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

Languages

Concepts

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

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The Kali Linux operating system is built on the Debian flavor of Linux and consists of over 300 preinstalled tools, with functions ranging from reconnaissance to exploitation and even forensics. The Kali Linux operating system has been designed not only for security professionals but also for IT administrators and even network security professionals within the industry. Being a free security operating system, it contains the tools necessary to conduct security testing.

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In this section, you will learn how to set up Kali Linux as a virtual machine, establish network connections...