Mastering Metasploit. Exploit systems, cover your tracks, and bypass security controls with the Metasploit 5.0 framework - Fourth Edition

Nipun Jaswal

Updated for the latest version of Metasploit, this book will prepare you to face everyday cyberattacks by simulating real-world scenarios. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, Mastering Metasploit will help you gain insights into programming Metasploit modules and carrying out exploitation, as well as building and porting various kinds of exploits in Metasploit.Giving you the ability to perform tests on different services, including databases, IoT, and mobile, this Metasploit book will help you get to grips with real-world, sophisticated scenarios where performing penetration tests is a challenge. You'll then learn a variety of methods and techniques to evade security controls deployed at a target's endpoint. As you advance, you’ll script automated attacks using CORTANA and Armitage to aid penetration testing by developing virtual bots and discover how you can add custom functionalities in Armitage. Following real-world case studies, this book will take you on a journey through client-side attacks using Metasploit and various scripts built on the Metasploit 5.0 framework.By the end of the book, you’ll have developed the skills you need to work confidently with efficient exploitation techniques

Mastering Metasploit. Take your penetration testing and IT security skills to a whole new level with the secrets of Metasploit - Third Edition

Nipun Jaswal

We start by reminding you about the basic functionalities of Metasploit and its use in the most traditional ways. You’ll get to know about the basics of programming Metasploit modules as a refresher and then dive into carrying out exploitation as well building and porting exploits of various kinds in Metasploit.In the next section, you’ll develop the ability to perform testing on various services such as databases, Cloud environment, IoT, mobile, tablets, and similar more services. After this training, we jump into real-world sophisticated scenarios where performing penetration tests are a challenge. With real-life case studies, we take you on a journey through client-side attacks using Metasploit and various scripts built on the Metasploit framework.By the end of the book, you will be trained specifically on time-saving techniques using Metasploit.

Mastering Metasploit. With this tutorial you can improve your Metasploit skills and learn to put your network’s defenses to the ultimate test. The step-by-step approach teaches you the techniques and languages needed to become an expert

Nipun Jaswal

Metasploit 5.0 for Beginners. Perform penetration testing to secure your IT environment against threats and vulnerabilities - Second Edition

Sagar Rahalkar

Securing an IT environment can be challenging, however, effective penetration testing and threat identification can make all the difference. This book will help you learn how to use the Metasploit Framework optimally for comprehensive penetration testing.Complete with hands-on tutorials and case studies, this updated second edition will teach you the basics of the Metasploit Framework along with its functionalities. You’ll learn how to set up and configure Metasploit on various platforms to create a virtual test environment. Next, you’ll get hands-on with the essential tools. As you progress, you’ll learn how to find weaknesses in the target system and hunt for vulnerabilities using Metasploit and its supporting tools and components. Later, you'll get to grips with web app security scanning, bypassing anti-virus, and post-compromise methods for clearing traces on the target system. The concluding chapters will take you through real-world case studies and scenarios that will help you apply the knowledge you’ve gained to ethically hack into target systems. You’ll also discover the latest security techniques that can be directly applied to scan, test, ethically hack, and secure networks and systems with Metasploit.By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to use the Metasploit 5.0 Framework to exploit real-world vulnerabilities.

Metasploit. Receptury pentestera. Wydanie II

Abhinav Singh, Monika Agarwal

Najlepsze przepisy na bezpieczeństwo Twoich danych! Jeżeli Twój system przechowuje i przetwarza poufne informacje — dane osobowe, numery kart kredytowych, wiadomości e-mail, dane finansowe lub coś równie ważnego — jest łakomym kąskiem dla cyberprzestępców. Jeżeli wizja kradzieży Twoich danych spędza Ci sen z powiek i zastanawiasz się, jak najlepiej sprawdzić stan bezpieczeństwa Twojego systemu, to odpowiedź jest jedna — zaatakuj go sam! Testy penetracyjne to najskuteczniejsza metoda weryfikacji bezpieczeństwa. Metasploit to narzędzie używane przez profesjonalistów do prowadzenia testów penetracyjnych. Jeżeli chcesz poznać najlepsze przepisy na jego wykorzystanie, to trafiłeś na doskonałą książkę! Zawiera ona ponad 80 receptur omawiających najbardziej skuteczne techniki testowania. W trakcie lektury dowiesz się, jak sprawnie skonfigurować Metasploit, ominąć ochronę antywirusową oraz skanować porty w systemach. Ponadto nauczysz się prowadzić testy penetracyjne sieci bezprzewodowych, korzystać z exploitów oraz używać modułów pomocniczych. Od dawna wiadomo, że najsłabszym ogniwem w systemie bezpieczeństwa jest człowiek, dlatego warto zaznajomić się z rozdziałem omawiającym pakiet narzędzi socjotechnicznych — Social Engineer-Toolkit. Książka ta jest obowiązkową pozycją na półce każdego pentestera! Dzięki tej książce: zainstalujesz i skonfigurujesz narzędzie Metasploit wykorzystasz język Ruby do budowy skryptów przeprowadzisz testy penetracyjne sieci VoIP poznasz pakiet narzędzi socjotechnicznych skutecznie zweryfikujesz bezpieczeństwo systemu informatycznego Testy penetracyjne — zadbaj o bezpieczeństwo Twojego systemu!

Mroczne odmęty phishingu. Nie daj się złowić!

Christopher Hadnagy

Ofensywne i defensywne strony ataków e-mailowych Ataki za pomocą specjalnie spreparowanych wiadomości e-mail stały się jednym z najczęstszych i najbardziej uciążliwych zagrożeń. Mimo kampanii edukacyjnych i szeroko zakrojonych programów bezpieczeństwa phishing wciąż jest niezwykle skuteczną bronią przestępców. Jest tak, gdyż wykorzystuje odruchy, którymi kieruje się znakomita większość ludzi. Aby więc ochronić się przed atakiem, trzeba poznać zarówno podstawy ataków e-mailowych, jak i pewnych zasad psychologii i metod manipulacji ludzkim postępowaniem. Trzymasz w ręku świetny przewodnik po mrocznym świecie phishingu. Opisano tu formy tego rodzaju ataków, przedstawiono sposoby rozpoznawania fałszywych wiadomości e-mail czy sklonowanych stron internetowych. Omówiono również socjotechniczne aspekty phishingu, dzięki czemu lepiej zrozumiesz psychologiczne mechanizmy rządzące postępowaniem ofiary. Po lekturze tej książki będziesz również wiedział, jak udoskonalić firmowy system bezpieczeństwa, aby skutecznie odpierać ataki e-mailowe — nawet te bardzo wyrafinowane! W tej książce: opis słynnych włamań dokonanych za pomocą spreparowanych e-maili analiza celów ataku i korzyści, jakie osiągają atakujący psychologiczne i socjologiczne podstawy phishingu analiza przyczyn nieskuteczności firmowych programów budowania świadomości bezpieczeństwa informacji metody rozpoznawania ataków metody ochrony systemu informatycznego przed phishingiem Nie daj się złapać na haczyk! Strzeż swego bezpieczeństwa! Christopher Hadnagy jest założycielem spółki Social-Engineer. Od ponad 15 lat zajmuje się kwestiami bezpieczeństwa informacji. Specjalizuje się w badaniu socjotechnicznych metod zdobywania nieuprawnionego dostępu do informacji. Wzięty autor i aktywny uczestnik wielu konferencji. Michele Fincher jest behawiorystką, badaczką i ekspertką w dziedzinie bezpieczeństwa informacji. Pracowała dla Sił Powietrznych USA, gdzie zajmowała się bezpieczeństwem informacji, włączając w to wykłady w Air Force Academy. Obecnie przyczynia się do sukcesu firmy Social-Engineer.

Offensive Shellcode from Scratch. Get to grips with shellcode countermeasures and discover how to bypass them

Rishalin Pillay

Shellcoding is a technique that is executed by many red teams and used in penetration testing and real-world attacks. Books on shellcode can be complex, and writing shellcode is perceived as a kind of dark art. Offensive Shellcode from Scratch will help you to build a strong foundation of shellcode knowledge and enable you to use it with Linux and Windows.This book helps you to explore simple to more complex examples of shellcode that are used by real advanced persistent threat (APT) groups. You'll get to grips with the components of shellcode and understand which tools are used when building shellcode, along with the automated tools that exist to create shellcode payloads. As you advance through the chapters, you'll become well versed in assembly language and its various components, such as registers, flags, and data types. This shellcode book also teaches you about the compilers and decoders that are used when creating shellcode. Finally, the book takes you through various attacks that entail the use of shellcode in both Windows and Linux environments.By the end of this shellcode book, you'll have gained the knowledge needed to understand the workings of shellcode and build your own exploits by using the concepts explored.

Penetration Testing Azure for Ethical Hackers. Develop practical skills to perform pentesting and risk assessment of Microsoft Azure environments

David Okeyode, Karl Fosaaen, Charles Horton

“If you’re looking for this book, you need it.” — 5* Amazon ReviewCurious about how safe Azure really is? Put your knowledge to work with this practical guide to penetration testing. This book offers a no-faff, hands-on approach to exploring Azure penetration testing methodologies, which will get up and running in no time with the help of real-world examples, scripts, and ready-to-use source code.As you learn about the Microsoft Azure platform and understand how hackers can attack resources hosted in the Azure cloud, you'll find out how to protect your environment by identifying vulnerabilities, along with extending your pentesting tools and capabilities. First, you’ll be taken through the prerequisites for pentesting Azure and shown how to set up a pentesting lab. You'll then simulate attacks on Azure assets such as web applications and virtual machines from anonymous and authenticated perspectives.In the later chapters, you'll learn about the opportunities for privilege escalation in Azure tenants and ways in which an attacker can create persistent access to an environment.By the end of this book, you'll be able to leverage your ethical hacking skills to identify and implement different tools and techniques to perform successful penetration tests on your own Azure infrastructure.

Penetration Testing with BackBox. This tutorial will immerse you in the fascinating environment of penetration testing. Thoroughly practical and written for ease of understanding, it will give you the insights and knowledge you need to start using BackBox

Stefan Umit Uygur

Penetration Testing with Raspberry Pi. Construct a hacking arsenal for penetration testers or hacking enthusiasts using Kali Linux on a Raspberry Pi

Joseph Muniz, Joseph Muniz, Aamir Lakhani

Penetration Testing with the Bash shell. Make the most of Bash shell and Kali Linux’s command line based security assessment tools

Keith Harald Esrick Makan

Pentesting Industrial Control Systems. An ethical hacker's guide to analyzing, compromising, mitigating, and securing industrial processes

Paul Smith

The industrial cybersecurity domain has grown significantly in recent years. To completely secure critical infrastructure, red teams must be employed to continuously test and exploit the security integrity of a company's people, processes, and products.This is a unique pentesting book, which takes a different approach by helping you gain hands-on experience with equipment that you’ll come across in the field. This will enable you to understand how industrial equipment interacts and operates within an operational environment.You'll start by getting to grips with the basics of industrial processes, and then see how to create and break the process, along with gathering open-source intel to create a threat landscape for your potential customer. As you advance, you'll find out how to install and utilize offensive techniques used by professional hackers. Throughout the book, you'll explore industrial equipment, port and service discovery, pivoting, and much more, before finally launching attacks against systems in an industrial network.By the end of this penetration testing book, you'll not only understand how to analyze and navigate the intricacies of an industrial control system (ICS), but you'll also have developed essential offensive and defensive skills to proactively protect industrial networks from modern cyberattacks.

Performance Testing with JMeter 3. Enhance the performance of your web application - Third Edition

Bayo Erinle

JMeter is a Java application designed to load and test performance for web application. JMeter extends to improve the functioning of various other static and dynamic resources. This book is a great starting point to learn about JMeter. It covers the new features introduced with JMeter 3 and enables you to dive deep into the new techniques needed for measuring your website performance.The book starts with the basics of performance testing and guides you through recording your first test scenario, before diving deeper into JMeter. You will also learn how to configure JMeter and browsers to help record test plans.Moving on, you will learn how to capture form submission in JMeter, dive into managing sessions with JMeter and see how to leverage some of the components provided by JMeter to handle web application HTTP sessions. You will also learn how JMeter can help monitor tests in real-time.Further, you will go in depth into distributed testing and see how to leverage the capabilities of JMeter to accomplish this. You will get acquainted with some tips and best practices with regard to performance testing. By the end of the book, you will have learned how to take full advantage of the real power behind Apache JMeter.

Pocket CIO - The Guide to Successful IT Asset Management. Get to grips with the fundamentals of IT Asset Management, Software Asset Management, and Software License Compliance Audits with this guide

Phara McLachlan

This book is a detailed IT Asset Management (ITAM) guidebook with real-world templates that can be converted into working ITAM documents. It is a step-by-step IT Asset Management manual for the newbies as well as the seasoned ITAM veterans, providing a unique insight into asset management. It discusses how risk management has changed over time and the possible solutions needed to address the new normal. This book is your perfect guide to create holistic IT Asset Management and Software Asset Management programs that close the risk gaps, increases productivity and results in cost efficiencies. It allows the IT Asset Managers, Software Asset Managers, and/or the full ITAM program team to take a deep dive by using the templates offered in the guidebook. You will be aware of the specific roles and responsibilities for every aspect of IT Asset Management, Software Asset Management, and Software License Compliance Audit Response. By the end of this book, you will be well aware of what IT and Software Asset Management is all about and the different steps, processes, and roles required to truly master it.

PowerShell for Penetration Testing. Explore the capabilities of PowerShell for pentesters across multiple platforms

Dr. Andrew Blyth, Campbell Murray

PowerShell for Penetration Testing is a comprehensive guide designed to equip you with the essential skills you need for conducting effective penetration tests using PowerShell.You'll start by laying a solid foundation by familiarizing yourself with the core concepts of penetration testing and PowerShell scripting. In this part, you'll get up to speed with the fundamental scripting principles and their applications across various platforms. You’ll then explore network enumeration, port scanning, exploitation of web services, databases, and more using PowerShell tools. Hands-on exercises throughout the book will solidify your understanding of concepts and techniques. Extending the scope to cloud computing environments, particularly MS Azure and AWS, this book will guide you through conducting penetration tests in cloud settings, covering governance, reconnaissance, and networking intricacies. In the final part, post-exploitation techniques, including command-and-control structures and privilege escalation using PowerShell, will be explored. This section encompasses post-exploitation activities on both Microsoft Windows and Linux systems.By the end of this book, you’ll have covered concise explanations, real-world examples, and exercises that will help you seamlessly perform penetration testing techniques using PowerShell.

Practical Hardware Pentesting. A guide to attacking embedded systems and protecting them against the most common hardware attacks

Jean-Georges Valle

If you’re looking for hands-on introduction to pentesting that delivers, then Practical Hardware Pentesting is for you. This book will help you plan attacks, hack your embedded devices, and secure the hardware infrastructure.Throughout the book, you will see how a specific device works, explore the functional and security aspects, and learn how a system senses and communicates with the outside world. You’ll set up a lab from scratch and then gradually work towards an advanced hardware lab—but you’ll still be able to follow along with a basic setup. As you progress, you’ll get to grips with the global architecture of an embedded system and sniff on-board traffic, learn how to identify and formalize threats to the embedded system, and understand its relationship with its ecosystem. You’ll discover how to analyze your hardware and locate its possible system vulnerabilities before going on to explore firmware dumping, analysis, and exploitation. The reverse engineering chapter will get you thinking from an attacker point of view; you’ll understand how devices are attacked, how they are compromised, and how you can harden a device against the most common hardware attack vectors. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with security best practices and understand how they can be implemented to secure your hardware.