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Python Ethical Hacking from Scratch

You're reading from   Python Ethical Hacking from Scratch Think like an ethical hacker, avoid detection, and successfully develop, deploy, detect, and avoid malware

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838829506
Length 214 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fahad Ali Sarwar Fahad Ali Sarwar
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: The Nuts and Bolts of Ethical Hacking – The Basics
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Hacking FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Getting Started – Setting Up a Lab Environment 4. Section 2: Thinking Like a Hacker – Network Information Gathering and Attacks
5. Chapter 3: Reconnaissance and Information Gathering 6. Chapter 4: Network Scanning 7. Chapter 5: Man in the Middle Attacks 8. Section 3: Malware Development
9. Chapter 6: Malware Development 10. Chapter 7: Advanced Malware 11. Chapter 8: Post Exploitation 12. Chapter 9: System Protection and Perseverance 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Integrated development environment

An IDE is a piece of software that helps us to write code efficiently. You can write Python script in a notepad as well; however, IDEs provide functionalities that help us to write code easily. There are a lot of options available. We will focus on free IDEs. The best option I found is Visual Studio Code (VS Code), which is completely free. Go ahead and download VS Code for both virtual OSes, Windows 10 and Kali: https://code.visualstudio.com/download.

Installation in Windows is simple: you need to follow the installer. Installation in Linux requires you to download a Debian package file. Open terminal and navigate to the location of the downloaded file. Then, run this command:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/file

Here's what it'll look like:

Figure 2.12 – VS Code installation in Kali

Note that it will prompt you for a password to install.

Once it is installed, you will have to install the extension. Open...

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