The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy

The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy

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<p><i>The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing </i>serves as an introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test or perform an ethical hack. You learn how to properly utilize and interpret the results of modern day hacking tools; which are required to complete a penetration test. Tool coverage will include, Backtrack Linux, Google, Whois, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat, Netbus, and more. A simple and clean explanation of how to utilize these tools will allow you  to gain a solid understanding of each of the four phases and prepare them to take on more in-depth texts and topics. This book includes the use of a single example (pen test target) all the way through the book which allows you to clearly see how the tools and phases relate.</p><ul><li>Named a 2011 Best Hacking and Pen Testing Book by <i>InfoSec Reviews</i></li><li>Each chapter contains hands-on examples and exercises that are designed to teach you how to interpret the results and utilize those results in later phases.</li><li>Writen by an author who works in the field as a Penetration Tester and who teaches Offensive Security, Penetration Testing, and Ethical Hacking, and Exploitation classes at Dakota State University.</li><li>Utilizes the Backtrack Linus distribution and focuses on the seminal tools required to complete a penetration test.</li></ul>