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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition
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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

by Juned Ahmed Ansari
November 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
312 pages
7h 18m
English
Packt Publishing
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Website attack

Using websites to launch a social engineering attack allows the attack to target a large number of users. The website attack module in the social engineering toolkit includes various methods to build a social engineering attack using a website.

The following methods are included in the social engineering toolkit:

  • Java applet attack
  • Credential Harvester attack
  • Web jacking attack
  • Metasploit browser exploit
  • Tabnabbing attack

Java applet attack

The Java applet attack method creates a Java applet infected with a malicious payload. The payload is a shell or meterpreter code that provides shell access to the victim's machine. To build a complete attack, the tool will prompt if you want to clone a website that you know the victim would trust and ...

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ISBN: 9781783988525