The Hackers Roadmap: Security & Penetration Testing

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The Hackers Roadmap: Security & Penetration Testing is the essential guide to learning about the technologies and principles of hacking.

What will I know by the end?
After reading this book you'll not only understand some of the most fundamental principles of technology and security, but you will have constructed a multi-boot USB hackers toolkit capable of booting into a number of different operating systems, launching tools to extract and crack Windows passwords.

You will have learnt how to construct and configure a virtual testing environment.
Navigate and perform tasks in the Windows, Mac and Linux command line.
Be better prepared to defend your data with secure operating systems.
Route your traffic over the deep web using Tor.
Be able to capture and interpret intercepted network traffic.
Know how to use the top 10 security tools available to us today.

Why is it a "roadmap"?
Security can be tough because it relies on many different technologies, we couldn't possible teach you everything in one eBook so we provide you with interesting articles, informative video presentations and recommend books you may like to read in the future should you decide to explore that area more.

By the end of this book you'll have a great overview of the area and know where to look for the information and knowledge you're seeking. Being an effective hacker is all about coming up with inventive solutions nobody has thought of before, by the end of this book you'll know where to look to find those solutions.

Topics Covered:
Setting up a virtual lab.


Exploring the Linux operating system.


Performing an offline attack.


Bypassing the Windows security interface.


Creating a multi-boot USB device.


The Windows command line.


Using Ophcrack.


Full disk encryption.


The Tor network and the deep/dark web.


Web security and technologies.


Capturing network traffic with Wireshark.


Manipulating network traffic with Nmap.


Network protocol theory.


Using the Kali Linux hackers OS.


Using Aircrack-ng to perform wireless attacks.


Using the burp suite proxy to intercept web traffic.


Using hydra to force login credentials.


Using John the Ripper to brute force passwords.


Using Meltego to perform social engineering.


Using the Metasploit framework to perform attacks.


Using the OWASP-Zap proxy to perform web attacks.


Using SQLmap to perform SQL injection.


Using TCP dump to capture network traffic on the command line.