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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

Understanding web applications

As we use the internet each day, we commonly interact with web applications, whether performing a transaction at your favorite e-commerce website or even using an online learning management system (LMS) for e-learning with your educational provider. Web applications are all around and used by many industries, such as education, banking, manufacturing, entertainment, e-commerce/e-business, and even government services. They allow organizations to provide electronic services to their users and customers by simply using the internet and a web browser.

Imagine you’re enrolled to complete an academic program within a university. After your registration, the university sends you access to their e-learning online platform, which contains a lot of study resources to help you with your studies during the course of your program. For the university to deliver the resources to their students (users), a web application needs to be deployed on a web server...