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Kali Linux 2018: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Fourth Edition
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Kali Linux 2018: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Fourth Edition

by Shiva V. N. Parasram, Alex Samm, Damian Boodoo, Gerard Johansen, Lee Allen, Tedi Heriyanto, Shakeel Ali
October 2018
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
12h 33m
English
Packt Publishing
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Curiosity

There is an old saying: curiosity killed the cat. It is an admonishment to humans that sometimes our own curiosity gets the better of us. At work, there is a great deal of curiosity at play. We want to know how much the CEO gets paid, who is going to get promoted, and who is going to be let go. As a result, social engineers take this natural curiosity and use it against us. We may be enticed to click on a link in an email that gives us a teaser about some celebrity gossip. We may also be enticed to open a document that is in fact malware which, in turn, compromises our system. Penetration testers can leverage this curiosity through a number of different attacks.

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ISBN: 9781789341768