Mastering Kali Linux for advanced penetration testing : secure your network with Kali Linux - the ultimate hackers' arsenal / Vijay Kumar Velu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Velu, Vijay Kumar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penetration testing (Computer security).

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, [England] ; Mumbai, [India] : Packt, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Kumar Velu Vijay: Vijay Kumar Velu is a passionate information security practitioner, author, speaker, investor, and blogger. He has 16+ years of IT industry experience, is a licensed penetration tester and is specialized in providing technical solutions to diverse cyber problems, ranging from simple security configuration reviews to cyber threat intelligence. Vijay holds multiple security qualifications, including CEH, ECSA, and CHFI. He has authored a few books on penetration testing: Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing Second & Third Editions, and Mobile Application Penetration Testing. For the community, Vijay serves as the chair member of NCDRC, India. When not working, he enjoys playing music and doing charity work.

Summary:

A practical guide to testing your network’s security with Kali Linux, the preferred choice of penetration testers and hackers. About This Book Employ advanced pentesting techniques with Kali Linux to build highly-secured systems Get to grips with various stealth techniques to remain undetected and defeat the latest defenses and follow proven approaches Select and configure the most effective tools from Kali Linux to test network security and prepare your business against malicious threats and save costs Who This Book Is For Penetration Testers, IT professional or a security consultant who wants to maximize the success of your network testing using some of the advanced features of Kali Linux, then this book is for you.Some prior exposure to basics of penetration testing/ethical hacking would be helpful in making the most out of this title. What You Will Learn Select and configure the most effective tools from Kali Linux to test network security Employ stealth to avoid detection in the network being tested Recognize when stealth attacks are being used against your network Exploit networks and data systems using wired and wireless networks as well as web services Identify and download valuable data from target systems Maintain access to compromised systems Use social engineering to compromise the weakest part of the network—the end users In Detail This book will take you, as a tester or security practitioner through the journey of reconnaissance, vulnerability assessment, exploitation, and post-exploitation activities used by penetration testers and hackers. We will start off by using a laboratory environment to validate tools and techniques, and using an application that supports a collaborative approach to penetration testing. Further we will get acquainted with passive reconnaissance with open source intelligence and active reconnaissance of the external and internal networks. We will also focus on how to select, use, customize, and interpret the results from a variety of different vulnerability scanners. Specific routes to the target will also be examined, including bypassing physical security and exfiltration of data using different techniques. You will also get to grips with concepts such as social engineering, attacking wireless networks, exploitation of web applications and remote access connections. Later you will learn the practical aspects of attacking user client systems by backdooring executable files. You will focus on the most vuln...

Contents:

Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing, Second Edition: Secure your network with Kali Linux the ultimate white hat hackers' toolkit

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 19, 2017).

OCLC:

995052701