You're reading from The Ultimate Kali Linux Book Perform advanced penetration testing using Nmap, Metasploit, Aircrack-ng, and Empire

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801818933

Length 742 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Glen D. Singh

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Started with Penetration Testing FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Ethical Hacking

3. Chapter 2: Building a Penetration Testing Lab

4. Chapter 3: Setting Up for Advanced Hacking Techniques

5. Section 2: Reconnaissance and Network Penetration Testing

6. Chapter 4: Reconnaissance and Footprinting

7. Chapter 5: Exploring Active Information Gathering

8. Chapter 6: Performing Vulnerability Assessments

9. Chapter 7: Understanding Network Penetration Testing

10. Chapter 8: Performing Network Penetration Testing

11. Section 3: Red Teaming Techniques

12. Chapter 9: Advanced Network Penetration Testing — Post Exploitation

13. Chapter 10: Working with Active Directory Attacks

14. Chapter 11: Advanced Active Directory Attacks

15. Chapter 12: Delving into Command and Control Tactics

16. Chapter 13: Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing

17. Section 4: Social Engineering and Web Application Attacks

18. Chapter 14: Performing Client-Side Attacks – Social Engineering

19. Chapter 15: Understanding Website Application Security

20. Chapter 16: Advanced Website Penetration Testing

21. Chapter 17: Best Practices for the Real World

22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 13: Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing

As the number of mobile devices increases within the world, organizations are also increasing and improving their wireless networks. Wireless networking is very common, and companies are investing in their wireless network infrastructure to support mobile devices such as laptops and smart devices. As an aspiring penetration tester, it is vital to have a solid foundational knowledge of wireless networking and how to exploit the security vulnerabilities within enterprise wireless networks.

In this chapter, you will learn about the fundamentals of wireless networks and how penetration testers can perform reconnaissance on their target's wireless network. You will gain skills in compromising WPA, WPA2, and WPA3 wireless networks, as well as personal and enterprise networks. Furthermore, you will learn how to perform an AP-less attack, create a wireless honeypot, and techniques you can use to secure wireless networks.

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