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Python Penetration Testing Essentials

You're reading from Python Penetration Testing Essentials Techniques for ethical hacking with Python

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789138962

Length 230 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Ethical Hacking

Author (1):

Mohit Raj

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Python with Penetration Testing and Networking

2. Scanning Pentesting FREE CHAPTER

3. Sniffing and Penetration Testing

4. Network Attacks and Prevention

5. Wireless Pentesting

6. Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers

7. Foot Printing a Web Server and a Web Application

8. Client-Side and DDoS Attacks

9. Pentesting SQL and XSS

10. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Learning about cross-site scripting

In this section, we will discuss the Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. XSS attacks exploit vulnerabilities in dynamically-generated web pages, and this happens when invalidated input data is included in the dynamic content that is sent to the user's browser for rendering.

Cross-site attacks are of the following two types:

Persistent or stored XSS
Nonpersistent or reflected XSS

Persistent or stored XSS

In this type of attack, the attacker's input is stored in the web server. In several websites, you will have seen comment fields and a message box where you can write your comments. After submitting the comment, your comment is shown on the display page. Try to think of one instance...

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Authors (1)

Mohit Raj

Mohit Raj

Mohit Raj is a Python programmer with a keen interest in the field of information security. He completed his bachelor's degree in technology in computer science from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, and his masters in engineering (2012) in computer science from Thapar University, Patiala. He is a C|EH, ECSA from EC-Council USA and a former IBMer. Mohit currently works at Sapient, and has published several articles in national and international magazines. He is the author of Python Penetration Testing Essentials and Python: Penetration Testing for Developers, also by Packt Publishing.

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