Learning Penetration Testing with Python

Аннотация

About this book, to understand how and where Python scripts meet the need for penetration testing. Familiarise yourself with the process of highlighting a specific methodology to exploit an environment to fetch critical data. Develop your Python and penetration testing skills with real world examples. Python is a powerful new age scripting platform that allows you to build exploits, evaluate services, automate, and link solutions with ease. Python is a multi paradigm programming language well suited to both object-oriented application development as well as functional design patterns. Because of the power and flexibility offered by it, Python has become one of the most popular languages used for penetration testing. This book highlights how you can evaluate an organization methodically and realistically. Specific tradecraft and techniques are covered that show you exactly when and where industry tools can and should be used and when Python fits a need that proprietary and open source solutions do not. This book is for, security professional or researcher, with knowledge of different operating systems and a conceptual idea of penetration testing, and you would like to grow your knowledge in Python, then this book is ideal for you.