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Book Review: Kali Linux Revealed by Raphael Hertzog

Book Review: "Kali Linux Revealed" "Kali Linux Revealed: Mastering the Penetration Testing Distribution", by Raphael Hertzog , Jim O'Gorman ( elwood ), and Mati Aharoni ( muts ), with a forward by Johnny Long , was probably the most underwhelming infosec book I've read all year. I was expecting to learn about hacking and information security and instead got a book on mostly the Debian OS. Don't get me wrong, it's a decent book about Debian Linux fundamentals and provides pretty core information for any Linux user. 'Kali Linux Revealed' (KLR) is not really about information security or the curated collection of tools that makes the Kali distribution so renowned, as much as it is about the underlying operating system that Kali is now built on, Debian (as opposed to the previous BackTrack releases built on Knoppix ). While the authors are up front about this in the introduction, I purchased the book based on the cover

Firefox Add-ons a Hacker Must Have

11 Firefox Add-ons a Hacker Must Have 1. Tamper Data Tamper data is a great tool to view and modify HTTP/HTTPS headers and post parameters. We can alter each request going from our machine to the destination host with this. It helps in security testing web applications by modifying POST parameters. It can be used in performing XSS and SQL Injection attacks by modifying header data. Add Tamper data to Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/tamper-data/ 2. Firebug Firebug is a nice add-on that integrates a web development tool inside the browser. With this tool, you can edit and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript live on any webpage to see the effect of changes. It helps while analyzing JS files to find XSS vulnerabilities. It’s a very helpful add-on for finding DOM based XSS for security testing professionals. Add Firebug to your browser: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/ 3. Hackbar Hackbar is a simple penetration tool for Fir