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New IT books in the library...

We have new IT books added to our library collection. Most items in the library can be loaned for up to 3 weeks, please remember to bring along your staff or student ID to borrow from the library.

Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible Click here to view more information about the book on our Library Catalogue.

Your ultimate guide to pentesting with Kali Linux

Kali is a popular and powerful Linux distribution used by cybersecurity professionals around the world. Penetration testers must master Kali's varied library of tools to be effective at their work. The Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible is the hands-on and methodology guide for pentesting with Kali.

You'll discover everything you need to know about the tools and techniques hackers use to gain access to systems like yours so you can erect reliable defenses for your virtual assets. Whether you're new to the field or an established pentester, you'll find what you need in this comprehensive guide.

• Build a modern dockerized environment
• Discover the fundamentals of the bash language in Linux
• Use a variety of effective techniques to find vulnerabilities (OSINT, Network Scan, and more)
• Analyze your findings and identify false positives and uncover advanced subjects, like buffer overflow, lateral movement, and privilege escalation
• Apply practical and efficient pentesting workflows
• Learn about Modern Web Application Security Secure SDLC
• Automate your penetration testing with Python

Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook Click here to view more information about the book on our Library Catalogue.

Over 100 recipes for penetration testing using Metasploit and virtual machines

Key Features

• Special focus on the latest operating systems, exploits, and penetration testing techniques
• Learn new anti-virus evasion techniques and use Metasploit to evade countermeasures
• Automate post exploitation with AutoRunScript
• Exploit Android devices, record audio and video, send and read SMS, read call logs, and much more
• Build and analyze Metasploit modules in Ruby
• Integrate Metasploit with other penetration testing tools

Book Description

Metasploit is the world's leading penetration testing tool and helps security and IT professionals find, exploit, and validate vulnerabilities. Metasploit allows penetration testing automation, password auditing, web application scanning, social engineering, post exploitation, evidence collection, and reporting. Metasploit's integration with InsightVM (or Nexpose), Nessus, OpenVas, and other vulnerability scanners provides a validation solution that simplifies vulnerability prioritization and remediation reporting. Teams can collaborate in Metasploit and present their findings in consolidated reports.

In this book, you will go through great recipes that will allow you to start using Metasploit effectively. With an ever increasing level of complexity, and covering everything from the fundamentals to more advanced features in Metasploit, this book is not just for beginners but also for professionals keen to master this awesome tool.

You will begin by building your lab environment, setting up Metasploit, and learning how to perform intelligence gathering, threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, and post exploitation--all inside Metasploit. You will learn how to create and customize payloads to evade anti-virus software and bypass an organization's defenses, exploit server vulnerabilities, attack client systems, compromise mobile phones, automate post exploitation, install backdoors, run keyloggers, highjack webcams, port public exploits to the framework, create your own modules, and much more.

What you will learn

• Set up a complete penetration testing environment using Metasploit and virtual machines
• Master the world's leading penetration testing tool and use it in professional penetration testing
• Make the most of Metasploit with PostgreSQL, importing scan results, using workspaces, hosts, loot, notes, services, vulnerabilities, and exploit results
• Use Metasploit with the Penetration Testing Execution Standard methodology
• Use MSFvenom efficiently to generate payloads and backdoor files, and create shellcode
• Leverage Metasploit's advanced options, upgrade sessions, use proxies, use Meterpreter sleep control, and change timeouts to be stealthy

Who this book is for

If you are a Security professional or pentester and want to get into vulnerability exploitation and make the most of the Metasploit framework, then this book is for you. Some prior understanding of penetration testing and Metasploit is required.

Nmap Network Exploration and Security Auditing Cookbook Nmap network exploration and security auditing cookbook: network discovery and security scanning at your fingertips. Click here to view more information about the book on our Library Catalogue.

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Resources CCNA exam covers networking fundamentals, IP services, security fundamentals, automation and programmability. Click here to view more information about the book on our Library Catalogue.