The basics of hacking and penetration testing : ethical hacking and penetration testing made easy / Dr. Patrick Engebretson ; David Kennedy, technical editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engebretson, Pat (Patrick Henry), 1974-

Contributor:

Kennedy, David, 1982- editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penetration testing (Computer security).

Hackers.

Computer software--Testing.

Computer software.

Computer crimes--Prevention.

Computer crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 204 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier, 2013.

Waltham, MA : Syngress, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing serves as an introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test or perform an ethical hack. You learn how to properly utilize and interpret the results of modern day hacking tools; which are required to complete a penetration test. Tool coverage will include, Backtrack Linux, Google, Whois, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat, Netbus, and more. A simple and clean explanation of how to utilize these tools will allow you to gain a solid understanding of each of the four phases and prepare them to take on more in-depth texts and

Contents:

What is Penetration Testing?

Reconnaissance

Scanning

Exploitation

Web Based Exploitation

Maintaining Access with Backdoors and Rootkits

Wrapping Up the Penetration Test.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780124116412

0124116418

OCLC:

852159073