April 2017
Intermediate to advanced
350 pages
8h 35m
English
Content preview from Applied Network Security
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
Start your free trial
What is BeEF and how to use it?
Another popular tool hackers use for web application attacks is called BeEF. This tool is used to launch XSS attacks against victims. BeEF stands for Browser Exploitation Framework. This tool can be thought as an enhanced version of Autopwn2 with more features and a GUI interface. BeEF has the option of running Autopwn2 if you wish to use it. BeEF is designed to launch client-side attacks against a victim's browser. The main objective for BeEF is to hook the victim's browser.
Once the browser is hooked, BeEF offers a variety of options to exploit the victim's browser. We have prepared another lab to show you ...