8FIGURE 8-1: Identifying vulnerabilities with Nessus.FIGURE 8-2: Searching Metasploit for an exploit.FIGURE 8-3: Exploiting a Windows system to get a meterpreter session.FIGURE 8-4: The core commands in a meterpreter session.FIGURE 8-5: Retrieving information about the current context.FIGURE 8-6: Using run winenum to enumerate the target system and network.FIGURE 8-7: Viewing the logs generated by the run winenum command.FIGURE 8-8: Gaining shell access from a meterpreter session.FIGURE 8-9: Retrieving the password hashes.FIGURE 8-10: Attaching to another process with the migrate command.FIGURE 8-11: Using VNC to view a victim’s activity.FIGURE 8-12: Capturing keystrokes from the compromised system.FIGURE 8-13: Lateral movement from a compromised system.FIGURE 8-14: Dumping the hashes to use in pass the hash.FIGURE 8-15: Locating other systems with arp_scanner.FIGURE 8-16: Lateral movement with telnet.FIGURE 8-17: Viewing user accounts on a laterally compromised system.FIGURE 8-18: Creating a backdoor user account.FIGURE 8-19: Covering your tracks with the clearev command.
9 Chapter 9FIGURE 9-1: Using Nikto to do a web application vulnerability scan.FIGURE 9-2: Using w3af to perform different types of vulnerability checks on a ...FIGURE 9-3: Using SQLmap to automate SQL injection attacks.FIGURE 9-4: Inspecting the http post request.FIGURE 9-5: Using Hydra to crack credentials for the website.FIGURE 9-6: Using John the Ripper to crack password hashes.FIGURE 9-7: Using Wifite to automate wireless attacks.FIGURE 9-8: OWASP ZAP finds vulnerabilities in web applications.FIGURE 9-9: SET is a social engineering tool that makes it easy to create diffe...FIGURE 9-10: Using Nmap to locate systems (left) and then using Hydra to attemp...FIGURE 9-11: Using xHydra — the GUI version of Hydra.FIGURE 9-12: Cracking password hashes with John the Ripper.FIGURE 9-13: Dumping the hashes to use with a password cracker.FIGURE 9-14: Using Ncat (left) and Netcat (right) to create a bind shell.
10 Chapter 11FIGURE 11-1: Risk rating scores for vulnerabilities.
Guide
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4 Table of Contents
6 Appendix A: PenTest+ Exam Details
7 Appendix B: CompTIA PenTest+ Exam Reference Matrix
8 Appendix C: Lab Setup
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