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Python for Offensive PenTest

You're reading from Python for Offensive PenTest A practical guide to ethical hacking and penetration testing using Python

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788838979

Length 176 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Ethical Hacking

Author (1):

Khrais

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

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Contributors

Preface

1. Warming up – Your First Antivirus-Free Persistence Shell FREE CHAPTER

2. Advanced Scriptable Shell

3. Password Hacking

4. Catch Me If You Can!

5. Miscellaneous Fun in Windows

6. Abuse of Cryptography by Malware

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Summary

In this chapter, we've discussed a wide range of topics ranging from introduction to encryption algorithms to discussing different types of algorithms. We've also implemented AES and RSA to protect the tunnel during passage of information.

With this, we've arrived at the end of the book! I hope you've learned some great techniques to test with Python.

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Authors (1)

Khrais

Khrais

Hussam is a Cloud Security Engineer at Amazon AWS and he loves cybersecurity and Python.

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