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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
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Section 2: Reconnaissance and Network Penetration Testing
11
Section 3: Red Teaming Techniques
17
Section 4: Social Engineering and Web Application Attacks

Understanding insecure design

Insecure design focuses on understanding how security risks increase when a web application is not designed, tested, and implemented properly on a system. When designing a web application, the organization usually ensures the code passes through each phase of a Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL), which helps developers to thoroughly test the application to ensure there are as few security risks as possible.

This technique ensures the web application is designed using secure coding practices and design, secure library components of programming languages, and even threat modeling to help understand how threat actors may be able to component the web application. Without secure designs, the security posture of the web application is left very vulnerable to various types of web application attacks. Overall, it is important that developers and organizations implement proper development, security testing, and maintenance on their web applications and servers...