Campbell Bash Shell Scripting for Pentesters

Master the art of command-line exploitation and enhance your penetration testing workflows
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-83588-083-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 402 Seiten

Bash shell scripting is essential for penetration testing because it's versatile and efficient and integrates thoroughly with the Unix-based systems commonly used in cybersecurity assessments. In this book, the author leverages his decades of experience in IT and pentesting to help you automate repetitive tasks, rapidly analyze data, and craft sophisticated exploits, boosting your effectiveness and productivity.
You'll get to grips with Bash basics, set up a hacking environment, and create basic scripts, before exploring file management, text processing, and manipulation. The chapters will guide you through advanced topics such as networking, parallel processing, and regular expressions. From there, the book will move on to practical applications, walking you through reconnaissance, web application and infrastructure pentesting, privilege escalation, persistence, and pivoting, all using Bash scripting. You'll also get a solid understanding of advanced topics, including evasion and obfuscation tactics, integrating AI into penetration testing workflows, and implementing DevSecOps practices.
By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with Bash shell scripting techniques tailored to penetration testing scenarios.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Campbell, Steve

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kennedy, David

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Campbell Steve :

Steve Campbell is a technical lead on the CDW Offensive Security team. He is a retired Navy veteran who previously worked with aviation electrical and electronics systems before transitioning to information technology (IT). He possesses over 19 years of combined experience in IT and penetration testing. He has planned, scoped, led, and performed penetration testing engagements on various major enterprises, such as Fortune 500, government institutions, banking, finance, healthcare and insurance, e-commerce, legal, and energy sector clients. His achievements include the identification of seven vulnerabilities published as CVE, along with contributions to open source tools such as the Metasploit Framework.