Kali Linux Cookbook

Kali Linux Cookbook – Second Edition

Kali Linux is a Linux distribution designed for penetration testing and security inspection. This distribution has replaced BackTrack, which is the world’s most popular penetration testing distribution. Kali Linux uses a wide range of tools for penetration testing. Security is currently the hottest field in technology with an anticipated need for millions of security professionals. The Kali Linux Cookbook tries to increase your knowledge of Kali Linux and change your status as a security professional.

What you’ll learn in this book:

Acquire the key skills of ethical hacking to perform penetration testing
Learn how to perform network reconnaissance
Discover vulnerabilities in hosts
Attack vulnerabilities to take control of workstations and servers
Understand password cracking to bypass security
Learn how to hack into wireless networks
Attack web and database servers to exfiltrate data
Obfuscate your command and control connections to avoid firewall and IPS detection

Headlines:

CH1: Installing Kali and the Lab Setup
CH 2: Reconnaissance and Scanning
CH 3: Vulnerability Analysis
CH 4: Finding Exploits in the Target
CH 5: Social Engineering
CH 6: Password Cracking
CH 7: Privilege Escalation
CH 8: Wireless Specific Recipes
CH 9: Web and Database Specific Recipes
CH 10: Maintaining Access

Specifications:

Author(s): Corey P. Schultz, Bob Perciaccante

Publisher: Packt

Publication year: 2017

Number of Pages: 438

Size: 34.4MB

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