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Penetration Testing Bootcamp

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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787288744

Length 258 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Author (1):

Jason Beltrame

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Planning and Preparation FREE CHAPTER

2. Information Gathering

3. Setting up and maintaining the Command and Control Server

4. Vulnerability Scanning and Metasploit

5. Traffic Sniffing and Spoofing

6. Password-based Attacks

7. Attacks on the Network Infrastructure

8. Web Application Attacks

9. Cleaning Up and Getting Out

10. Writing Up the Penetration Testing Report

Command and control servers

Command and control servers, or C&C servers, have a negative perception due to their extensive use for malicious purposes, such as delivering malware or other malicious payloads. For the same reasons they are used in a negative manner, they can also be used in a positive way. These C&C servers serve as the perfect way to get the data or evidence you are collecting to an offsite server so that you can review, arrange, and finalize it. You never want to leave any evidence that you were on a particular system or even leave any files or findings behind. This is where C&C servers come into play, as they can be a single source for all your penetration-testing evidence.

Where your C&C server resides is really up to you. Most of the time, C&C servers reside in someone's cloud. This could be within AWS, Azure, or any other cloud flavor...

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Authors (1)

Jason Beltrame

Jason Beltrame

Jason Beltrame is a Systems Engineer for Cisco, living in the Eastern Pennsylvania Area. He has worked in the Network and Security field for 18 years, with the last 2 years as a Systems Engineer, and the prior 16 years on the operational side as a Network Engineer. During that time, Jason has achieved the following certifications: CISSP, CCNP, CCNP Security, CCDP, CCSP, CISA, ITILv2, and VCP5. He is a graduate from DeSales University with a BS in Computer Science. He has a passion for security and loves learning. In his current role at Cisco, Jason focuses on Security and Enterprise Networks, but as a generalist SE, he covers all aspects of technology. Jason works with commercial territory customers, helping them achieve their technology goals based on their individual business requirements. His 16 years of real-world experience allows him to relate with his customers and understand both their challenges and desired outcomes.

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