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The Ultimate Kali Linux Book - Third Edition

By : Glen D. Singh
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Book Image

The Ultimate Kali Linux Book - Third Edition

5 (2)
By: Glen D. Singh

Overview of this book

Embark on an exciting journey into the world of Kali Linux – the central hub for advanced penetration testing. Honing your pentesting skills and exploiting vulnerabilities or conducting advanced penetration tests on wired and wireless enterprise networks, Kali Linux empowers cybersecurity professionals. In its latest third edition, this book goes further to guide you on how to setup your labs and explains breaches using enterprise networks. This book is designed for newcomers and those curious about penetration testing, this guide is your fast track to learning pentesting with Kali Linux 2024.x. Think of this book as your stepping stone into real-world situations that guides you through lab setups and core penetration testing concepts. As you progress in the book you’ll explore the toolkit of vulnerability assessment tools in Kali Linux, where gathering information takes the spotlight. You'll learn how to find target systems, uncover device security issues, exploit network weaknesses, control operations, and even test web applications. The journey ends with understanding complex web application testing techniques, along with industry best practices. As you finish this captivating exploration of the Kali Linux book, you'll be ready to tackle advanced enterprise network testing – with newfound skills and confidence.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Index

Working with Starkiller

Starkiller is the graphical user interface created to allow multiple penetration testers to connect and control the Empire server. Similar to working with the Empire client, which provides command-line access, using Starkiller provides a graphical interface that helps penetration testers to work more efficiently.

The following diagram shows a typical deployment of Starkiller and the Empire server:

Figure 11.43: Starkiller client-server model

During this exercise, we will be using the main Kali Linux virtual machine that will be running the Empire server with Starkiller. The targeted system will be Metasploitable 3 (Windows-based) on the PentestNet (172.30.1.0/24) topology, as it was already set up as one of the targeted systems within our lab environment.

Part 1 – Starkiller

To get started with this exercise, please use the following instructions:

  1. Power on both the main Kali Linux and Metasploitable 3 (Windows-based...