Kali Linux Penetration Testing (Advanced) Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of Kali Linux.
• Installing and configuring Kali Linux.
• Using and updating Kali Linux.

Penetration Testing Standards and Classification

• Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).
• Licensee Penetration Testing (LPT).
• White box and black box testing methodologies.
• Distinctions between penetration testing and vulnerability assessment.

Advanced Penetration Methodology

• Defining target frameworks and scope.
• Gathering client requirements.
• Test plan checklists.
• Profiling test boundaries.
• Executing advanced penetration testing using Kali Linux.

Information Discovery

• Google hacking techniques.
• Gathering DNS and WHOIS information.
• Gathering routing and network data.
• Aggregating comprehensive intelligence.

Scanning and Enumerating Target

• Advanced network scanning.
• Port and UDP port scanning.
• Stealth port scanning techniques.
• Packet crafting with Hping.
• Nmap scanning and plugins.
• Active and passive banner grabbing, including system OS enumeration.
• Enumerating users, groups, and shares.
• Enumerating DNS resource records and network devices.

Vulnerability Assessment Tools

• Nessus.
• OpenVAS.

Target Exploitation

• Setting up Metasploit.
• Exploitation with Metasploit.
• Meterpreter sessions.
• VNC exploitation.
• Stealing password hashes.
• Adding custom modules to Metasploit.
• Using Immunity Debugger.
• Writing exploits.

Privilege Escalation and Access Maintenance

• Breaking password hashes.
• Cracking Telnet, SSH, and FTP passwords.
• Utilizing Metasploit post-exploitation modules.
• Protocol tunneling.
• Proxy configurations.
• Installing persistent backdoors.

Advanced Sniffing

• ARP poisoning.
• DHCP starvation.
• MAC flooding.
• DNS poisoning.
• Sniffing credentials from secured websites.

DoS Attacks

• SYN attacks.
• Application request flood attacks.
• Service request floods.
• Permanent denial of service attacks.

Penetration Testing

• Web penetration testing.
• Wireless penetration testing.

Exploitation and Client-Side Attacks

• Exploiting browser vulnerabilities.
• Buffer overflow techniques.
• Fuzzing.
• Fast-track hacking.
• Phishing for passwords.
• Generating backdoors.
• Java applet attacks.

Firewall Testing

• Firewall overview.
• Testing firewalls and ports.
• Rules of firewall testing.

Management and Reporting

• Documentation and results verification.
• Dradis framework.
• Magic tree and Maltego tools.
• Data collection and evidence management.
• Report types and presentation strategies.
• Post-testing procedures.

Summary and Next Steps