Intro; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part 1: Building the Foundation for Security Testing; Chapter 1: Introduction to Vulnerability and Penetration Testing; Straightening Out the Terminology; Recognizing How Malicious Attackers Beget Ethical Hackers; Understanding the Need to Hack Your Own Systems; Understanding the Dangers Your Systems Face; Following the Security Assessment Principles; Using the Vulnerability and Penetration Testing Process; Chapter 2: Cracking the Hacker Mindset
What You're Up AgainstWho Breaks into Computer Systems; Why They Do It; Planning and Performing Attacks; Maintaining Anonymity; Chapter 3: Developing Your Security Testing Plan; Establishing Your Goals; Determining Which Systems to Test; Creating Testing Standards; Selecting Security Assessment Tools; Chapter 4: Hacking Methodology; Setting the Stage for Testing; Seeing What Others See; Scanning Systems; Determining What's Running on Open Ports; Assessing Vulnerabilities; Penetrating the System; Part 2: Putting Security Testing in Motion; Chapter 5: Information Gathering
Gathering Public InformationMapping the Network; Chapter 6: Social Engineering; Introducing Social Engineering; Starting Your Social Engineering Tests; Knowing Why Attackers Use Social Engineering; Understanding the Implications; Performing Social Engineering Attacks; Social Engineering Countermeasures; Chapter 7: Physical Security; Identifying Basic Physical Security Vulnerabilities; Pinpointing Physical Vulnerabilities in Your Office; Chapter 8: Passwords; Understanding Password Vulnerabilities; Cracking Passwords; General Password Cracking Countermeasures; Securing Operating Systems
Part 3: Hacking Network HostsChapter 9: Network Infrastructure Systems; Understanding Network Infrastructure Vulnerabilities; Choosing Tools; Scanning, Poking, and Prodding the Network; Detecting Common Router, Switch, and Firewall Weaknesses; Putting Up General Network Defenses; Chapter 10: Wireless Networks; Understanding the Implications of Wireless Network Vulnerabilities; Choosing Your Tools; Discovering Wireless Networks; Discovering Wireless Network Attacks and Taking Countermeasures; Chapter 11: Mobile Devices; Sizing Up Mobile Vulnerabilities; Cracking Laptop Passwords
Cracking Phones and TabletsPart 4: Hacking Operating Systems; Chapter 12: Windows; Introducing Windows Vulnerabilities; Choosing Tools; Gathering Information About Your Windows Vulnerabilities; Detecting Null Sessions; Checking Share Permissions; Exploiting Missing Patches; Running Authenticated Scans; Chapter 13: Linux and macOS; Understanding Linux Vulnerabilities; Choosing Tools; Gathering Information About Your System Vulnerabilities; Finding Unneeded and Unsecured Services; Securing the .rhosts and hosts.equiv Files; Assessing the Security of NFS; Checking File Permissions

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