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Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing – Fourth Edition - Fourth Edition

By : Vijay Kumar Velu
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Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing – Fourth Edition - Fourth Edition

By: Vijay Kumar Velu

Overview of this book

Remote working has given hackers plenty of opportunities as more confidential information is shared over the internet than ever before. In this new edition of Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing, you’ll learn an offensive approach to enhance your penetration testing skills by testing the sophisticated tactics employed by real hackers. You’ll go through laboratory integration to cloud services so that you learn another dimension of exploitation that is typically forgotten during a penetration test. You'll explore different ways of installing and running Kali Linux in a VM and containerized environment and deploying vulnerable cloud services on AWS using containers, exploiting misconfigured S3 buckets to gain access to EC2 instances. This book delves into passive and active reconnaissance, from obtaining user information to large-scale port scanning. Building on this, different vulnerability assessments are explored, including threat modeling. See how hackers use lateral movement, privilege escalation, and command and control (C2) on compromised systems. By the end of this book, you’ll have explored many advanced pentesting approaches and hacking techniques employed on networks, IoT, embedded peripheral devices, and radio frequencies.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Index

Creating a rogue physical device

Kali also facilitates attacks where the intruder has direct physical access to systems and the network. This can be a risky attack, as the intruder may be spotted by an observant human or caught on a surveillance device. However, the rewards can be significant because the intruder can compromise specific systems that have valuable data.

Physical access is usually a direct result of social engineering, especially when impersonation is used. Common impersonations include the following:

  • A person who claims to be from the help desk or IT support and just needs to quickly interrupt the victim by installing a system upgrade.
  • A vendor who drops by to talk to a client, and then excuses himself to talk to someone else or visit a restroom.
  • A delivery person dropping off a package. Attackers can buy a delivery uniform online; however, since most people assume that anyone who is dressed all in brown and pushing a handcart filled with...