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Effective Python Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Effective Python Penetration Testing Pen test your system like a pro and overcome vulnerabilities by leveraging Python scripts, libraries, and tools

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785280696
Length 164 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rejah Rehim Rejah Rehim
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Python Scripting Essentials FREE CHAPTER 2. Analyzing Network Traffic with Scapy 3. Application Fingerprinting with Python 4. Attack Scripting with Python 5. Fuzzing and Brute-Forcing 6. Debugging and Reverse Engineering 7. Crypto, Hash, and Conversion Functions 8. Keylogging and Screen Grabbing 9. Attack Automation 10. Looking Forward

Chapter 6. Debugging and Reverse Engineering

Debuggers are the main tools used for reverse engineering. With debuggers, we can perform analysis at runtime to understand the program. We can identify the call chains and track indirect calls. With debuggers, we can analyze and watch program runtime to guide our reverse engineering. In this chapter, we'll learn how to use debuggers in our scripts.

Topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

  • Portable executable analysis
  • Disassembling with Capstone
  • PEfile with Capstone
  • Debugging using PyDBG
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