Python Penetration Testing Essentials

by Mohit

Overview

This book is a practical guide that shows you the advantages of using Python for pentesting with the help of detailed code examples.

We start by exploring the basics of networking with Python and then proceed to network hacking. Next, we delve into hacking the application layer where we start with gathering information from a website. We then move on to concepts related to website hacking such as parameter tampering, DDoS, XSS, and SQL injection.

By reading this book, you will learn different techniques and methodologies that will familiarize you with the art of pentesting as well as creating automated programs to find the admin console, SQL injection, and XSS attack.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784395889
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	01/28/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Mohit (also known as Mohit Raj) is an application developer and Python programmer, with a keen interest in the field of information security. He has done his bachelor of technology in computer science from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, and master of engineering (2012) in computer science from Thapar University, Patiala. He has written a thesis as well as a research paper on session hijacking, named COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SESSION HIJACKING ON DIFFERENT OPERATING SYSTEMS, under the guidance of Dr Maninder Singh. He has also done the CCNA and Certified Ethical Hacking course from EC-Council (CEH) and has procured a CEH certification. He has published his article, How to disable or change web-server signature, in the eForensics magazine in December 2013. He has published another article on wireless hacking, named Beware: Its Easy to Launch a Wireless Deauthentication Attack! in Open Source For You in July 2014. He is also a certified Certified Security Analyst (ECSA). He has been working in IBM India for more than 2 years. He is also a freelance professional trainer for CEH and Python in CODEC Networks. Apart from this, he is familiar with Red Hat and CentOS Linux to a great extent, and also has a lot of practical experience of Red Hat. He can be contacted at [e-mail].