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Kali Linux 2 – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Third Edition

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  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Kali Linux 2 – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing Third Edition
  4. Kali Linux 2 – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing Third Edition
  5. Credits
  6. Disclaimer
  7. About the Authors
  8. About the Reviewer
  9. www.PacktPub.com
  10. Preface
  11. What you need for this book
  12. Who this book is for
  13. Conventions
  14. Reader feedback
  15. Customer support
  16. 1. Beginning with Kali Linux
  17. Kali Linux tool categories
  18. Downloading Kali Linux
  19. Using Kali Linux
  20. Configuring the virtual machine
  21. Updating Kali Linux
  22. Network services in Kali Linux
  23. Installing a vulnerable server
  24. Installing additional weapons
  25. Summary
  26. 2. Penetration Testing Methodology
  27. Vulnerability assessment versus penetration testing
  28. Security testing methodologies
  29. General penetration testing framework
  30. Information gathering
  31. The ethics
  32. Summary
  33. 3. Target Scoping
  34. Preparing the test plan
  35. Profiling test boundaries
  36. Defining business objectives
  37. Project management and scheduling
  38. Summary
  39. 4. Information Gathering
  40. Using public resources
  41. Querying the domain registration information
  42. Analyzing the DNS records
  43. Getting network routing information
  44. Utilizing the search engine
  45. Metagoofil
  46. Accessing leaked information
  47. Summary
  48. 5. Target Discovery
  49. Identifying the target machine
  50. OS fingerprinting
  51. Summary
  52. 6. Enumerating Target
  53. Understanding the TCP/IP protocol
  54. Understanding the TCP and UDP message format
  55. The network scanner
  56. Unicornscan
  57. Zenmap
  58. Amap
  59. SMB enumeration
  60. SNMP enumeration
  61. VPN enumeration
  62. Summary
  63. 7. Vulnerability Mapping
  64. Vulnerability taxonomy
  65. Automated vulnerability scanning
  66. Network vulnerability scanning
  67. Web application analysis
  68. Fuzz analysis
  69. Database assessment tools
  70. Summary
  71. 8. Social Engineering
  72. Attack process
  73. Attack methods
  74. Social Engineering Toolkit
  75. Summary
  76. 9. Target Exploitation
  77. Vulnerability and exploit repositories
  78. Advanced exploitation toolkit
  79. MSFConsole
  80. MSFCLI
  81. Ninja 101 drills
  82. Writing exploit modules
  83. Summary
  84. 10. Privilege Escalation
  85. Password attack tools
  86. Network spoofing tools
  87. Network sniffers
  88. Summary
  89. 11. Maintaining Access
  90. Working with tunneling tools
  91. Creating web backdoors
  92. Summary
  93. 12. Wireless Penetration Testing
  94. Wireless network recon
  95. Wireless testing tools
  96. Post cracking
  97. Sniffing wireless traffic
  98. Summary
  99. 13. Kali Nethunter
  100. Installing Kali Nethunter
  101. Nethunter icons
  102. Nethunter tools
  103. Third-party applications
  104. Wireless attacks
  105. HID attacks
  106. Summary
  107. 14. Documentation and Reporting
  108. Types of reports
  109. The executive report
  110. The management report
  111. The technical report
  112. Network penetration testing report (sample contents)
  113. Preparing your presentation
  114. Post-testing procedures
  115. Summary
  116. A. Supplementary Tools
  117. Web application tools
  118. Network tool
  119. Summary
  120. B. Key Resources
  121. Paid incentive programs
  122. Reverse engineering resources
  123. Penetration testing learning resources
  124. Exploit development learning resources
  125. Penetration testing on a vulnerable environment
  126. Online web application challenges
  127. Virtual machines and ISO images
  128. Network ports
  129. Index

Post-testing procedures

Remediation measures, corrective steps, and recommendations are all terms referring to post-testing procedures. During this procedure, you act as an advisor to the remediation team at the target organization. In this capacity, you may be required to interact with a number of technical people with different backgrounds, so keep in mind that your social appearance and networking skills can be of great value here.

Additionally, it is not possible to hold all sets of knowledge required by the target IT environment unless you are trained for it. In such situations, it is quite challenging to handle and remediate every single piece of vulnerable resource without getting any support from a network of experts. We have constituted several generic guidelines that may help you in pushing critical recommendations to your client:

  • Revisit the network design and check for exploitable conditions at vulnerable resources pointed out in the report.
  • Concentrate on the edge-level or data-centric protection schemes to reduce the number of security threats before they strike with backend servers or workstations simultaneously.
  • Client-side or social engineering attacks are nearly impossible to resist but can be reduced by training the staff members with the latest countermeasures and awareness.
  • Mitigating system security issues as per the recommendations provided by the penetration tester may require additional investigation to ensure that any change in a system should not affect its functional characteristics.
  • Deploy verified and trusted third-party solutions (IDS/IPS, firewalls, content protection systems, antivirus, IAM technology, and so on) where necessary, and tune the engine to work securely and efficiently.
  • Use the divide-and-conquer approach to separate the secure network zones from insecure or public-facing entities on the target infrastructure.
  • Strengthen the skills of developers in coding secure applications that are a part of the target IT environment. Assessing application security and performing code audits can bring valuable returns to the organization.
  • Employ physical security countermeasures. Apply a multilayered entrance strategy with a secure environmental design, mechanical and electronic access control, intrusion alarms, CCTV monitoring, and personnel identification.
  • Update all the necessary security systems regularly to ensure their confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
  • Check and verify all the documented solutions provided as a recommendation to eliminate the possibility of intrusion or exploitation.