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The Ultimate Kali Linux Book - Third Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835085806
Pages 828 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Glen D. Singh Glen D. Singh
Profile icon Glen D. Singh

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface 1. Introduction to Ethical Hacking 2. Building a Penetration Testing Lab 3. Setting Up for Advanced Penetration Testing Techniques 4. Passive Reconnaissance 5. Exploring Open-Source Intelligence 6. Active Reconnaissance 7. Performing Vulnerability Assessments 8. Understanding Network Penetration Testing 9. Performing Network Penetration Testing 10. Post-Exploitation Techniques 11. Delving into Command and Control Tactics 12. Working with Active Directory Attacks 13. Advanced Active Directory Attacks 14. Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing 15. Social Engineering Attacks 16. Understanding Website Application Security 17. Advanced Website Penetration Testing 18. Best Practices for the Real World 19. Index
Appendix

Setting up and working with Kali Linux

Kali Linux is one of the most popular Linux distributions within the cybersecurity industry as it contains over 300 pre-installed software packages that are designed for mostly offensive security assessments. Kali Linux is built on the Debian flavor of Linux and, being a free operating system, it has gained a lot of attention over the years by cybersecurity professionals in the industry. It has a lot of features and tools that make a penetration tester’s or security engineer’s job a bit easier when they’re working.

Ethical hackers and penetration testers commonly use Kali Linux to perform passive reconnaissance (covered in Chapters 4 and 5), scanning and enumeration (covered in Chapter 6), exploitation (covered in Chapter 8), and even post-exploitation techniques (covered in Chapters 10 and 11) on targeted systems and networks. While many folks usually think Kali Linux is designed only for offensive security professionals...

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