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Advanced Infrastructure Penetration Testing
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Advanced Infrastructure Penetration Testing

by Chiheb Chebbi
February 2018
Intermediate to advanced
396 pages
9h 38m
English
Packt Publishing
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Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the most critical component in Linux infrastructure. Thus, taking control of it will grant access to all the system and sensitive information. If hackers get root access to even the hardware, they will not be stopped from damaging the systems or stealing critical information. There are many kernel vulnerabilities classified based on the attack surface (memory, pointers, logic, and so on).

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