Penetration Testing with BackBox - Softcover

Stefan Umit Uygur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783282975 ISBN 13: 9781783282975

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Penetration Testing with BackBox is written primarily for security experts and system administrators who have an intermediate Linux capability. However, because of the simplicity and user-friendly design, it is also suitable for beginners looking to understand the principle steps of penetration testing.
This practical book outlines the steps needed to perform penetration testing using BackBox. It explains common penetration testing scenarios and gives practical explanations applicable to a real-world setting.
This book will help you discover the exciting world of penetration testing through a series of step-by-step, practical lessons. Penetration Testing with BackBox is organized into eight chapters. Starting with an introduction to BackBox Linux in order to give you a solid grounding of this amazing Linux security distro, including both its design philosophy and feature set, before moving on to practical tutorials in using BackBox. The book is arranged in a chronological order based on standard cases of penetration testing. For those more experienced in the use of penetration testing tools, each chapter can be read independently, providing a detailed overview of how BackBox will augment your arsenal of tools at each step of the penetration testing process.
Throughout this book, you will be given a clear picture of IT security cases by having one of the most popular topics of penetration testing demonstrated in a user-friendly way. By the end of the book, you will have learned all the fundamental skills needed to use BackBox for ethical hacking.

About this title

About the Author

Stefan Umit Uygur

Stefan Umit Uygur has been an IT system and security engineer for 14 years. He is an extremely motivated free open source software evangelist with a passion for sharing knowledge and working in a community environment. He is highly experienced in penetration testing and vulnerability analysis management and assessment.

Stefan has been involved in many free open source software projects, including BackBox, where he is part of the core team. He helps to promote a free software culture around the world by participating in and organizing international conferences. Stefan significantly contributes to shedding the false and negative perceptions around hacking and hackers by promoting ethical hacking. He explains in detail the real world of hacking, hackers motivations, as well as their philosophy, ethics, and freedom. These activities are promoted mainly through national and international magazines and in particular during conferences in which he participates.

As well as his professional activities, Stefan has contributed to Linux Magazine, PenTest Magazine, and a few other small, periodic, technical publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783282975
• ISBN 13: 9781783282975
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100