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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

Creating a sock puppet

There are many techniques and tools that are commonly used by ethical hackers and penetration testers to gather information about their various target sources on the internet. When performing passive reconnaissance and using OSINT strategies and techniques, you’ll need to ensure you do not make direct contact with the targeted organization and that your real identity is not revealed during the process.

Sock puppet is a term that’s used within the cybersecurity industry, especially among penetration testers. It is simply a misrepresentation of an individual, such as creating an entire fake identity or persona with the intent to infiltrate an online community to gather information.

While pretending to be someone else is unlawful, hackers always create a fake identity on the internet when gathering information about their targets. By creating a fake persona on an online platform such as a social media website, no one knows the true identity...