Penetration Testing Basics A Quick-Start Guide to Breaking into Systems /

• Main Author: Messier, Ric (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2016.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer programming.; Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer Science.; Programming Techniques.; Software Engineering.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.

Penetration testing is the act of attempting to break into systems, networks, and software in order to determine where the bad guys might get in. By reading this book, you'll gain the foundations of a simple methodology used to perform penetration testing on systems and networks for which you a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. What Is Penetration Testing?
• 2. Digging for Information
• 3. What’s Open?
• 4. Vulnerabilities
• 5. Exploitation
• 6. Breaking Web Sites
• 7. Reporting.