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Hands-On Penetration Testing with Kali NetHunter

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Product type Book
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781788995177
Pages 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Glen D. Singh Glen D. Singh
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Sean-Philip Oriyano Sean-Philip Oriyano
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters close

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
1. Introduction to Kali NetHunter 2. Understanding the Phases of the Pentesting Process 3. Intelligence-Gathering Tools 4. Scanning and Enumeration Tools 5. Penetrating the Target 6. Clearing Tracks and Removing Evidence from a Target 7. Packet Sniffing and Traffic Analysis 8. Targeting Wireless Devices and Networks 9. Avoiding Detection 10. Hardening Techniques and Countermeasures 11. Building a Lab 12. Selecting a Kali Device and Hardware 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Hardening mobile devices


Sometimes, when discussing the topic of smartphones, we hear an Android user mention that they have rooted their device. What is rooting? Within the Android ecosystem, rooting is refers to the  root-level access on the mobile device. Like Linux, the root user account is considered to be a user with super/full privileges on the system; since Android is Linux-based, gaining full administration privileges is called rooting.

Having a device with full access rights is awesome, which means you can install and modify the applications and system resources to fit your needs. However, rooting comes with many security risks for Android users. First, the device's warranty becomes null or void if it's rooted and it has a higher possibility of being infected with malware. During the process of rooting, a device may cause it to become unusable, or what Android users refer to as brick (unusable). While a user is able to install and make system modifications on a rooted device, this...

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