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Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch

You're reading from   Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch Your stepping stone to penetration testing

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788622059
Length 564 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Zaid Sabih Zaid Sabih
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Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up a Lab 3. Linux Basics 4. Network Penetration Testing 5. Pre-Connection Attacks 6. Network Penetration Testing - Gaining Access 7. Post-Connection Attacks 8. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks 9. Network Penetration Testing, Detection, and Security 10. Gaining Access to Computer Devices 11. Scanning Vulnerabilities Using Tools 12. Client-Side Attacks 13. Client-Side Attacks - Social Engineering 14. Attack and Detect Trojans with BeEF 15. Attacks Outside the Local Network 16. Post Exploitation 17. Website Penetration Testing 18. Website Pentesting - Information Gathering 19. File Upload, Code Execution, and File Inclusion Vulnerabilities 20. SQL Injection Vulnerabilities 21. Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities 22. Discovering Vulnerabilities Automatically Using OWASP ZAP 23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Client-side attacks using social engineering

So far, we've seen really good methods in client-side attacks. These methods were good because we didn't really need to ask the client to do anything. We would gain access to the target computer if the client updated their system, or, if they downloaded something, then we'd backdoor it on the fly. These methods are really good because we don't actually need to do something, so the target has to do an action, but we don't need to ask them to do something. The only problem with these methods is that we need to be the man in the middle, we either need to do the ARP poisoning, we need to start our own fake access point, or we need to do something to become the man in the middle.

In the next sections, we're going to talk about a method we can use if we aren't the man in the middle, if the person exists...

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