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You're reading from Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter Spy on and protect vulnerable ecosystems using the power of Kali Linux for pentesting on the go

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2019

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788995177

Length 302 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Authors (2):

Sean-Philip Oriyano

Glen D. Singh

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Exploring Kali NetHunter FREE CHAPTER

2. Introduction to Kali NetHunter

3. Understanding the Phases of the Pentesting Process

4. Section 2: Common Pentesting Tasks and Tools

5. Intelligence-Gathering Tools

6. Scanning and Enumeration Tools

7. Penetrating the Target

8. Clearing Tracks and Removing Evidence from a Target

9. Section 3: Advanced Pentesting Tasks and Tools

10. Packet Sniffing and Traffic Analysis

11. Targeting Wireless Devices and Networks

12. Avoiding Detection

13. Hardening Techniques and Countermeasures

14. Building a Lab

15. Selecting a Kali Device and Hardware

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Setting up the lab

In this section, we are going to assemble all the pieces to have our fully operational penetration testing lab.

Step 1 – installing the hypervisor

First, download Oracle VM VirtualBox from its official website: www.virtualbox.org.

Once you've downloaded Oracle VM VirtualBox, complete the installation process and leave all the options as default. Once the installation is successful, you will be presented with the following window:

Another very popular hypervisor is VMware Workstation. However, this product is commercial (paid) unlike Oracle VM VirtualBox (free).

Step 2 –...

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Authors (2)

Glen D. Singh

Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity author, educator and SecOps professional. His areas of expertise are cybersecurity operations, offensive security tactics and techniques, and enterprise networking. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in cybersecurity and many industry certifications from top awarding bodies such as EC-Council, Cisco, and Check Point. Glen loves teaching and mentoring others while sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written many books, which focus on vulnerability discovery and exploitation, threat detection, intrusion analysis, incident response, network security, and enterprise networking. As an aspiring game changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.

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Oriyano

Sean-Philip Oriyano is a long-time security professional. Over the past 25 years, he has divided his time between performing security research, consulting, and delivering training in the fields of both general IT and cyber security. He is also a best-selling author with many years' experience in both digital and print media. Sean has published several books over the past decade and has expanded his reach further by appearing on TV and radio shows. Additionally, Sean is a chief warrant officer (CWO) and unit commander specializing in cyber security training, development, and strategy. As a CWO, he is recognized as an SME in his field and is frequently called upon to provide expertise, training, and mentoring wherever needed.

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