Learn Kali Linux 2019

The current rise in hacking and security breaches makes it more important than ever to effectively pentest your environment, ensuring endpoint protection. This book will take you through the latest version of Kali Linux and help you use various tools and techniques to efficiently deal with crucial security aspects.
Through real-world examples, you’ll understand how to set up a lab and later explore core penetration testing concepts. Throughout the course of this book, you’ll get up to speed with gathering sensitive information and even discover different vulnerability assessment tools bundled in Kali Linux 2019. In later chapters, you’ll gain insights into concepts such as social engineering, attacking wireless networks, exploitation of web applications and remote access connections to further build on your pentesting skills. You’ll also focus on techniques such as bypassing controls, attacking the end user and maintaining persistence access through social media. Finally, this pentesting book covers best practices for performing complex penetration testing techniques in a highly secured environment.
By the end of this book, you’ll be able to use Kali Linux to detect vulnerabilities and secure your system by applying penetration testing techniques of varying complexity.

Type
ebook
Category
publication date
2019-11-14
what you will learn

Explore the fundamentals of ethical hacking
Learn how to install and configure Kali Linux
Get up to speed with performing wireless network pentesting
Gain insights into passive and active information gathering
Understand web application pentesting
Decode WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryptions using a variety of methods, such as the fake authentication attack, the ARP request replay attack, and the dictionary attack

no of pages
550
duration
1100
approach
This book follows a practical approach and proven methods to maintain top notch security of your networks.
audience
If you are an IT security professional or a security consultant who wants to get started with penetration testing using Kali Linux 2019.2, then this book is for you. The book will also help if you're simply looking to learn more about ethical hacking and various security breaches. Although prior knowledge of Kali Linux is not necessary, some understanding of cybersecurity will be useful.
meta description
Explore the latest ethical hacking tools and techniques in Kali Linux 2019 to perform penetration testing from scratch
short description
The current trend of various hacking and security breaches displays how important it has become to pentest your environment, to ensure end point protection. This book will take you through the latest version of Kali Linux to efficiently deal with various crucial security aspects such as confidentiality, integrity, access control and authentication.
subtitle
Perform powerful penetration testing using Kali Linux, Metasploit, Nessus, Nmap, and Wireshark
keywords
Kali Linux, Kali linux 2018.2, Kali, Pentesting, Penetration testing, Malware analysis, Vulnerabilities, attacks. Kali Linux revealed
Product ISBN
9781789611809