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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 software and data integrity failures

This type of security risk focuses on web applications that cannot protect their assets and data against integrity-based attacks. Imagine a threat actor leveraging a security flaw within a web application by uploading their custom malicious patch to a distribution system. If the distribution does not provide integrity checking on the malicious patch, it can be distributed to clients’ systems, causing the malware to be spread across the internet.

Hence, failure to verify the integrity of a file or data means there’s no checking whether the file or data is accurate, complete, and consistent. Implementing integrity-checking measures such as hashing algorithms enables users and systems to verify the integrity of a file or data before and after transmission.

To learn more about software and data integrity failures, please see the official OWASP documentation at https://owasp.org/Top10/A08_2021-Software_and_Data_Integrity_Failures...