book

Black Hat Go

by Tom Steele, Chris Patten, Dan Kottmann

January 2020

Intermediate to advanced

368 pages

9h 46m

English

No Starch Press

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Who This Book Is ForWhat This Book Isn’tWhy Use Go for Hacking?Why You Might Not Love GoChapter Overview
Setting Up a Development EnvironmentUnderstanding Go SyntaxSummary

Understanding the TCP HandshakeBypassing Firewalls with Port ForwardingWriting a TCP ScannerBuilding a TCP ProxySummary
HTTP Fundamentals with GoBuilding an HTTP Client That Interacts with ShodanInteracting with MetasploitParsing Document Metadata with Bing ScrapingSummary
HTTP Server BasicsCredential HarvestingKeylogging with the WebSocket APIMultiplexing Command-and-ControlSummary
Writing DNS ClientsWriting DNS ServersSummary
The SMB PackageUnderstanding SMBGuessing Passwords with SMBReusing Passwords with the Pass-the-Hash TechniqueRecovering NTLM PasswordsSummary
Setting Up Databases with DockerConnecting and Querying Databases in GoBuilding a Database MinerPillaging a FilesystemSummary
Setting Up Your EnvironmentIdentifying Devices by Using the pcap SubpackageLive Capturing and Filtering ResultsSniffing and Displaying Cleartext User CredentialsPort Scanning Through SYN-flood ProtectionsSummary
Creating a FuzzerPorting Exploits to GoCreating Shellcode in GoSummary
Using Go’s Native Plug-in SystemBuilding Plug-ins in LuaSummary
Reviewing Basic Cryptography ConceptsUnderstanding the Standard Crypto LibraryExploring HashingAuthenticating MessagesEncrypting DataBrute-Forcing RC2Summary
The Windows API’s OpenProcess() FunctionThe unsafe.Pointer and uintptr TypesPerforming Process Injection with the syscall PackageThe Portable Executable FileUsing C with GoSummary
Exploring the PNG FormatReading Image Byte DataWriting Image Byte Data to Implant a PayloadEncoding and Decoding Image Byte Data by Using XORSummaryAdditional Exercises
Getting StartedDefining and Building the gRPC APICreating the ServerCreating the Client ImplantBuilding the Admin ComponentRunning the RATImproving the RATSummary