Basic Security Testing with Kali Linux

With computer hacking attacks making headline news on a frequent occasion, it is time for companies and individuals to take a more active stance in securing their computer systems.

Kali Linux is an Ethical Hacking platform that allows good guys to use the same tools and techniques that a hacker would use so they can find issues with their security before the bad guys do.

In “Basic Security Testing with Kali Linux”, you will learn basic examples of how hackers find out information about your company, locate weaknesses in your security and how they gain access to your system.

This hands-on, step by step learning book covers topics like:

• Kali Linux Introduction and Overview
• Metasploit & Metasploitable 2 Tutorials
• Information Gathering
• A section on Shodan (the “Hacker’s Google”)
• Exploiting Windows and Linux Systems
• Escalating Privileges in Windows
• Wireless (WiFi) Attacks
• Social Engineering Attacks
• Password Attacks
• Kali on a Raspberry Pi
• Securing your Network

Though no network can be completely “Hacker Proof”, knowing how an attacker works will help put you on the right track of better securing your network.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction

Part 1: Installing and Basic Overview
Chapter 2 – Installing Kali with VMWare Player

Part 2 – Metasploit Tutorial
Chapter 3 – Introduction to Metasploit
Chapter 4 – Meterpreter Shell

Part 3 – Information Gathering & Mapping
Chapter 5 – Recon Tools
Chapter 6 – Shodan

Part 4 – Attacking Hosts
Chapter 7 – Metasploitable Tutorial – Part One
Chapter 8 – Metasploitable – Part Two: Scanners
Chapter 9 – Windows AV Bypass with Veil
Chapter 10 – Windows Privilege Escalation by Bypassing UAC
Chapter 11 – Packet Captures and Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
Chapter 12 – Using the Browser Exploitation Framework

Part 5 – Social Engineering
Chapter 13 – Social Engineering
Chapter 14 – The Social Engineering Toolkit
Chapter 15 – Subterfuge

Part 6 – Password Attacks
Chapter 16 – Cracking Simple LM Hashes
Chapter 17 – Pass the Hash
Chapter 18 – Mimikatz Plain Text Passwords
Chapter 19 – Mimikatz and Utilman
Chapter 20 – Keyscan and Lockout Keylogger
Chapter 21 – HashCat
Chapter 22 – Wordlists
Chapter 23 – Cracking Linux Passwords

Part 7 – Router and Wi-Fi Attacks
Chapter 24 – Router Attacks
Chapter 25 – Wireless Network Attacks
Chapter 26 – Fern WIFI Cracker
Chapter 27 – Wi-Fi Testing with WiFite
Chapter 28 – Kismet
Chapter 29 – Easy Creds

Part 8 – Raspberry Pi
Chapter 30 – Installing Kali on a Raspberry Pi
Chapter 31 – WiFi Pentesting on a Raspberry Pi

Part 9 – Defending your Network
Chapter 32 – Network Defense and Conclusion