MicrosoftWindowsisoneofthetwomostcommonOSes,andmanagingitssecurityhasspawnedthedisciplineofITsecurity.KaliLinuxisthepremierplatformfortestingandmaintainingWindowssecurity.KaliisbuiltontheDebiandistributionofLinuxandsharesthelegendarystabilityofthatOS.Thisletsyoufocusonusingthenetworkpenetration,passwordcracking,andforensicstools,andnottheOS.ThisbookhasthemostadvancedtoolsandtechniquestoreproducethemethodsusedbysophisticatedhackerstomakeyouanexpertinKaliLinuxpenetrationtesting.YouwillstartbylearningaboutthevariousdesktopenvironmentsthatnowcomewithKali.ThebookcoversnetworksniffersandanalysistoolstouncovertheWindowsprotocolsinuseonthenetwork.Youwillseeseveraltoolsdesignedtoimproveyouraverageinpasswordacquisition,fromhashcracking,onlineattacks,offlineattacks,andrainbowtablestosocialengineering.ItalsodemonstratesseveralusecasesforKaliLinuxtoolslikeSocialEngineeringToolkit,andMetasploit,toexploitWindowsvulnerabilities.Finally,youwilllearnhowtogainfullsystem-levelaccesstoyourcompromisedsystemandthenmaintainthataccess.Bytheendofthisbook,youwillbeabletoquicklypentestyoursystemandnetworkusingeasy-to-followinstructionsandsupportimages.