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Learn Penetration Testing

By : Rishalin Pillay
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Learn Penetration Testing

By: Rishalin Pillay

Overview of this book

Sending information via the internet is not entirely private, as evidenced by the rise in hacking, malware attacks, and security threats. With the help of this book, you'll learn crucial penetration testing techniques to help you evaluate enterprise defenses. You'll start by understanding each stage of pentesting and deploying target virtual machines, including Linux and Windows. Next, the book will guide you through performing intermediate penetration testing in a controlled environment. With the help of practical use cases, you'll also be able to implement your learning in real-world scenarios. By studying everything from setting up your lab, information gathering and password attacks, through to social engineering and post exploitation, you'll be able to successfully overcome security threats. The book will even help you leverage the best tools, such as Kali Linux, Metasploit, Burp Suite, and other open source pentesting tools to perform these techniques. Toward the later chapters, you'll focus on best practices to quickly resolve security threats. By the end of this book, you'll be well versed with various penetration testing techniques so as to be able to tackle security threats effectively
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: The Basics
4
Section 2: Exploitation
12
Section 3: Post Exploitation
16
Section 4: Putting It All Together

Summary

In this chapter, you have learned about the various wireless attack methods. We have identified a key component of a wireless network, wireless frames, and the various information that can be obtained from some of these frames. You have learned which network cards are capable of performing packet injection, intercepting wireless packets, and how to increase power ratings of an Alfa wireless card.

We discussed the various encryption methods that exist in wireless networks, and the vulnerabilities of them. You have gained knowledge about various attack tools, and how to perform different types of attacks. Lastly, you have learned how to crack WEP and WPA/WPA2 pre-shared keys.

In Chapter 10, Moving Laterally and Escalating Your Privileges, we will look at how to move around laterally within a network, with the objective of finding a high-privileged account. You will also...