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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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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

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

Social Engineering Toolkit


The Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) is an advanced, multifunctional, and easy-to-use computer-assisted social engineering toolset created by the founders of TrustedSec (https://www.trustedsec.com/). It helps you prepare the most effective way to exploit client-side application vulnerabilities, and makes a fascinating attempt to capture the target's confidential information (for example, e-mail passwords).

Some of the most efficient and useful attack methods employed by SET include targeted phishing e-mails with a malicious file attachment, Java applet attacks, browser-based exploitation, gathering website credentials, creating infectious portable media (USB/DVD/CD), mass-mailer attacks, and other similar multi-attack web vectors. This combination of attack methods provides you with a powerful platform to utilize and select the most persuasive technique that could perform an advanced attack against a human element.

To start SET, navigate to Applications | Exploitation...

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