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The Ultimate Kali Linux Book - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Feb 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801818933
Pages 742 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Glen D. Singh Glen D. Singh
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Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity author, educator and SecOps professional. His areas of expertise are cybersecurity operations, offensive security tactics and techniques, and enterprise networking. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in cybersecurity and many industry certifications from top awarding bodies such as EC-Council, Cisco, and Check Point. Glen loves teaching and mentoring others while sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written many books, which focus on vulnerability discovery and exploitation, threat detection, intrusion analysis, incident response, network security, and enterprise networking. As an aspiring game changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started with Penetration Testing
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Ethical Hacking 3. Chapter 2: Building a Penetration Testing Lab 4. Chapter 3: Setting Up for Advanced Hacking Techniques 5. Section 2: Reconnaissance and Network Penetration Testing
6. Chapter 4: Reconnaissance and Footprinting 7. Chapter 5: Exploring Active Information Gathering 8. Chapter 6: Performing Vulnerability Assessments 9. Chapter 7: Understanding Network Penetration Testing 10. Chapter 8: Performing Network Penetration Testing 11. Section 3: Red Teaming Techniques
12. Chapter 9: Advanced Network Penetration Testing — Post Exploitation 13. Chapter 10: Working with Active Directory Attacks 14. Chapter 11: Advanced Active Directory Attacks 15. Chapter 12: Delving into Command and Control Tactics 16. Chapter 13: Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing 17. Section 4: Social Engineering and Web Application Attacks
18. Chapter 14: Performing Client-Side Attacks – Social Engineering 19. Chapter 15: Understanding Website Application Security 20. Chapter 16: Advanced Website Penetration Testing 21. Chapter 17: Best Practices for the Real World 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Working with wireless adapters

As an aspiring ethical hacker and penetration tester, you may be assigned to perform a wireless penetration test on the organization's wireless network infrastructure to discover any security vulnerabilities and to assess the resilience of the wireless network.

While many penetration testers will have Kali Linux deployed on a laptop to improve their mobility, using the wireless network interface cards that are built into laptops is not the most efficient way to perform wireless penetration testing. Therefore, it's highly recommended to use an external wireless network adapter that supports the following features:

  • IEEE 802.11 operating standards such as 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
  • Operating frequencies of 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band
  • Monitor mode to detect nearby wireless networks
  • Packet injection

The following are two wireless network adapters that are commonly used by penetration testers:

  • The Alfa AWUS036NHA High Gain...
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Authors (1)

Profile icon Glen D. Singh
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Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity author, educator and SecOps professional. His areas of expertise are cybersecurity operations, offensive security tactics and techniques, and enterprise networking. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in cybersecurity and many industry certifications from top awarding bodies such as EC-Council, Cisco, and Check Point. Glen loves teaching and mentoring others while sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written many books, which focus on vulnerability discovery and exploitation, threat detection, intrusion analysis, incident response, network security, and enterprise networking. As an aspiring game changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.
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