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Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing, Second Edition

You're reading from   Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing, Second Edition Secure your network with Kali Linux – the ultimate white hat hackers' toolkit

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787120235
Length 510 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Vijay Kumar Velu Vijay Kumar Velu
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Preface 1. Goal-Based Penetration Testing FREE CHAPTER 2. Open Source Intelligence and Passive Reconnaissance 3. Active Reconnaissance of External and Internal Networks 4. Vulnerability Assessment 5. Physical Security and Social Engineering 6. Wireless Attacks 7. Reconnaissance and Exploitation of Web-Based Applications 8. Attacking Remote Access 9. Client-Side Exploitation 10. Bypassing Security Controls 11. Exploitation 12. Action on the Objective 13. Privilege Escalation 14. Command and Control

Understanding the BeEF browser

When the BeEF control panel is launched, it will present the Getting Started screen, featuring links to the online site as well as the demonstration pages, which can be used to validate the various attacks. The BeEF control panel is shown in the following screenshot:

If you have hooked a victim, the interface will be divided into two panels:

  • On the left-hand side of the panel we have Hooked Browsers; the tester can see every connected browser listed with information about its host operating system, browser type, IP address, and installed plugins. Because BeEF sets a cookie to identify victims, it can refer back to this information and maintain a consistent list of victims.
  • The right-hand side of the panel is where all of the actions are initiated and the results are obtained. In the Commands tab, we see a categorized repository of the different...
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