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Improving your Penetration Testing Skills

You're reading from   Improving your Penetration Testing Skills Strengthen your defense against web attacks with Kali Linux and Metasploit

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Product type Course
Published in Jul 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838646073
Length 712 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Daniel Teixeira Daniel Teixeira
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Juned Ahmed Ansari Juned Ahmed Ansari
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Abhinav Singh Abhinav Singh
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Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez
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Copyright About Packt Contributors Preface 1. Introduction to Penetration Testing and Web Applications FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Your Lab with Kali Linux 3. Reconnaissance and Profiling the Web Server 4. Authentication and Session Management Flaws 5. Detecting and Exploiting Injection-Based Flaws 6. Finding and Exploiting Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities 7. Cross-Site Request Forgery, Identification, and Exploitation 8. Attacking Flaws in Cryptographic Implementations 9. Using Automated Scanners on Web Applications 10. Metasploit Quick Tips for Security Professionals 11. Information Gathering and Scanning 12. Server-Side Exploitation 13. Meterpreter 14. Post-Exploitation 15. Using MSFvenom 16. Client-Side Exploitation and Antivirus Bypass 17. Social-Engineer Toolkit 18. Working with Modules for Penetration Testing 1. Other Books You May Enjoy

Preface

Penetration testing or ethical hacking is a legal and foolproof way to identify vulnerabilities in your system. With thorough penetration testing, you can secure your system against the majority of threats.

This Learning Path starts with an in-depth explanation of what hacking and penetration testing is. You’ll gain a deep understanding of classical SQL and command injection flaws, and discover ways to exploit these flaws to secure your system. You'll also learn how to create and customize payloads to evade antivirus software and bypass an organization's defenses. Whether it’s exploiting server vulnerabilities and attacking client systems, or compromising mobile phones and installing backdoors, this Learning Path will guide you through all this and more to improve your defense against online attacks.

By the end of this Learning Path, you'll have the knowledge and skills you need to invade a system and identify all its vulnerabilities.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

  • Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Third Edition
    by Juned Ahmed Ansari and Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez
  • Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook - Third Edition
    by Daniel Teixeira and Abhinav Singh
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