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Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing – Fourth Edition

You're reading from   Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing – Fourth Edition Become a cybersecurity ethical hacking expert using Metasploit, Nmap, Wireshark, and Burp Suite

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801819770
Length 572 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Vijay Kumar Velu Vijay Kumar Velu
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Goal-Based Penetration Testing 2. Open-Source Intelligence and Passive Reconnaissance FREE CHAPTER 3. Active Reconnaissance of External and Internal Networks 4. Vulnerability Assessment 5. Advanced Social Engineering and Physical Security 6. Wireless and Bluetooth Attacks 7. Exploiting Web-Based Applications 8. Cloud Security Exploitation 9. Bypassing Security Controls 10. Exploitation 11. Action on the Objective and Lateral Movement 12. Privilege Escalations 13. Command and Control 14. Embedded Devices and RFID Hacking 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Vulnerability Assessment

The goal of passive and active reconnaissance is to identify an exploitable target, and the goal of vulnerability assessment is to find the security flaws that are most likely to support the tester’s or attacker’s objective (unauthorized access, modification of data, or denial of service). The vulnerability assessment during the exploit phase of the kill chain focuses on creating the access to achieve the objective mapping of the vulnerabilities to line up the exploits and maintain persistent access to the target.

Thousands of exploitable vulnerabilities have been identified, and most are associated with at least one proof-of-concept code file or technique to allow the system to be compromised. Nevertheless, the underlying principles that govern success are the same across networks, operating systems, and applications.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following:

  • Using online and local vulnerability resources
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