Preface

This book begins with the installation and configuration of Kali Linux to help you perform your tests. You will then learn about methods that will help you gather intel and perform web application exploitation using tools such as Burp. Moving forward, you will also learn how to perform network exploitation by generating payloads using MSFPC, Metasploit, and Cobalt Strike. Next, you will learn about monitoring and cracking wireless networks using Aircrack, Fluxion, and Wifi-Pumpkin. After that, you will learn how to analyze, generate, and crack passwords using tools such as Patator, John the Ripper, and ceWL. Later, you will also learn about some of the tools that help in forensic investigations. Lastly, you will learn how to create an optimum quality pentest report!

By the end of this book, you will know how to conduct advanced and efficient penetration testing activities thanks to the book's crisp and task-oriented recipes.