Coding for Penetration Testers
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What sets a good penetration tester apart from an average one is the ability to adapt to the ever-changing landscape within which we live. One aspect of this adaptability is the skill to build, extend, and manipulate scripts and applications encountered in the field. Whether tools already exist to accomplish a task, or one needs to be built to take advantage of a new vulnerability, the ability to build and extend tools in a variety of scripting languages is important. Each of the first five chapters of this resource delves into a different scripting language that we may encounter while performing penetration tests.
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Through investigating the core aspects of each language, either on Microsoft
platforms, or on Linux platforms such as BackTrack 5, each chapter brings to light the power and strengths of each language. We will use these strengths to build a series of scripts to help us understand the intricacies of each language, and in most cases develop a basic tool that we can use and extend while penetration testing. Whether it is through shell scripting, Python, Perl, Ruby, or PHP, we will cover the basics of each language and discuss topics such as output handling, loops and control statements, networking, and command execution. Once the core language concepts have been covered, Coding for Penetration Testers tackles the core tasks of penetration testing. While covering scanner scripting and information gathering, we will discuss tools such as Nmap and Nessus and use the scripting languages behind them to extend the capabilities of both tools. Information gathering is one of the first and most important steps of a penetration test. We don’t know what we’re attacking until we do the initial research. Chapter 8 investigates how to automate information gathering tasks to be more effective and to have repeatable results. Once we’ve gathered the information, we’re ready to begin the offensive. Through looking at Python as an exploit delivery tool, we will discuss the basics of exploit development. Walking through building a working exploit, Chapter 9 takes us through each step of the process, from creating a Proof of Concept (POC) to creating a repeatable and extendable exploit within the Metasploit Framework.
platforms, or on Linux platforms such as BackTrack 5, each chapter brings to light the power and strengths of each language. We will use these strengths to build a series of scripts to help us understand the intricacies of each language, and in most cases develop a basic tool that we can use and extend while penetration testing. Whether it is through shell scripting, Python, Perl, Ruby, or PHP, we will cover the basics of each language and discuss topics such as output handling, loops and control statements, networking, and command execution. Once the core language concepts have been covered, Coding for Penetration Testers tackles the core tasks of penetration testing. While covering scanner scripting and information gathering, we will discuss tools such as Nmap and Nessus and use the scripting languages behind them to extend the capabilities of both tools. Information gathering is one of the first and most important steps of a penetration test. We don’t know what we’re attacking until we do the initial research. Chapter 8 investigates how to automate information gathering tasks to be more effective and to have repeatable results. Once we’ve gathered the information, we’re ready to begin the offensive. Through looking at Python as an exploit delivery tool, we will discuss the basics of exploit development. Walking through building a working exploit, Chapter 9 takes us through each step of the process, from creating a Proof of Concept (POC) to creating a repeatable and extendable exploit within the Metasploit Framework.
The following descriptions provide an overview of the contents of each chapter:
- Chapter 1: Introduction to command shell scripting
- Chapter 2: Introduction to Python
- Chapter 3: Introduction to Perl
- Chapter 4: Introduction to Ruby
- Chapter 5: Introduction to Web scripting with PHP
- Chapter 6: Manipulating windows with PowerShell
- Chapter 7: Scanner scripting
- Chapter 8: Information gathering
- Chapter 9: Exploitation scripting
- Chapter 10: Post-Exploitation scripting
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