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You're reading from Kali Linux Cookbook Effective penetration testing solutions

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784390303

Length 438 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Network Security

Authors (2):

Corey Schultz

Bob Perciaccante

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Installing Kali and the Lab Setup FREE CHAPTER

2. Reconnaissance and Scanning

3. Vulnerability Analysis

4. Finding Exploits in the Target

5. Social Engineering

6. Password Cracking

7. Privilege Escalation

8. Wireless Specific Recipes

9. Web and Database Specific Recipes

10. Maintaining Access

Cracking remote Windows machine passwords

In this recipe, we will crack a remote Windows machine password. In this case, we will assume we have already launched the attack through Armitage and have taken the hashes we need. Please refer to Chapter 4, Finding Exploits in the Target and the Advanced attacks with Armitage recipe if needed.

Getting ready

Let's ensure the following prerequisites:

Your Kali machine is powered up
You have started Armitage up and it's running
You have collected the needed hashes already from the remote machine

How to do it...

We will...

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Authors (2)

Corey Schultz

Corey P. Schultz is a technologist focusing on security research, Internet of Things, and the impact of technology on education and learning. He has over 20 years of experience in the security industry doing security architecture, penetration testing, incident response, and forensic analysis. Corey is currently a technical solutions architect for Cisco Systems Global Security Sales Organization. He works on a daily basis with large environments on designing and architecting secure enterprise networks. You can also find Corey active on Twitter @cschultz0000, where you can also see his schedule of speaking engagements and appearances.

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Perciaccante

Bob Perciaccante is seasoned information security practitioner who has been in the security field for almost 20 years. Currently, he is a consulting systems engineer for Cisco Systems in Pennsylvania where he has worked for the last 10 years focusing on network and data security, network access control, and secure network architectures. His primary day-to-day responsibilities focus on designing secure network solutions for his customers and working to train customers and partners on security solution implementations and daily operations to get the most out of their infrastructure. When not involved in security activities, Bob enjoys eclectic hobbies such as working on cars, 3D printing, and camping. Collaborating with his Cisco peer, Corey P. Schultz, this book is his first security publication.

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