Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Second Edition

Preface

Kali Linux is a Linux distribution widely used by security professionals. It comes bundled with many tools to effectively perform a security assessment. It has tools categorized based on the different phases of a penetration test such as information gathering, vulnerability analysis, and exploitation phase to name a few. The latest version, Kali 2.0, was released at Black Hat USA 2015. Besides tools used in a network penetration test, Kali Linux also includes tools to perform web application security and database assessment.

Web applications have become an integral part of any network and they need special attention when performing a security assessment. Web penetration testing with Kali Linux is designed to be a guide for network penetration ...