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Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Kali Linux 2018: Windows Penetration Testing Conduct network testing, surveillance, and pen testing on MS Windows using Kali Linux 2018

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788997461
Length 404 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Wolf Halton Wolf Halton
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Bo Weaver Bo Weaver
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Preface 1. Choosing Your Distro FREE CHAPTER 2. Sharpening the Saw 3. Information Gathering and Vulnerability Assessments 4. Sniffing and Spoofing 5. Password Attacks 6. NetBIOS Name Service and LLMNR - Obsolete but Still Deadly 7. Gaining Access 8. Windows Privilege Escalation and Maintaining Access 9. Maintaining Access on Server or Desktop 10. Reverse Engineering and Stress Testing 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using advanced Footprinting

Vulnerability scans only provide some information. When actually attacking the machine, you want to do some deep level probes to check for helpful information leaks. From the scans, we can see a Windows Domain Controller and a Windows File Server, both running Windows 2008 Server. Both have SMB/NetBIOS services running. This looks like the most likely path of attack. SMB/NetBIOS services have known weaknesses. So, let's look closer at these services.

Before we get fully into footprinting, a note about notes. Especially when getting into manual probes, remember to keep notes on your outputs and your findings. Copy/paste is your best friend. Vulnerability scans always produce nice reports, with the data all compiled in one place. Manually probing doesn't, so it's up to you and you will gather a lot of data you'll want later. Use KeepNote...

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