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Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing Secure your network with Kali Linux 2019.1 – the ultimate white hat hackers' toolkit

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789340563
Length 548 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Robert Beggs Robert Beggs
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Vijay Kumar Velu Vijay Kumar Velu
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Preface 1. Goal-Based Penetration Testing FREE CHAPTER 2. Open Source Intelligence and Passive Reconnaissance 3. Active Reconnaissance of External and Internal Networks 4. Vulnerability Assessment 5. Advanced Social Engineering and Physical Security 6. Wireless Attacks 7. Exploiting Web-Based Applications 8. Client-Side Exploitation 9. Bypassing Security Controls 10. Exploitation 11. Action on the Objective and Lateral Movement 12. Privilege Escalation 13. Command and Control 14. Embedded Devices and RFID Hacking 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Web application vulnerability scanners


Vulnerability scanners suffer the common shortcomings of all scanners (a scanner can only detect the signature of a known vulnerability; they cannot determine if the vulnerability can actually be exploited; there is a high incidence of false-positive reports). Furthermore, web vulnerability scanners cannot identify complex errors in business logic, and they do not accurately simulate the complex chained attacks used by hackers.

In an effort to increase reliability, most penetration testers use multiple tools to scan web services; when multiple tools report that a particular vulnerability may exist, this consensus will direct the tester to areas that may require manually verifying the findings.

Kali comes with an extensive number of vulnerability scanners for web services, and provides a stable platform for installing new scanners and extending their capabilities. This allows penetration testers to increase the effectiveness of testing by selecting scanning...

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