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Penetration Testing Bootcamp

You're reading from Penetration Testing Bootcamp Quickly get up and running with pentesting techniques

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787288744

Length 258 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Author (1):

Jason Beltrame

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Planning and Preparation FREE CHAPTER

2. Information Gathering

3. Setting up and maintaining the Command and Control Server

4. Vulnerability Scanning and Metasploit

5. Traffic Sniffing and Spoofing

6. Password-based Attacks

7. Attacks on the Network Infrastructure

8. Web Application Attacks

9. Cleaning Up and Getting Out

10. Writing Up the Penetration Testing Report

What you need for this book

To be able to utilize the concepts and examples in this book, having a Raspberry Pi 3 with Kali Linux is definitely recommended. It is also recommended to have additional workstations/laptops available to help not only test but also process some of the more hardware intensive tools. Kali Linux is the operating system of choice as well as the other utilities/tools that are discussed in this book . These are all open source, meaning they are free to download and use. The hardware and software covered in this book are not required if you are just looking to learn about the process of penetration testing.

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Authors (1)

Jason Beltrame

Jason Beltrame

Jason Beltrame is a Systems Engineer for Cisco, living in the Eastern Pennsylvania Area. He has worked in the Network and Security field for 18 years, with the last 2 years as a Systems Engineer, and the prior 16 years on the operational side as a Network Engineer. During that time, Jason has achieved the following certifications: CISSP, CCNP, CCNP Security, CCDP, CCSP, CISA, ITILv2, and VCP5. He is a graduate from DeSales University with a BS in Computer Science. He has a passion for security and loves learning. In his current role at Cisco, Jason focuses on Security and Enterprise Networks, but as a generalist SE, he covers all aspects of technology. Jason works with commercial territory customers, helping them achieve their technology goals based on their individual business requirements. His 16 years of real-world experience allows him to relate with his customers and understand both their challenges and desired outcomes.

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