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Learn Kali Linux 2019

You're reading from   Learn Kali Linux 2019 Perform powerful penetration testing using Kali Linux, Metasploit, Nessus, Nmap, and Wireshark

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789611809
Length 550 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Glen D. Singh Glen D. Singh
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Joshua Crumbaugh Joshua Crumbaugh
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Kali Linux Basics FREE CHAPTER
2. Introduction to Hacking 3. Setting Up Kali - Part 1 4. Setting Up Kali - Part 2 5. Getting Comfortable with Kali Linux 2019 6. Section 2: Reconnaissance
7. Passive Information Gathering 8. Active Information Gathering 9. Section 3: Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2019
10. Working with Vulnerability Scanners 11. Understanding Network Penetration Testing 12. Network Penetration Testing - Pre-Connection Attacks 13. Network Penetration Testing - Gaining Access 14. Network Penetration Testing - Post-Connection Attacks 15. Network Penetration Testing - Detection and Security 16. Client-Side Attacks - Social Engineering 17. Performing Website Penetration Testing 18. Website Penetration Testing - Gaining Access 19. Best Practices 20. Assessments 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exploiting weak encryption to steal credentials

Encryption plays is a key role in our daily lives; whether we are checking our emails on the go, browsing a favorite website, or simply sending a message to a friend, data encryption provides us with an acceptable level of privacy from prying eyes. Quite often, IT professionals don't always keep track of their compliance levels in maintaining encryption techniques to secure data on a system. This leads to a malicious user or hacker compromising a vulnerable system to retrieve confidential data due to poor encryption practices.

In this exercise, we will attempt to discover one of the most common vulnerabilities in encryption on a target. Once found, we will then exploit the weak encryption vulnerability.

To get started, perform the following steps:

  1. Download and set up the bee-box virtual machine. The bee-box file can be found...
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