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Practical Web Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Practical Web Penetration Testing Secure web applications using Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788624039
Length 294 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gus Khawaja Gus Khawaja
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building a Vulnerable Web Application Lab 2. Kali Linux Installation FREE CHAPTER 3. Delving Deep into the Usage of Kali Linux 4. All About Using Burp Suite 5. Understanding Web Application Vulnerabilities 6. Application Security Pre-Engagement 7. Application Threat Modeling 8. Source Code Review 9. Network Penetration Testing 10. Web Intrusion Tests 11. Pentest Automation Using Python 12. Nmap Cheat Sheet 13. Metasploit Cheat Sheet 14. Netcat Cheat Sheet 15. Networking Reference Section 16. Python Quick Reference 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Pentest Automation Using Python

Folks, this is the last chapter of this book, and I would like to congratulate you on getting this far. Only disciplined and motivated people get to the finishing line, and you all have my respect. So far, you've learned many Terminal commands that you can execute during security tests. However, one thing that you will realize during pentests is that a lot of commands will just repeat over and over again, so why not automate these commands using a scripting language such as Python?

In this chapter, I will quickly show you how to install a Python IDE on Kali, and after that, we will look at a practical scenario and try to develop a program using Python. I will walk you through all the steps needed for you to start automating your penetration testing tasks, using practical examples as much as possible.

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