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

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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

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Importance of a sock puppet

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