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Conduct network testing, surveillance, pen testing and forensics on MS Windows using Kali Linux

Footprint, monitor, and audit your network and investigate any ongoing infestations

Customize Kali Linux with this professional guide so it becomes your pen testing toolkit

Description

Microsoft Windows is one of the two most common OS and managing its security has spawned the discipline of IT security. Kali Linux is the premier platform for testing and maintaining Windows security. Kali is built on the Debian distribution of Linux and shares the legendary stability of that OS. This lets you focus on using the network penetration, password cracking, forensics tools and not the OS. This book has the most advanced tools and techniques to reproduce the methods used by sophisticated hackers to make you an expert in Kali Linux penetration testing. First, you are introduced to Kali's top ten tools and other useful reporting tools. Then, you will find your way around your target network and determine known vulnerabilities to be able to exploit a system remotely. Next, you will prove that the vulnerabilities you have found are real and exploitable. You will learn to use tools in seven categories of exploitation tools. Further, you perform web access exploits using tools like websploit and more. Security is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. Passwords are often that weak link. Thus, you learn about password attacks that can be used in concert with other approaches to break into and own a network. Moreover, you come to terms with network sniffing, which helps you understand which users are using services you can exploit, and IP spoofing, which can be used to poison a system's DNS cache. Once you gain access to a machine or network, maintaining access is important. Thus, you not only learn penetrating in the machine you also learn Windows privilege’s escalations. With easy to follow step-by-step instructions and support images, you will be able to quickly pen test your system and network.

Who is this book for?

If you are a working ethical hacker who is looking to expand the offensive skillset with a thorough understanding of Kali Linux, then this is the book for you. Prior knowledge about Linux operating systems and the BASH terminal emulator along with Windows desktop and command line would be highly beneficial.

What you will learn

Set up Kali Linux for pen testing

Map and enumerate your Windows network

Exploit several common Windows network vulnerabilities

Attack and defeat password schemes on Windows

Debug and reverse-engineer Windows programs

Recover lost files, investigate successful hacks and discover hidden data in innocent-looking files

Catch and hold admin rights on the network, and maintain backdoors on the network after your initial testing is done

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Advanced Penetration Testing for Highly-Secured Environments, Second Edition

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Kali Linux 2: Windows Penetration Testing

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Total $ 164.97

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Lester Enzo Oct 16, 2016

Hands down, whether you’re an experienced Penetration Tester or looking to find a foothold to jumpstart your career, this book is for you. I have twenty years of professional experience in Information Technology and Security with about a five year break from the technical side. I wanted a resource to rekindle lab work at home. Happy to say that this book has served as the sole resurrection of my passion and honing of my red team skills.Regardless of your skill set or experience, this publication provides a detailed step-by-step of how to install and use the various tools within the Kali Linux suite. Not familiar with Linux? Authors Wolf and Bo provide an overview of how to prepare bootable media and install the software. If you’re already there, skip ahead to the fun stuff. I highly recommend that you follow the recommendations within the book. These are tried and proven methods that teach how to successfully exploit vulnerabilities within the Windows environment, for research and blue team style purposes. Never attempt these techniques unless you’re authorized to perform these activities as part of your responsibilities or you have a controlled environment.In the end, this book not only teaches the practice of defeating security controls, it also teaches the principles of computer science. While there are many command line switches to have fun with, the authors also describe what they mean and why they’re relevant. This is important as it teaches the fundamentals of good, core security and not simply memorizing switches for known security tools. I highly recommend this book for any level of security professional. For me, I jumped around a bit, but in the end, it made me a much stronger security professional.

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Preben Heitmann Sep 02, 2017

Awesome book

J-Cat Oct 31, 2016

This book makes an excellent supplemental training guide and resource, especially, if you are studying for your CEH, LPT, GCIH or GPEN. There’s a lot of substance to it, to put it mildly. The authors do an excellent job of walking you through the technical (and sometimes the mental) processes behind each tool and the tasks you will use them for. The experience and knowledge shared is priceless and it has saved me a lot of time and aggravation. Definitely, a solid study towards perfecting the craft of pen-testing.

Aaron A. Allen Aug 28, 2017

I have only read a small amount so far; however, I know that I like the writing style. The fact that they point out where to put in comments about things that may be incorrect as well as a place where previous reports were filed is a definite plus. It is a very readable book where I picked it up to read a few pages due to time constraints and ended up reading over 40.

L. Lemos Dec 05, 2016

it's very generic. the title is deceiving, it does not focus on windows at all.

Kali Linux 2: Windows Penetration Testing: Kali Linux: a complete pentesting toolkit facilitating smooth backtracking for working hackers

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