You're reading from The Ultimate Kali Linux Book - Second Edition

Product type Book

Published in Feb 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801818933

Pages 742 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Glen D. Singh

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

Performing wireless reconnaissance

As with any type of penetration test, the first stage is to gather as much information about the target as possible by performing reconnaissance. Reconnaissance in wireless penetration testing allows you to discover nearby wireless clients, wireless routers, and access points, perform fingerprinting on wireless devices, and even determine the manufacturer of an access point. By gathering information about a wireless network and its device, you can research security vulnerabilities that can help you exploit and compromise the wireless network.

When performing reconnaissance on a wireless network, the penetration tester does not need to be associated with or connected to the target wireless network. Using a wireless network adapter that supports packet injection and monitor mode allows the penetration tester to listen and capture messages on the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands of nearby wireless clients and access points.

To start performing reconnaissance...