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The Ultimate Kali Linux Book

You're reading from   The Ultimate Kali Linux Book Harness Nmap, Metasploit, Aircrack-ng, and Empire for cutting-edge pentesting

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835085806
Length 828 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Author (1):
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Glen D. Singh Glen D. Singh
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Ethical Hacking 2. Building a Penetration Testing Lab FREE CHAPTER 3. Setting Up for Advanced Penetration Testing Techniques 4. Passive Reconnaissance 5. Exploring Open-Source Intelligence 6. Active Reconnaissance 7. Performing Vulnerability Assessments 8. Understanding Network Penetration Testing 9. Performing Network Penetration Testing 10. Post-Exploitation Techniques 11. Delving into Command and Control Tactics 12. Working with Active Directory Attacks 13. Advanced Active Directory Attacks 14. Advanced Wireless Penetration Testing 15. Social Engineering Attacks 16. Understanding Website Application Security 17. Advanced Website Penetration Testing 18. Best Practices for the Real World 19. Index
Appendix

Performing AP-less Attacks

AP-less attacks are a type of wireless-based where the penetration tester sets up an access point to mimic a legitimate wireless network without the need to immediately access the legitimate targeted network. Sometimes, this type of attack is used to determine whether users unknowingly connect to malicious wireless networks that are pretending to be legitimate. In addition, this attack type can be used to capture the WPA handshake from a wireless client that contains the legitimate key for accessing a targeted wireless network.

In an AP-less attack, the access point or wireless router is not present in the vicinity but a wireless client such as a laptop or even a smartphone is broadcasting probes, seeking to establish a connection with a targeted wireless network that within its preferred network list. Penetration testers can attempt to retrieve the password/passphrase of a wireless network, even if the wireless router or access point is not present...

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