Book description
Learn how to hack systems like black hat hackers and secure them like security experts
Key Features
- Understand how computer systems work and their vulnerabilities
- Exploit weaknesses and hack into machines to test their security
- Learn how to secure systems from hackers
Book Description
This book starts with the basics of ethical hacking, how to practice hacking safely and legally, and how to install and interact with Kali Linux and the Linux terminal. You will explore network hacking, where you will see how to test the security of wired and wireless networks. You'll also learn how to crack the password for any Wi-Fi network (whether it uses WEP, WPA, or WPA2) and spy on the connected devices.
Moving on, you will discover how to gain access to remote computer systems using client-side and server-side attacks. You will also get the hang of post-exploitation techniques, including remotely controlling and interacting with the systems that you compromised. Towards the end of the book, you will be able to pick up web application hacking techniques. You'll see how to discover, exploit, and prevent a number of website vulnerabilities, such as XSS and SQL injections.
The attacks covered are practical techniques that work against real systems and are purely for educational purposes. At the end of each section, you will learn how to detect, prevent, and secure systems from these attacks.
What you will learn
- Understand ethical hacking and the different fields and types of hackers
- Set up a penetration testing lab to practice safe and legal hacking
- Explore Linux basics, commands, and how to interact with the terminal
- Access password-protected networks and spy on connected clients
- Use server and client-side attacks to hack and control remote computers
- Control a hacked system remotely and use it to hack other systems
- Discover, exploit, and prevent a number of web application vulnerabilities such as XSS and SQL injections
Who this book is for
Learning Ethical Hacking from Scratch is for anyone interested in learning how to hack and test the security of systems like professional hackers and security experts.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright and Credits
- Dedication
- Packt Upsell
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Setting Up a Lab
- Linux Basics
- Network Penetration Testing
- Pre-Connection Attacks
- Network Penetration Testing - Gaining Access
- Post-Connection Attacks
- Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
- Network Penetration Testing, Detection, and Security
- Gaining Access to Computer Devices
- Scanning Vulnerabilities Using Tools
- Client-Side Attacks
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Client-Side Attacks - Social Engineering
- Client-side attacks using social engineering
- Maltego overview
- Social engineering – linking accounts
- Social engineering – Twitter
- Social engineering – emails
- Social engineering – summary
- Downloading and executing AutoIt
- Changing the icon and compiling the payload
- Changing extensions
- Client-side attacks – TDM email spoofing
- Summary
- Attack and Detect Trojans with BeEF
- Attacks Outside the Local Network
- Post Exploitation
- Website Penetration Testing
- Website Pentesting - Information Gathering
- File Upload, Code Execution, and File Inclusion Vulnerabilities
- SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
- Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- Discovering Vulnerabilities Automatically Using OWASP ZAP
- Other Books You May Enjoy
Product information
- Title: Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2018
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781788622059
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