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The Ultimate Kali Linux Book

You're reading from The Ultimate Kali Linux Book Harness Nmap, Metasploit, Aircrack-ng, and Empire for cutting-edge pentesting

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835085806

Length 828 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Glen D. Singh

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Ethical Hacking

2. Building a Penetration Testing Lab FREE CHAPTER

3. Setting Up for Advanced Penetration Testing Techniques

4. Passive Reconnaissance

5. Exploring Open-Source Intelligence

6. Active Reconnaissance

7. Performing Vulnerability Assessments

8. Understanding Network Penetration Testing

9. Performing Network Penetration Testing

10. Post-Exploitation Techniques

11. Delving into Command and Control Tactics

12. Working with Active Directory Attacks

13. Advanced Active Directory Attacks

14. Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing

15. Social Engineering Attacks

16. Understanding Website Application Security

17. Advanced Website Penetration Testing

18. Best Practices for the Real World

19. Index

Appendix

Setting up a hypervisor and virtual networks

There are many hypervisors from various vendors in the information technology industry. However, Oracle VM VirtualBox is a free and simple-to-use hypervisor that has all the essential features of commercial (paid) products. In this section, you will learn how to set up Oracle VM VirtualBox and create virtual networks on your computer.

Before getting started, the following are important factors and requirements:

Ensure the computer’s processor supports virtualization features, such as VT-x/AMD-V.
Ensure the virtualization feature is enabled on your processor via the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) / Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware.

If you’re unsure how to access the BIOS/UEFI on your computer, please check the manual of the device or the vendor’s website for specific instructions.

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Part 1 – setting up the hypervisor...

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Authors (1)

Glen D. Singh

Glen D. Singh

Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity author, educator and SecOps professional. His areas of expertise are cybersecurity operations, offensive security tactics and techniques, and enterprise networking. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in cybersecurity and many industry certifications from top awarding bodies such as EC-Council, Cisco, and Check Point. Glen loves teaching and mentoring others while sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written many books, which focus on vulnerability discovery and exploitation, threat detection, intrusion analysis, incident response, network security, and enterprise networking. As an aspiring game changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.

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