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You're reading from Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter Spy on and protect vulnerable ecosystems using the power of Kali Linux for pentesting on the go

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788995177

Length 302 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Authors (2):

Sean-Philip Oriyano

Glen D. Singh

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Exploring Kali NetHunter FREE CHAPTER

2. Introduction to Kali NetHunter

3. Understanding the Phases of the Pentesting Process

4. Section 2: Common Pentesting Tasks and Tools

5. Intelligence-Gathering Tools

6. Scanning and Enumeration Tools

7. Penetrating the Target

8. Clearing Tracks and Removing Evidence from a Target

9. Section 3: Advanced Pentesting Tasks and Tools

10. Packet Sniffing and Traffic Analysis

11. Targeting Wireless Devices and Networks

12. Avoiding Detection

13. Hardening Techniques and Countermeasures

14. Building a Lab

15. Selecting a Kali Device and Hardware

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

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What is Kali NetHunter?

To begin this section, let’s a take a walk through the history and evolution of the most popular penetration-testing Linux distribution, Kali Linux. Before the ever-popular Kali Linux, there was its predecessor, known as Backtrack. Backtrack was created by two merger companies, Auditor Security Collection and Whax, back in 2006. The Backtrack operating system was in the form of a live CD and live USB bootable media, which allows a penetration tester, systems administrator, or hacker to use any computer that supported booting from CD/DVD and/or USB drives. Since Backtrack is a Linux-based operating system, live boot simply made any computer into a hacker’s machine on the network.

In 2011, Backtrack evolved into its latest version, known as Backtrack 5. At this time, Backtrack included many tools and utilities that helped penetration testers...

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Authors (2)

Glen D. Singh

Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity author, educator and SecOps professional. His areas of expertise are cybersecurity operations, offensive security tactics and techniques, and enterprise networking. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in cybersecurity and many industry certifications from top awarding bodies such as EC-Council, Cisco, and Check Point. Glen loves teaching and mentoring others while sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written many books, which focus on vulnerability discovery and exploitation, threat detection, intrusion analysis, incident response, network security, and enterprise networking. As an aspiring game changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.

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Oriyano

Sean-Philip Oriyano is a long-time security professional. Over the past 25 years, he has divided his time between performing security research, consulting, and delivering training in the fields of both general IT and cyber security. He is also a best-selling author with many years' experience in both digital and print media. Sean has published several books over the past decade and has expanded his reach further by appearing on TV and radio shows. Additionally, Sean is a chief warrant officer (CWO) and unit commander specializing in cyber security training, development, and strategy. As a CWO, he is recognized as an SME in his field and is frequently called upon to provide expertise, training, and mentoring wherever needed.

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