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Map your client’s attack surface with Kali Linux

Discover the craft of shellcode injection and managing multiple compromises in the environment

Understand both the attacker and the defender mindset

Description

Let’s be honest—security testing can get repetitive. If you’re ready to break out of the routine and embrace the art of penetration testing, this book will help you to distinguish yourself to your clients. This pen testing book is your guide to learning advanced techniques to attack Windows and Linux environments from the indispensable platform, Kali Linux. You'll work through core network hacking concepts and advanced exploitation techniques that leverage both technical and human factors to maximize success. You’ll also explore how to leverage public resources to learn more about your target, discover potential targets, analyze them, and gain a foothold using a variety of exploitation techniques while dodging defenses like antivirus and firewalls. The book focuses on leveraging target resources, such as PowerShell, to execute powerful and difficult-to-detect attacks. Along the way, you’ll enjoy reading about how these methods work so that you walk away with the necessary knowledge to explain your findings to clients from all backgrounds. Wrapping up with post-exploitation strategies, you’ll be able to go deeper and keep your access. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed in identifying vulnerabilities within your clients’ environments and providing the necessary insight for proper remediation.

What you will learn

Get to know advanced pen testing techniques with Kali Linux

Gain an understanding of Kali Linux tools and methods from behind the scenes

Get to grips with the exploitation of Windows and Linux clients and servers

Understand advanced Windows concepts and protection and bypass them with Kali and living-off-the-land methods

Get the hang of sophisticated attack frameworks such as Metasploit and Empire

Become adept in generating and analyzing shellcode

Build and tweak attack scripts and modules

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Roman Dec 13, 2022

The chapter related windows password provided an excellent overview of hashing and the importance of this technique to avoid password cracking. Another chapter that I really like was chapter eight, python fundamentals. It is my opinion that python scrips are an essential part of hacking and penetration testing.The book is very technical and had too many topics that are hard to grasp. More chapters should be devoted to the use of kali Linux and Python.Overall a very powerful book on the topic windows and Linux penetration testing.

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Tom0x Apr 25, 2023

Buy at own risk.

Windows and Linux Penetration Testing from Scratch: Harness the power of pen testing with Kali Linux for unbeatable hard-hitting results , Second Edition

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