Preface. Introduction. 1. Hacking Today. 2. Defining the Hacker.
Hacker Skill Levels. First-Tier Hackers. Second-Tier Hackers. Third-Tier Hackers.
Information Security Consultants. Hacker Myths. Information Security Myths. 3. Penetration for Hire.
Ramifications of Penetration Testing. Requirements for a Freelance Consultant. Skill Set. Knowledge. Tool Kit. Hardware. Record Keeping. Ethics.
Announced vs. Unannounced Penetration Testing. Definitions. Pros and Cons of Both Types of Penetration Testing. Documented Compromise.
4. Where the Exposures Lie.
Application Holes. Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) Implementations. Common Gateway Interface (CGI). Clear Text Services. Default Accounts. Domain Name Service (DNS). File Permissions. FTP and telnet. ICMP. IMAP and POP. Modems Lack of Monitoring and Intrusion Detection. Network Architecture. Network File System (NFS). NT Ports 135n139. NT Null Connection. Poor Passwords and User IDs. Remote Administration Services. Remote Procedure Call (RPC). sendmail. Services Started by Default. Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP). Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Community Strings. Viruses and Hidden Code. Web Server Sample Files. Web Server General Vulnerabilities. Monitoring Vulnerabilities.
5. Internet Penetration.
Network Enumeration/Discovery. Whois Query. Zone Transfer. Ping Sweeps. Traceroute.
Vulnerability Analysis. OS Identification. Port Scanning. Application Enumeration. Internet Research.
Exploitation. Case Study: Dual-Homed Hosts. 6. Dial-In Penetration.
War Dialing. War Dialing Method. Dialing Login. Login Screens.
Gathering Numbers. Precautionary Methods. War Dialing Tools. ToneLoc. THC-Scan. TeleSweep. PhoneSweep.
Case Study: War Dialing. 7. Internal Penetration Testing.
Scenarios. Network Discovery. NT Enumeration. UNIX. Searching for Exploits. Sniffing. Remotely Installing a Hacker Tool Kit. Vulnerability Scanning. Case Study: Snoop the User Desktop.
8. Social Engineering.
The Telephone. Technical Support. Disgruntled Customer. Get Help Logging In. Additional Methods.
Dumpster Diving. Desktop Information. Common Countermeasures. 9. UNIX Methods.
UNIX Services. inetd Services. r Services. Remote Procedure Call Services.
Buffer Overflow Attacks. File Permissions. Applications. Mail Servers. Web Servers. X Windows. DNS Servers.
Misconfigurations. UNIX Tools. Datapipe.c. QueSO. Cheops. nfsshell. XSCAN.
Case Study: UNIX Penetration. 10. The Tool Kit.
Hardware. Software. Windows NT Workstation. Linux.
VMware. 11. Automated Vulnerability Scanners.
Definition. Testing Use. Shortfalls. Network-Based and Host-Based Scanners. Tools. Network-Based Scanners. Network Associates CyberCop Scanner. ISS Internet Scanner. Nessus. Symantec (Formerly Axent Technologies) NetRecon. Bindview HackerShield (bv-control for Internet Security).
Host-Based Scanners. Symantec (Formerly Axent Technologies) Enterprise Security Manager (ESM).
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