What to read after Kali Linux - An Ethical Hacker's Cookbook?

Over 120 recipes to perform advanced penetration testing with Kali Linux

About This BookPractical recipes to conduct effective penetration testing using the powerful Kali LinuxLeverage tools like Metasploit, Wireshark, Nmap, and many more to detect vulnerabilities with easeConfidently perform networking and application attacks using task-oriented recipesWho This Book Is For

This book is aimed at IT security professionals, pentesters, and security analysts who have basic knowledge of Kali Linux and want to conduct advanced penetration testing techniques.

What You Will LearnInstalling, setting up and customizing Kali for pentesting on multiple platformsPentesting routers and embedded devicesBug hunting 2017Pwning and escalating through corporate networkBuffer overflows 101Auditing wireless networksFiddling around with software-defned radioHacking on the run with NetHunterWriting good quality reportsIn Detail

With the current rate of hacking, it is very important to pentest your environment in order to ensure advanced-level security. This book is packed with practical recipes that will quickly get you started with Kali Linux (version 2016.2) according to your needs, and move on to core functionalities. This book will start with the installation and configuration of Kali Linux so that you can perform your tests. You will learn how to plan attack strategies and perform web application exploitation using tools such as Burp, and Jexboss. You will also learn how to perform network exploitation using Metasploit, Sparta, and Wireshark. Next, you will perform wireless and password attacks using tools such as Patator, John the Ripper, and airoscript-ng. Lastly, you will learn how to create an optimum quality pentest report! By the end of this book, you will know how to conduct advanced penetration testing thanks to the book's crisp and task-oriented recipes.

Style and approach

This is a recipe-based book that allows you to venture into some of the most cutting-edge practices and techniques to perform penetration testing with Kali Linux.