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Python for Offensive PenTest
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Python for Offensive PenTest

by Hussam Khrais
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
176 pages
4h 16m
English
Packt Publishing
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Countermeasures

In this section, we will see how we can protect ourselves from the attacks we explained in this chapter. Now, if we think about it for a second: How could the attacker reach our internal host to begin with? Well, we rely on a social engineering attack along with a client-side attack to make it happen. The main key defense here is to start by securing people as they are the weakest points in the whole system. So you've got to start securing your staff on a regular basis with some management enforcement. Next, you should never rely on antivirus software, a sandbox, or VMware, as modern malware has built-in mechanisms to protect itself from being detected. Also, you should stay away from any suspicious software, especially cracked ...

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