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Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows

You're reading from Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows Unleash Kali Linux, PowerShell, and Windows debugging tools for security testing and analysis

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788295666

Length 452 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Author (1):

Phil Bramwell

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

1. Bypassing Network Access Control

2. Sniffing and Spoofing FREE CHAPTER

3. Windows Passwords on the Network

4. Advanced Network Attacks

5. Cryptography and the Penetration Tester

6. Advanced Exploitation with Metasploit

7. Stack and Heap Memory Management

8. Windows Kernel Security

9. Weaponizing Python

10. Windows Shellcoding

11. Bypassing Protections with ROP

12. Fuzzing Techniques

13. Going Beyond the Foothold

14. Taking PowerShell to the Next Level

15. Escalating Privileges

16. Maintaining Access

17. Tips and Tricks

18. Assessment

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Questions

Distributing our NOP sled and shellcode payload throughout heap space in order to remove the guesswork in identifying viable return addresses is called _________.
What's the difference between the js_be and js_le shellcode output formats?
If our shellcode payload is in Unicode format, what JavaScript function should we use to extract the raw bytes?
Identify the command you'd use to attach WinDbg to PID 4566 while creating a graphical session with the debugger.
I can pass da 11ffa93b to the WinDbg command window to display raw hex bytes in memory at 0x11ffa93b. (True | False)
Code caves are sections in backdoor target executables composed of 0x90 NOPs where we can stash our shellcode. (True | False)
When would we need --xp_mode when patching a target executable with BDF?

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Authors (1)

Phil Bramwell

Phil Bramwell

Phil Bramwell, CISSP has been tinkering with gadgets since he was a kid in the 1980s. After obtaining the Certified Ethical Hacker and Certified Expert Penetration Tester certifications in 2004 and a Bachelors of Applied Science in Computer Security from Davenport University in 2007, Phil was a security engineer and consultant who conducted Common Criteria, FIPS, and PCI-DSS assessments, GDPR consulting for a firm in the UK, and social engineering and penetration testing for banks, governments, and universities throughout the USA. After specializing in antimalware analysis and security operations, Phil is now a penetration tester for a Fortune 100 automobile manufacturer. Phil is based in the Metro Detroit area.

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