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Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch
Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch

Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch: Your stepping stone to penetration testing

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Key benefits

  • Understand how computer systems work and their vulnerabilities
  • Exploit weaknesses and hack into machines to test their security
  • Learn how to secure systems from hackers

Description

This book starts with the basics of ethical hacking, how to practice hacking safely and legally, and how to install and interact with Kali Linux and the Linux terminal. You will explore network hacking, where you will see how to test the security of wired and wireless networks. You’ll also learn how to crack the password for any Wi-Fi network (whether it uses WEP, WPA, or WPA2) and spy on the connected devices. Moving on, you will discover how to gain access to remote computer systems using client-side and server-side attacks. You will also get the hang of post-exploitation techniques, including remotely controlling and interacting with the systems that you compromised. Towards the end of the book, you will be able to pick up web application hacking techniques. You'll see how to discover, exploit, and prevent a number of website vulnerabilities, such as XSS and SQL injections. The attacks covered are practical techniques that work against real systems and are purely for educational purposes. At the end of each section, you will learn how to detect, prevent, and secure systems from these attacks.

Who is this book for?

Learning Ethical Hacking from Scratch is for anyone interested in learning how to hack and test the security of systems like professional hackers and security experts.

What you will learn

  • Understand ethical hacking and the different fields and types of hackers
  • Set up a penetration testing lab to practice safe and legal hacking
  • Explore Linux basics, commands, and how to interact with the terminal
  • Access password-protected networks and spy on connected clients
  • Use server and client-side attacks to hack and control remote computers
  • Control a hacked system remotely and use it to hack other systems
  • Discover, exploit, and prevent a number of web application vulnerabilities such as
  • XSS and SQL injections

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Publication date : Jul 31, 2018
Length: 564 pages
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Language : English
ISBN-13 : 9781788622059
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Table of Contents

23 Chapters
Introduction Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Setting Up a Lab Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Linux Basics Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Network Penetration Testing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Pre-Connection Attacks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Network Penetration Testing - Gaining Access Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Post-Connection Attacks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Network Penetration Testing, Detection, and Security Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Gaining Access to Computer Devices Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Scanning Vulnerabilities Using Tools Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Client-Side Attacks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Client-Side Attacks - Social Engineering Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Attack and Detect Trojans with BeEF Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Attacks Outside the Local Network Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Post Exploitation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Website Penetration Testing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Website Pentesting - Information Gathering Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
File Upload, Code Execution, and File Inclusion Vulnerabilities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
SQL Injection Vulnerabilities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Discovering Vulnerabilities Automatically Using OWASP ZAP Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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sankith Dec 29, 2023
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It book is good because full clear about Ethical hacking book
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DeeGX2 Sep 16, 2018
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In the same vein of Georgia Weidman book at beginning pentesting....this is THE book to start with hands down.It is the most current and the instruction found in the book is extremely easy to follow.Unfortunately, much of the material in her (Wiedmans) book is outdated, but Zaids book has that covered!The complex issues are broken down in to portions that are digestible and they build on each other.The author also has a Udemy video course of the same name that seems to follow the subject matter in the book.He is very responsive and you also find it easy to follow the examples that he provides.I cannot stress enough how good the author is at conveying ideas to beginners to give them a VERY good basis for entering the pentesting/cracking (white hat) realm.This book definitely deserves a look if you are heading into this realm of cybersecurity.
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John Parker Oct 16, 2020
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Great book. This is by far the best I’ve read yet. The way it is explained makes it much easier to understand and remember the steps and processes to hacking. And that allowed myself more time practicing hacking in the virtual labs. This was a huge help for getting my CEH certification.
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Judi Jan 04, 2020
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Excellent book
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aaa Aug 07, 2020
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The book is very simple to understand and followStructure and layout is perfectIt serves the purpose of learnersThis is one of the best all time hackers collections
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