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by Patrick Engebretson

The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy
by Patrick Engebretson

The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy<br>by Patrick Engebretson
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"Have you heard of penetration testing but have no idea what it entails? This is the perfect book to get you started, easy to read, does not assume prior knowledge, and is up-to-date. I strongly recommend Pat’s latest work." -Jared DeMott, Principle Security Researcher, Crucial Security, Inc.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What is Penetration Testing?
  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Backtrack Linux: Tools. Lots of Tools
  • Working with Backtrack: Starting the Engine
  • The Use and Creation of a Hacking Lab
  • Phases of a Penetration Test
  • Chapter Review
  • Summary

    Chapter 2: Reconnaissance
  • Introduction
  • HTTrack: Website Copier
  • Google Directives - Practicing your Google-Fu
  • The Harvester: Discovering and Leveraging Email Addresses
  • Whois
  • Netcraft
  • Host
  • Extracting Information From DNS
  • Extracting Information from Email Servers
  • MetaGooFil
  • Social Engineering
  • Sifting through the Intel to Finding Attackable Targets
  • How Do I Practice This Step?
  • Where Do I Go From Here?
  • Summary

    Chapter 3: Scanning
  • Introduction
  • Pings and Ping Sweeps
  • Port Scanning
  • Vulnerability Scanning
  • How Do I Practice This Step?
  • Where Do I Go From Here?
  • Summary

    Chapter 4: Exploitation
  • Introduction
  • Gaining Access to Remote Services with Medusa
  • Metasploit: Hacking, Hugh Jackman Style!
  • John the Ripper: King of the Password Crackers
  • Password Resetting: Kind of Like Driving a Bulldozer through the Side a Building
  • Sniffing Network Traffic
  • Macof: Making Chicken Salad Out of Chicken Sh*t
  • Fast-Track Autopwn: Breaking Out the M-60
  • How Do I Practice This Step?
  • Where Do I Go From Here?
  • Summary

  • Chapter 5: Web Based Exploitation
  • Introduction
  • Interrogating Web Servers: Nikto
  • Websecurify: Automated Web Vulnerability Scanning
  • Spidering: Crawling Your Target’s Website
  • Intercepting Requests with Web Scarab
  • Code Injection Attacks
  • Cross Site Scripting: Browsers that Trust Sites
  • How Do I Practice this Step?
  • Where Do I Go From Here?
  • Summary

    Chapter 6: Maintaining Access with Backdoors and Rootkits
  • Introduction
  • Netcat: The Swiss Army Knife
  • Netcat’s Cryptic Cousin: Cryptcat
  • Rootkits
  • Detecting and Defending Against Rootkits
  • How Do I Practice This Step?
  • Where Do I Go From Here?
  • Summary

    Chapter 7: Wrapping Up the Penetration Test
  • Introduction
  • Writing the Penetration Testing Report
  • You Don’t Have to Go Home but You Can’t Stay Here
  • Where Do I Go From Here?
  • Wrap up
  • The Circle of Life
  • Summary

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    Publisher: Elsevier/Syngress
    Page Count (est.): 159
    ISBN10: 1597496553
    ISBN13: 9781597496551
    Cover: Paperback
    Pub Date: 7/17/2011