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Utilize Python scripting to execute effective and efficient penetration tests About This Book Understand how and where Python scripts meet the need for penetration testing Familiarise yourself with the process of highlighting a specific methodology to exploit an environment to fetch critical data Develop your Python and penetration testing skills with real-world examples Who This Book Is For If you are a security professional or researcher, with knowledge of different operating systems and a conceptual idea of penetration testing, and you would like to grow your knowledge in Python, then this book is ideal for you. What You Will Learn Familiarise yourself with the generation of Metasploit resource files Use the Metasploit Remote Procedure Call (MSFRPC) to automate exploit generation and execution Use Python’s Scapy, network, socket, office, Nmap libraries, and custom modules Parse Microsoft Office spreadsheets and eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data files Write buffer overflows and reverse Metasploit modules to expand capabilities Exploit Remote File Inclusion (RFI) to gain administrative access to systems with Python and other scripting languages Crack an organization’s Internet perimeter Chain exploits to gain deeper access to an organization’s resources Interact with web services with Python In Detail Python is a powerful new-age scripting platform that allows you to build exploits, evaluate services, automate, and link solutions with ease. Python is a multi-paradigm programming language well suited to both object-oriented application development as well as functional design patterns. Because of the power and flexibility offered by it, Python has become one of the most popular languages used for penetration testing. This book highlights how you can evaluate an organization methodically and realistically. Specific tradecraft and techniques are covered that show you exactly when and where industry tools can and should be used and when Python fits a need that proprietary and open source solutions do not. Initial methodology, and Python fundamentals are established and then built on. Specific examples are created with vulnerable system images, which are available to the community to test scripts, techniques, and exploits. This book walks you through real-world penetration testing challenges and how Python can help. From start to finish, the book takes you through how to create Python scripts that meet relative needs that can be adapted to particular situations. As chapters progress, the script examples explain new concepts to enhance your foundational knowledge, culminating with you being able to build multi-threaded security tools, link security tools together, automate reports, create custom exploits, and expand Metasploit modules. Style and approach This book is a practical guide that will help you become better penetration testers and/or Python security tool developers. Each chapter builds on concepts and tradecraft using detailed examples in test environments that you can simulate.

What you will learn

Familiarise yourself with the generation of Metasploit resource files

Use the Metasploit Remote Procedure Call (MSFRPC) to automate exploit generation and execution

Use Python's Scapy, network, socket, office, Nmap libraries, and custom modules

Parse Microsoft Office spreadsheets and eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data files

Write buffer overflows and reverse Metasploit modules to expand capabilities

Exploit Remote File Inclusion (RFI) to gain administrative access to systems with Python and other scripting languages

Crack an organization's Internet perimeter

Chain exploits to gain deeper access to an organization's resources

Interact with web services with Python

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Andrew Feb 21, 2016

This textbook served as a detailed technical overview and guide for conducting network and system attacks using tools that you will build. You are first introduced to established assessment methodologies, to include the Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM), The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), and the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES). The PTES is the primary methodology referenced in the book.Several well-known and established penetration testing tools are covered, to include Metasploit, NMAP, Veil, and John the Ripper. An introductory chapter on Python coding is included for readers who have not used Python extensively before. The book covers nearly every phase in many cyber-attack methodologies, to include initial recon, exploitation, brute force attacks, lateral movement, and exploit development, all of which are covered from a Python developer's point-of-view. The author provided enough preliminary review information in each chapter to ensure the reader understands what is occurring and what is being affected with penetration tools they are developing.

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Choolwe Nalubamba Mar 14, 2016

Excellent book dealing with both concepts and their respective practical implementation.

Timoteo Jan 14, 2017

Great start to the subject. The author put in a good amount of time with some background/explanatory information. So, that was appreciated. I would, however, have liked the code to be written in Python 3.X, versus 2.X, since that's the direction the language is progressing towards.

Matt Mar 17, 2016

The best part about this book is that it isn't like the hundreds of others that make assumptions about prior knowledge. I was able to take it, understand its concepts, and apply them without having to look too far beyond. Some knowledge of penetration testing methodology and basic programming concepts apply, but this book doesn't require you to have taken advanced computer science sources prior to picking it up, understanding it, and applying it immediately. Very well done.

Nathan Apr 30, 2016

Learning Penetration Testing with Python by Christopher Duffy is a must have. This book takes the reader through the fundamentals of penetration testing in an easy-to-read fashion while demonstrating the functionality of Python and its uses in penetration testing. Unlike other hacking with Python books, this work does not assume that the reader is familiar with Python. This work does an excellent job of explaining key Python concepts at an introductory level. Likewise, as the reader progresses through the book, the reader is able to understand and implement more complex Python and penetration techniques. Although the primary focus of this book is the use of Python, it would not be complete without the use of other commonly used tools. The incorporation of Nmap, Metasploit, and other tools allows the reader to become familiar with those tools and incorporate them in Python scripting. This book provides a sound foundation for the reader to be able to develop his or her own tools.Anybody looking to learn Python or to learn more about penetration testing should buy this book. It is a good read and is definitely educational.

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