Penetration Testing Fundamentals: A Hands-On Guide to Reliable Security Audits, 1st edition

Published by Pearson IT Certification (6 March 2018) © 2018

  • William Easttom
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Title overview

Leading security expert, researcher, instructor, and author Chuck Easttom II has brought together all the essential knowledge in a single comprehensive guide that covers the entire penetration testing lifecycle. Easttom integrates concepts, terminology, challenges, and theory, and walks you through every step, from planning to effective post-test reporting. He presents a start-to-finish sample project relying on free open source tools, as well as quizzes, labs, and review sections throughout. Penetration Testing Fundamentals is also the only book to cover pentesting standards from NSA, PCI, and NIST.

Table of contents

  • 1. Introduction to Penetration Testing
  • 2. Standards
  • 3. Cryptography
  • 4. Reconnaissance
  • 5. Malware
  • 6. Hacking Windows
  • 7. Web Hacking
  • 8. Vulnerability Scanning
  • 9. Introduction To Linux
  • 10. Linux Hacking
  • 11. Introduction to Kali Linux
  • 12. General Techniques
  • 13. Introduction to Metasploit
  • 14. More with Metasploit
  • 15. Introduction to Scripting with Ruby
  • 16. Write Your Own Metasploit Exploits with Ruby
  • 17. General Hacking Knowledge
  • 18. Additional Pen Testing Topics
  • 19. A Sample Pen Test Project

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