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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

Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing

As the number of mobile devices increases around the world, organizations are also increasing and improving their wireless networks. Wireless networking is very common and many companies are investing in enhancing their wireless network infrastructure to support mobile devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. As an aspiring ethical hacker and penetration tester, it’s essential to develop solid foundational knowledge of wireless networking and understand how threat actors can identify and exploit security vulnerabilities within enterprise wireless networks.

In this chapter, you will learn about the fundamentals of wireless networks and how penetration testers can perform reconnaissance on their target’s wireless network. You will gain skills in compromising Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), WPA2, and WPA3 wireless networks with Access Points (APs), as well as personal and enterprise networks...