Wireless and Mobile Device Security, 2nd Edition

The Kali Linux Security Platform

To scan and assess vulnerabilities in an enterprise, a professional security administrator or serious attacker requires a security toolkit based on a secure and mobile platform. The Linux OS supports an open source security platform called Kali Linux. This is a restricted version of Linux with single-user root access, but it hosts a multitude of security and penetration testing tools.

Kali Linux is a security platform containing tools that enable an administrator to check or verify security measures in categories such as the following:

• Information gathering
• Vulnerability analysis
• Wireless attacks
• Web applications
• Exploitation tools
• Forensics
• Stress testing
• Sniffing and spoofing
• Password and hardware hacking ...