System Hacking

This chapter explains CEH exam topics on vulnerabilities, exploit tools, programming languages, operating environments, verification procedures, and technical assessment methods. Penetration testing, or ethical hacking, isn't just about breaking into systems–looting and pillaging. Attackers will generally try to obscure their existence in a system. Kali Linux has the repository of exploits available, as well as a tool that can be used to search the repository from the command line. The entire repository is a Git repository that can be cloned and used anywhere. All of the shell codes in the repository are categorized by the operating system and processor type. Metasploit is not the only exploit framework available. If there is a known exploit for a vulnerability available, it has likely found its way into Metasploit. Metasploit makes the work of exploiting considerably easier than going through the process of creating an exploit by hand, assuming Metasploit has an exploit available.