Improving your penetration testing skills : strengthen your defense against web attacks with Kali Linux and Metasploit / Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Najera-Gutierrez, Gilberto, author.

Ansari, Juned, author.

Teixeira, Daniel, author.

Singh, Abhinav, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kali Linux.

Metasploit (Electronic resource).

Penetration testing (Computer security).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (699 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Birmingham ; Mumbai : Packt Publishing Ltd, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Evade antiviruses and bypass firewalls with the most widely used penetration testing frameworks Key Features Gain insights into the latest antivirus evasion techniques Set up a complete pentesting environment using Metasploit and virtual machines Discover a variety of tools and techniques that can be used with Kali Linux Book Description Penetration testing or ethical hacking is a legal and foolproof way to identify vulnerabilities in your system. With thorough penetration testing, you can secure your system against the majority of threats. This Learning Path starts with an in-depth explanation of what hacking and penetration testing is. You’ll gain a deep understanding of classical SQL and command injection flaws, and discover ways to exploit these flaws to secure your system. You'll also learn how to create and customize payloads to evade antivirus software and bypass an organization's defenses. Whether it's exploiting server vulnerabilities and attacking client systems, or compromising mobile phones and installing backdoors, this Learning Path will guide you through all this and more to improve your defense against online attacks. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll have the knowledge and skills you need to invade a system and identify all its vulnerabilities. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Third Edition by Juned Ahmed Ansari and Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook - Third Edition by Abhinav Singh , Monika Agarwal, et al What you will learn Build and analyze Metasploit modules in Ruby Integrate Metasploit with other penetration testing tools Use server-side attacks to detect vulnerabilities in web servers and their applications Explore automated attacks such as fuzzing web applications Identify the difference between hacking a web application and network hacking Deploy Metasploit with the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES) Use MSFvenom to generate payloads and backdoor files, and create shellcode Who this book is for This Learning Path is designed for security professionals, web programmers, and pentesters who want to learn vulnerability exploitation and make the most of the Metasploit framework. Some understanding of penetration testing and Metasploit is required, but basic system administration skills and the ability to read code are a must. Downloading the example code for this ebook: You can download the exampl...

Contents:

Improving your penetration testing skills : strengthen your defense against web attacks with Kali Linux and Metasploit

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to Penetration Testing and Web Applications

Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Lab with Kali Linux

Chapter 3: Reconnaissance and Profiling the Web Server

Chapter 4: Authentication and Session Management Flaws

Chapter 5: Detecting and Exploiting Injection-Based Flaws

Chapter 6: Finding and Exploiting Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities

Chapter 7: Cross-Site Request Forgery, Identification, and Exploitation

Chapter 8: Attacking Flaws in Cryptographic Implementations

Chapter 9: Using Automated Scanners on Web Applications

Chapter 10: Metasploit Quick Tips for Security Professionals

Chapter 11: Information Gathering and Scanning

Chapter 12: Server-Side Exploitation

Chapter 13: Meterpreter

Chapter 14: Post-Exploitation

Chapter 15: Using MSFvenom

Chapter 16: Client-Side Exploitation and Antivirus Bypass

Chapter 17: Social-Engineer Toolkit

Chapter 18: Working with Modules for Penetration Testing

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Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781838644949

1838644946

OCLC:

1204664003