Improving your Penetration Testing Skills - Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez, Juned Ahmed Ansari, Daniel Teixeira, Abhinav Singh

Improving your Penetration Testing Skills

Strengthen your defense against web attacks with Kali Linux and Metasploit
Buch | Softcover
712 Seiten
2019
Packt Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-83864-607-3 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
This Learning Path is your easy reference to know all about penetration testing or ethical hacking. With more than 100 recipes, you’ll become a master of the most widely used penetration testing framework and easily tackle command injection flaws, crypto implementation layers, and web application security holes.
Evade antiviruses and bypass firewalls with the most widely used penetration testing frameworks

Key Features

Gain insights into the latest antivirus evasion techniques
Set up a complete pentesting environment using Metasploit and virtual machines
Discover a variety of tools and techniques that can be used with Kali Linux

Book DescriptionPenetration testing or ethical hacking is a legal and foolproof way to identify vulnerabilities in your system. With thorough penetration testing, you can secure your system against the majority of threats.

This Learning Path starts with an in-depth explanation of what hacking and penetration testing is. You’ll gain a deep understanding of classical SQL and command injection flaws, and discover ways to exploit these flaws to secure your system. You'll also learn how to create and customize payloads to evade antivirus software and bypass an organization's defenses. Whether it’s exploiting server vulnerabilities and attacking client systems, or compromising mobile phones and installing backdoors, this Learning Path will guide you through all this and more to improve your defense against online attacks.

By the end of this Learning Path, you'll have the knowledge and skills you need to invade a system and identify all its vulnerabilities.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:



Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Third Edition by Juned Ahmed Ansari and Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez
Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook - Third Edition by Abhinav Singh , Monika Agarwal, et al

What you will learn

Build and analyze Metasploit modules in Ruby
Integrate Metasploit with other penetration testing tools
Use server-side attacks to detect vulnerabilities in web servers and their applications
Explore automated attacks such as fuzzing web applications
Identify the difference between hacking a web application and network hacking
Deploy Metasploit with the Penetration Testing Execution Standard (PTES)
Use MSFvenom to generate payloads and backdoor files, and create shellcode

Who this book is forThis Learning Path is designed for security professionals, web programmers, and pentesters who want to learn vulnerability exploitation and make the most of the Metasploit framework. Some understanding of penetration testing and Metasploit is required, but basic system administration skills and the ability to read code are a must.

Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez is an experienced penetration tester currently working for one of the top security testing service providers in Australia. He obtained leading security and penetration testing certifications, namely Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), EC-Council Certified Security Administrator (ECSA), and GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN). Gilberto has been working as a penetration tester since 2013, and he has been a security enthusiast for almost 20 years. He has successfully conducted penetration tests on networks and applications of some of the biggest corporations, government agencies, and financial institutions in Mexico and Australia. Juned Ahmed Ansari is a cyber security researcher based out of Mumbai. He currently leads the penetration testing and offensive security team in a prodigious MNC. Juned has worked as a consultant for large private sector enterprises, guiding them on their cyber security program. He has also worked with start-ups, helping them make their final product secure. Juned has conducted several training sessions on advanced penetration testing, which were focused on teaching students stealth and evasion techniques in highly secure environments. His primary focus areas are penetration testing, threat intelligence, and application security research.  Daniel Teixeira is an IT security expert, author, and trainer, specializing in red team engagements, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessments. His main areas of focus are adversary simulation, emulation of modern adversarial tactics, techniques and procedures; vulnerability research, and exploit development. Abhinav Singh is a well-known information security researcher. He is the author of Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook (first and second editions) and Instant Wireshark Starter, by Packt. He is an active contributor to the security community—paper publications, articles, and blogs. His work has been quoted in several security and privacy magazines, and digital portals. He is a frequent speaker at eminent international conferences—Black Hat and RSA. His areas of expertise include malware research, reverse engineering,  and cloud security.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Penetration Testing and Web Applications
Setting Up Your Lab with Kali Linux
Reconnaissance and Profiling the Web Server
Authentication and Session Management Flaws
Detecting and Exploiting Injection-Based Flaws
Finding and Exploiting Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities
Cross-Site Request Forgery, Identification, and Exploitation
Attacking Flaws in Cryptographic Implementations
Using Automated Scanners on Web Applications
Metasploit Quick Tips for Security Professionals
Information Gathering and Scanning
Server-Side Exploitation
Meterpreter
Post-Exploitation
Using MSFvenom
Client-Side Exploitation and Antivirus Bypass
Social-Engineer Toolkit
Working with Modules for Penetration Testing

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Birmingham
Sprache englisch
Maße 75 x 93 mm
Themenwelt Informatik Netzwerke Sicherheit / Firewall
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge
Mathematik / Informatik Informatik Web / Internet
ISBN-10 1-83864-607-8 / 1838646078
ISBN-13 978-1-83864-607-3 / 9781838646073
Zustand Neuware
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