Ethical Hacking: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Learning Effective Ethical Hacking Strategies Hacker Basic Security, Networking Hackin

By: Myers, Erick

Book Overview

Learn how to hack systems like black hat hackers and secure them like security experts

Key Features:

Understand how computer systems work and their vulnerabilitiesExploit weaknesses and hack into machines to test their securityLearn how to secure systems from hackers

Book Description:

This book starts with ethical hacking basics, how to practice hacking safely and legally, and how to install and interact with Kali Linux and the Linux terminal. You will explore network hacking, where you will see how to test wired and wireless networks' security. You'll also learn how to crack the password for any Wi-Fi network (whether it uses WEP, WPA, or WPA2) and spy on the connected devices.

Moving on, you will discover how to gain access to remote computer systems using client-side and server-side attacks. You will also get the hang of post-exploitation techniques, including remotely controlling and interacting with the systems that you compromised. Towards the end of the book, you will be able to pick up web application hacking techniques. You'll see how to discover, exploit, and prevent several website vulnerabilities, such as XSS and SQL injections.

The attacks covered are practical techniques that work against real systems and are purely for educational purposes. At the end of each section, you will learn how to detect, prevent, and secure systems from these attacks.

What you will learn

Understand ethical hacking and the different fields and types of hackersSet up a penetration testing lab to practice safe and legal hackingExplore Linux basics, commands, and how to interact with the terminalAccess password-protected networks and spy on connected clientsUse server and client-side attacks to hack and control remote computersControl a hacked system remotely and use it to hack other systemsDiscover, exploit, and prevent some web application vulnerabilities such as XSS and SQL injections

Who this book is for

Learning Ethical Hacking from Scratch is for anyone interested in learning how to hack and test the security of systems like professional hackers and security experts.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1801565708
• ISBN13: 9781801565707
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Erick Myers
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"