violent python [electronic resource] a cookbook for hackers, forensic analysts, penetration testers and security engineers

Violent Python A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers !-34%2$!-s"/34/.s(%)$%,"%2's,/.$/. .%79/2+s/8&/2$s0!2)3s3!.$)%'/ 3!.&2!.#)3#/s3).'!0/2%s39$.%9s4/+9/ 3YNGRESSISAN)MPRINTOF%LSEVIER TJ. O’Connor Violent Python A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers Acquiring Editor: Chris Katsaropoulos Development Editor: Meagan White Project Manager: Priya Kumaraguruparan Designer: Russell Purdy Syngress is an imprint of Elsevier 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA Copyright © 2013 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 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EXPLOITINGWIRELESSDEVICES(OPEFULLYTHEEXAMPLESWILLINSPIRETHEREADERTO CREATEHISORHEROWN0YTHONSCRIPTS Chapter 1: Introduction )FYOUHAVENOTPROGRAMMEDIN0YTHONBEFORE#HAPTERPROVIDESBACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE LANGUAGE VARIABLES DATA TYPES FUNCTIONS ITERATION SELECTIONANDWORKINGWITHMODULESANDMETHODICALLYWALKSTHROUGHWRIT- INGAFEWSIMPLEPROGRAMS&EELFREETOSKIPITIFYOUAREALREADYCOMFORTABLE WITHTHE0YTHONPROGRAMMINGLANGUAGE!FTERTHElRSTCHAPTERTHEFOLLOWING SIXCHAPTERSAREFAIRLYINDEPENDENTFROMONEANOTHERFEELFREETOREADTHEMIN WHICHEVERORDERYOUPLEASEACCORDINGTOWHATSTRIKESYOURCURIOSITY xxiv Introduction Chapter 2: Penetration Testing with Python #HAPTER  INTRODUCES THE IDEA OF USING THE 0YTHON PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE TOSCRIPTATTACKSFORPENETRATIONTESTING4HEEXAMPLESINTHECHAPTERINCLUDE BUILDINGAPORTSCANNERCONSTRUCTINGAN33(BOTNETMASSCOMPROMISINGVIA &40REPLICATING#ONlCKERANDWRITINGANEXPLOIT Chapter 3: Forensic Investigations with Python #HAPTERUTILIZES0YTHONFORDIGITALFORENSICINVESTIGATIONS4HISCHAPTERPRO- VIDESEXAMPLESFORGEOLOCATINGINDIVIDUALSRECOVERINGDELETEDITEMSEXTRACT- INGARTIFACTSFROMTHE7INDOWSREGISTRYEXAMININGMETADATAINDOCUMENTSAND IMAGESANDINVESTIGATINGAPPLICATIONANDMOBILEDEVICEARTIFACTS Chapter 4: Network Traffic Analysis with Python #HAPTERUSES0YTHONTOANALYZENETWORKTRAFlC4HESCRIPTSINTHISCHAPTER GEOLOCATE)0ADDRESSESFROMPACKETCAPTURESINVESTIGATEPOPULAR$$O3TOOL- KITSDISCOVERDECOYSCANSANALYZEBOTNETTRAFlCANDFOILINTRUSIONDETECTION SYSTEMS Chapter 5: Wireless Mayhem with Python #HAPTERCREATESMAYHEMFORWIRELESSAND"LUETOOTHDEVICES4HEEXAMPLESIN THISCHAPTERSHOWHOWTOSNIFFANDPARSEWIRELESSTRAFlCBUILDAWIRELESSKEY- LOGGERIDENTIFYHIDDENWIRELESSNETWORKSREMOTELYCOMMAND5!6SIDENTIFY MALICIOUS WIRELESS TOOLKITS IN USE STALK "LUETOOTH RADIOS AND EXPLOIT "LUE- TOOTHVULNERABILITIES Chapter 6: Web Recon With Python #HAPTER  EXAMINES USING 0YTHON TO SCRAPE THE WEB FOR INFORMATION 4HE EXAMPLESINTHISCHAPTERINCLUDEANONYMOUSLYBROWSINGTHEWEBVIA0YTHON WORKINGWITHDEVELOPER!0)SSCRAPINGPOPULARSOCIALMEDIASITESANDCREATING ASPEARPHISHINGEMAIL Chapter 7: Antivirus Evasion with Python )NTHE&INALCHAPTER#HAPTERWEBUILDAPIECEOFMALWARETHATEVADESANTIVI- RUSSYSTEMS!DDITIONALLYWEBUILDASCRIPTFORUPLOADINGOURMALWAREAGAINST ANONLINEANTIVIRUSSCANNER Introduction [...]... called easy_install Running the easy installer module followed by the name of the package to install will search through Python repositories to find the package, download it if found, and install it automatically programmer:∼ # easy_install python- nmap Searching for python- nmap Readinghttp://pypi .python. org/simple /python- nmap/ Readinghttp://xael.org/norman 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password For each individual hashed password, the main function calls the testPass() function that tests passwords against a dictionary file This function, testPass(), takes the encrypted password as a parameter and returns either after finding the password or exhausting... Systems If you are running Mac OS X or Linux, odds are the Python interpreter is already installed on your system Downloading an installer provides a programmer with the Python interpreter, the standard library, and several built-in modules The Python standard library and built-in modules provide an extensive range of capabilities, including built-in data types, exception handling, numeric, and math modules,... Backtrack, you can install the additional required libraries with easy_install by issuing the following command This will install most of the required libraries for the examples under Linux programmer:∼ # easy_install pyPdf python- nmap pygeoip mechanize BeautifulSoup4 Chapter five requires some specific Bluetooth libraries that are not available from easy_install You can use the aptitude package manager... Party Libraries In Chapter two, we will utilize the python- nmap package to handle parsing of nmap results The following example depicts how to download and install the python- nmap package (or any package, really) Once we have saved the package to a local file, we uncompress the contents and change into the uncompressed directory From that working directory, we issue the command python setup.py install, which... install, which installs the python- nmap package Installing most third-party packages will follow the same steps of downloading, uncompressing, and then issuing the command python setup.py install programmer:∼# wget http://xael.org/norman /python/ python-nmap/pythonnmap-0.2.4.tar.gz-On map.tar.gz 2012-04-24 15:51:51 http://xael.org/norman /python/ python-nmap/ python- nmap-0.2.4.tar.gz Resolving xael.org 194.36.166.10... see that the crypt library already exists in the Python standard library To calculate an encrypted UNIX password hash, we simply call the function crypt.crypt() and pass it the password and salt as parameters This function returns the hashed password as a string Programmer$ python >>> help('crypt') Help on module crypt: NAME crypt FILE /System/Library/Frameworks /Python. framework/Versions/2.7/lib/ python2 .7/lib-dynload/crypt.so... Python Program, a Zipfile Brute-Force Cracker To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is – Master Bruce Lee, Founder, Jeet Kune Do INTRODUCTION: A PENETRATION TEST WITH PYTHON Recently, a friend of mine penetration . 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