Kali Linux in action. Audit of the safety of information systems. 2nd edition. Skabtsov N.

This book discusses methods for bypassing security systems of network services and penetrating into open information systems. Information security, like much in our world, is a medal with two sides. On the one hand, we conduct an audit, look for methods of penetration and even put them in practice, and on the other hand, we work on protection. Penetration tests are part of the normal life cycle of any IT infrastructure, allowing you to truly assess possible risks and identify hidden problems.

can hacking be legal? Of course, maybe! But only in two cases, when you hack the IPs belonging to you or when you hack the network of the organization with which you have concluded a written agreement on an audit or penetration tests. We hope that you will be able to use the information of the published book only for the purpose of legally hacking IS. Please remember the inevitability of punishment- any illegal actions entail administrative or criminal liability.

You will consistently pass all the steps necessary for the audit of the security of information systems and penetration tests: from general concepts, consideration of standards and the necessary actions before the audit to the methods of penetration into the information system and consolidation in it. Each chapter of the book is supported by real examples and contains practical information on the application of certain methods.

The book is addressed to readers who have experience in the field of information technology and familiar with the work of the main network services both on Linux and NAWindows -Platforms, and most will be useful to system administrators, IT security specialists, all those who want to connect their careers with information protection or audit activity.

In the second, supplemented and processed, the information was completely Updated and corresponds to modern realities.