have gained the skills to perform advanced penetration testing on enterprise networks using Kali Linux.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Started with Penetration Testing
5
Section 2: Reconnaissance and Network Penetration Testing
11
Section 3: Red Teaming Techniques
17
Section 4: Social Engineering and Web Application Attacks

Introduction to wireless networking

As an aspiring penetration tester, it's important to understand the key concepts and fundamentals of wireless networking and its technologies before compromising a wireless network. Hacking a wireless network is simply part of wireless network penetration. Understanding how wireless routers and access points (APs) transmit frames between one client to another goes a long way to becoming better at wireless penetration testing.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an organization that is responsible for creating and maintaining a lot of standards and frameworks for the electrical and electronics industry, including computers and networks. Within IEEE, there's the 802 committee, which is responsible for developing and maintaining a lot of standards such as Ethernet, Bluetooth, and even wireless networking. Within the 802 committee, there's the .11 working group, which is responsible for one of the most common...