Kali Linux Penetration Testing (Advanced) Training Course

Introduction

• Kali Linux overview
• Installation and configuration of Kali Linux
• Maintenance and updating procedures for Kali Linux

Penetration Testing Standards and Classification

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

Advanced Penetration Methodology

• Defining target frameworks and scope
• Collecting client requirements
• Developing a test plan checklist
• Defining test boundaries
• Executing advanced penetration testing with Kali Linux

Information Discovery

• Search engine hacking techniques (e.g., Hacking Google)
• Retrieving DNS and WHOIS information
• Collecting route and network details
• Gathering comprehensive reconnaissance data

Scanning and Enumerating Target

• Advanced network scanning
• Scanning TCP and UDP ports
• Applying stealth port scanning techniques
• Packet crafting with Hping
• Nmap scanning and plugin utilization
• Active and passive service enumeration and OS fingerprinting
• Enumerating users, groups, and shared resources
• Identifying DNS resource records and network devices

Vulnerability Assessment Tools

• Nessus
• OpenVAS

Target Exploitation

• Configuring Metasploit
• Executing exploits via Metasploit
• Managing Meterpreter sessions
• VNC exploitation
• Extracting password hashes
• Integrating custom modules into Metasploit
• Utilizing immunity debugger
• Writing custom exploits

Privilege Escalation and Access Maintenance

• Cracking password hashes
• Brute-forcing Telnet, SSH, and FTP passwords
• Leveraging Metasploit post-exploitation modules
• Protocol tunneling
• Proxy configuration
• Establishing persistent backdoors

Advanced Sniffing

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

Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks

• Syn attacks
• Application request flood attacks
• Service request floods
• Permanent service denial attacks

Penetration Testing

• Web application penetration testing
• Wireless network penetration testing

Exploitation and Client-Side Attacks

• Exploiting browser vulnerabilities
• Buffer overflow attacks
• Fuzzing techniques
• Fast-track hacking methods
• Phishing credentials
• Generating backdoors
• Java applet attacks

Firewall Testing

• Firewall fundamentals
• Testing firewall rules and ports
• Best practices for firewall testing

Management and Reporting

• Documentation and result verification
• Dradis framework
• Using Magic Tree and Maltego
• Data collection and evidence management
• Report types and effective presentation
• Post-testing procedures

Summary and Next Steps