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Python Ethical Hacking from Scratch

You're reading from   Python Ethical Hacking from Scratch Think like an ethical hacker, avoid detection, and successfully develop, deploy, detect, and avoid malware

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838829506
Length 214 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fahad Ali Sarwar Fahad Ali Sarwar
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: The Nuts and Bolts of Ethical Hacking – The Basics
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Hacking FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Getting Started – Setting Up a Lab Environment 4. Section 2: Thinking Like a Hacker – Network Information Gathering and Attacks
5. Chapter 3: Reconnaissance and Information Gathering 6. Chapter 4: Network Scanning 7. Chapter 5: Man in the Middle Attacks 8. Section 3: Malware Development
9. Chapter 6: Malware Development 10. Chapter 7: Advanced Malware 11. Chapter 8: Post Exploitation 12. Chapter 9: System Protection and Perseverance 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using virtual environments

Python has a very neat feature called virtual environments. Using these virtual environments, you can keep track of dependencies of different Python projects and keep different projects separate from the main environment.

Let's create a new folder in Kali where all our project files will be present:

  1. Open your Kali home directory and create a new folder called python-hacking. All our future work will be done here.
  2. Open this folder in VS Code:

    Figure 2.15 – Folder structure inside VS Code

  3. Inside the python-hacking folder, create a new folder called m1-hello-world. Here we will test our virtual environment. Inside the m1-hello-world folder, create a new file called main.py.
  4. Check whether the Python package manager, pip, is installed properly in Kali using the following command in terminal:
    pip3 –version

    You should see the following output:

    Figure 2.16 – pip not installed

  5. If you see an output similar to the...
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