Gus Khawaja - Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 14
6. Chapter 15
7. Chapter 17

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 15
16. Chapter 16
17. Chapter 17
18. Chapter 18
19. Appendix A
20. Appendix B

Gus Khawaja

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Gus Khawaja is an expert in application security and penetration testing. He is a cybersecurity consultant in Montreal, Canada, and has a depth of experience working with organizations to protect their assets from cyberattacks. He is a published author and an online instructor in the field of cybersecurity.

Corey Ball is a cybersecurity expert with more than 10 years of IT and cybersecurity leadership experience. He specializes in penetration testing APIs, web applications, and networks. He currently has more than 10 cybersecurity certifications including the OSCP, CISSP, CISM, and CCISO. Corey is a cybersecurity career mentor for Cybrary and the author of the upcoming book Hacking APIs. He has a bachelor of arts in English and philosophy from CSU Sacramento.

I have been fortunate to share my knowledge and expertise with my audience through Wiley. I hope this knowledge will make you the best expert in your career as a penetration tester.

I am especially grateful to my family who supported me to deliver 18 full chapters of this book. A full year of nonstop writing takes a lot of guts, but it's here for you, so take advantage of it.

I am blessed that I have background experience in programming that helped me a lot in my career as a penetration tester and as an application security expert. You will realize that these days, having skills in web application architecture will allow you to master this career.

Finally, I would like to thank Wiley's team members who supported me during the journey of writing this amazing book. Without this support, this book would never have seen the light of day!

Kali is a popular Linux distribution used by security professionals and is becoming an important tool for daily use and for certifications. Penetration testers need to master Kali's hundreds of tools for pentesting, digital forensics, and reverse engineering. Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible is a handson guide for getting the most from Kali Linux for pentesting. This book is for working cybersecurity professionals in offensive, handson roles, including red teamers, whitehat hackers, and ethical hackers. Defensive specialists will also find this book valuable, as they need to be familiar with the tools used by attackers.

This comprehensive pentesting book covers every aspect of the art and science of penetration testing. It covers topics like building a modern Dockerized environment, the basics of bash language in Linux, finding vulnerabilities in different ways, identifying false positives, and practical penetration testing workflows. You'll also learn to automate penetration testing with Python and dive into advanced subjects like buffer overflow, privilege escalation, and beyond.

By reading this book, you will:

• Gain a thorough understanding of the hundreds of penetration testing tools available in Kali Linux.
• Master the entire range of techniques for ethical hacking so you can be more effective in your job and gain coveted certifications.
• Learn how penetration testing works in practice and fill the gaps in your knowledge to become a pentesting expert.