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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838829506

Length 214 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Scratch

Concepts

Ethical Hacking

Author (1):

Fahad Ali Sarwar

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

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

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Network entities

Before proceeding, we will introduce a few network-related concepts that will be used throughout this book. Having prior knowledge of them is essential so that you have a complete understanding of this book.

Private IP address

An internet protocol (IP) address is a unique identifier that identifies a device in a network. An IP address is a 32-bit number. Whenever you connect to a new network, you are either assigned a new IP address by a Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server or you get an IP address stored in your system configuration if it is available. This is usually called a local/private IP address. More often than not, you will see this address in the form 192.168.1.x.

Important Note about IP Addresses

IP addresses are 32-bit, which means that there are only 2^32 = 4,294,967,295 internet addresses available. The IP address is an old protocol and when it was developed, there were not many internet-connected devices. At the time, 4 billion devices...

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