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Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook Over 80 recipes on how to identify, exploit, and test web application security with Kali Linux 2

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784392918

Length 296 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Setting Up Kali Linux FREE CHAPTER

2. Reconnaissance

3. Crawlers and Spiders

4. Finding Vulnerabilities

5. Automated Scanners

6. Exploitation – Low Hanging Fruits

7. Advanced Exploitation

8. Man in the Middle Attacks

9. Client-Side Attacks and Social Engineering

10. Mitigation of OWASP Top 10

Index

Chapter 2. Reconnaissance

In this chapter, we will cover:

Scanning and identifying services with Nmap
Identifying a web application firewall
Watching the source code
Using Firebug to analyze and alter basic behavior
Obtaining and modifying cookies
Taking advantage of robots.txt
Finding files and folders with DirBuster
Password profiling with CeWL
Using John the Ripper to generate a dictionary
Finding files and folders with ZAP

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Authors (1)

Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez

Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez

Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez is an experienced penetration tester currently working for one of the top security testing service providers in Australia. He obtained leading security and penetration testing certifications, namely Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), EC-Council Certified Security Administrator (ECSA), and GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN).

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