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Hands-On Web Penetration Testing with Metasploit

You're reading from Hands-On Web Penetration Testing with Metasploit The subtle art of using Metasploit 5.0 for web application exploitation

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789953527

Length 544 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Metasploit

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Authors (2):

Harpreet Singh

Himanshu Sharma

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Introduction to Web Application Penetration Testing FREE CHAPTER

3. Metasploit Essentials

4. The Metasploit Web Interface

5. The Pentesting Life Cycle with Metasploit

6. Using Metasploit for Reconnaissance

7. Web Application Enumeration Using Metasploit

8. Vulnerability Scanning Using WMAP

9. Vulnerability Assessment Using Metasploit (Nessus)

10. Pentesting Content Management Systems (CMSes)

11. Pentesting CMSes - WordPress

12. Pentesting CMSes - Joomla

13. Pentesting CMSes - Drupal

14. Performing Pentesting on Technological Platforms

15. Penetration Testing on Technological Platforms - JBoss

16. Penetration Testing on Technological Platforms - Apache Tomcat

17. Penetration Testing on Technological Platforms - Jenkins

18. Logical Bug Hunting

19. Web Application Fuzzing - Logical Bug Hunting

20. Writing Penetration Testing Reports

21. Assessment

22. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Further reading

The following link is an official blog post about Nessus, explaining why and how Nessus can be used with Metasploit:

https://www.tenable.com/blog/using-nessus-and-metasploit-together

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Authors (2)

Harpreet Singh

Harpreet Singh

Harpreet is a professional with 8+ years of experience in the field of Ethical Hacking, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Research & Red Teaming. He is the author of "Hands-On: Web Penetration Testing with Metasploit" and "Hands-On: Red Team Tactics" published by Packt Publishing. He's also an OSCP, OSWP, CRTP certified professional. Over the years of his experience, Harpreet has acquired the Offensive & Defensive skill set. He is a professional who specializes in Wireless & network exploitation including but not limited to Mobile exploitation, Web Application exploitation and he has also performed few Red Team Engagements in Banks & Financial Groups.

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Himanshu Sharma

Himanshu Sharma

Himanshu Sharma has been in the field of security since 2009 and has been listed in the halls of fame of Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and many more. He has helped celebrities such as Harbhajan Singh in recovering their hacked accounts. He has been a speaker at various conferences worldwide such as BotConf, CONFidence, Hack In the Box, SINCON, Sec-T, Hackcon, and numerous others. Currently, he is the co-founder of BugsBounty. He also authored multiple bestsellers titled "Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook", " Hands-On Red Team Tactics" and "Hands-On Web Pentesting with Metasploit."

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