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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

Exploring active scanning techniques

As an aspiring ethical hacker and penetration tester, it’s essential to develop a solid foundation on understanding how to leverage active scanning techniques to efficiently discover and profile targeted systems on an organization’s network. Unlike passive reconnaissance, active reconnaissance focuses on sending special probes directly to a targeted system to retrieve specific information, which isn’t available from OSINT data source. In addition, active scanning helps us identify accurate information about the target, while some OSINT data sources may not have the latest version of the information.

Many organizations focus on securing their perimeter network and sometimes do not apply equal focus on securing their internal network (of the cyberattacks I’ve encountered in my career, 90% usually originate from inside the network). Due to this, many organizations think the attacker will launch their attack from the...