Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows

You're reading from   Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows Unleash Kali Linux, PowerShell, and Windows debugging tools for security testing and analysis

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788295666
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Phil Bramwell Phil Bramwell
Author Profile Icon Phil Bramwell
Phil Bramwell
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

1. Bypassing Network Access Control FREE CHAPTER 2. Sniffing and Spoofing 3. Windows Passwords on the Network 4. Advanced Network Attacks 5. Cryptography and the Penetration Tester 6. Advanced Exploitation with Metasploit 7. Stack and Heap Memory Management 8. Windows Kernel Security 9. Weaponizing Python 10. Windows Shellcoding 11. Bypassing Protections with ROP 12. Fuzzing Techniques 13. Going Beyond the Foothold 14. Taking PowerShell to the Next Level 15. Escalating Privileges 16. Maintaining Access 17. Tips and Tricks 18. Assessment 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary


In this chapter, we introduced fuzzing as a testing methodology as well as an exploit research tool. We started out with mutation fuzzing over the network to test an FTP server's handling of mutated authentication requests. With the information learned, we moved on to developing Python scripts that automate the fuzzing process. While we were exploring Python fuzzing, we built a fuzzing server to provide input to a vulnerable FTP client. With both pieces of software, the goal was to crash them and learn what input from the fuzzer caused the crash. We wrapped up by looking at these crashes from a low-level register memory perspective. This was accomplished by attaching WinDbg to the vulnerable processes and examining memory after the crash. With Metasploit's offset discovery tools, we demonstrated how to use debugging and fuzzing to write precise exploits.

In the next chapter, we will take a deeper look into the post-exploitation phase of a penetration, so we can learn how hackers turn...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime