Penetration Testing Fundamentals: A Hands-On Guide to Reliable Security Audits

Chapter 12

General Hacking Techniques

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

Use Kali Linux to perform basic functions

Understand social engineering

Launch a denial of service attack

There are general techniques used in hacking (and in penetration testing) that you should be familiar with. These are techniques that attackers will often use against your network; therefore, ...