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Kali Linux 2 ??? Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Kali Linux 2 ??? Assuring Security by Penetration Testing Achieve the gold standard in penetration testing with Kali using this masterpiece, now in its third edition!

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785888427
Length 572 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Tedi Heriyanto Tedi Heriyanto
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Gerard Johansen Gerard Johansen
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Gerard Johansen
Lee Allen Lee Allen
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Shakeel Ali Shakeel Ali
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Preface 1. Beginning with Kali Linux FREE CHAPTER 2. Penetration Testing Methodology 3. Target Scoping 4. Information Gathering 5. Target Discovery 6. Enumerating Target 7. Vulnerability Mapping 8. Social Engineering 9. Target Exploitation 10. Privilege Escalation 11. Maintaining Access 12. Wireless Penetration Testing 13. Kali Nethunter 14. Documentation and Reporting A. Supplementary Tools B. Key Resources Index

Vulnerability and exploit repositories


For many years, a number of vulnerabilities have been reported in the public domain. Some of these were disclosed with the PoC exploit code to prove the feasibility and viability of a vulnerability found in the specific software or application. And, many still remain unaddressed. This competitive era of finding the publicly available exploits and vulnerability information makes it easier for penetration testers to quickly search and retrieve the best available exploit that may suit their target system environment. You can also port one type of exploit to another type (for example, Win32 architecture to Linux architecture) provided that you hold intermediate programming skills, and a clear understanding of OS-specific architecture. We have provided a combined set of online repositories that may help you to track down any vulnerability information, or its exploit, by searching through them.

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Not every single vulnerability found has been disclosed to...

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