Violent Python

Violent Python shows you how to move from a theoretical understanding of offensive computing concepts to a practical implementation. Instead of relying on another attacker’s tools, this book will teach you to forge your own weapons using the Python programming language. This book demonstrates how to write Python scripts to automate large-scale network attacks, extract metadata, and investigate forensic artifacts. It also shows how to write code to intercept and analyze network traffic using Python, craft and spoof wireless frames to attack wireless and Bluetooth devices, and how to data-mine popular social media websites and evade modern anti-virus.

• Demonstrates how to write Python scripts to automate large-scale network attacks, extract metadata, and investigate forensic artifacts
• Write code to intercept and analyze network traffic using Python. Craft and spoof wireless frames to attack wireless and Bluetooth devices
• Data-mine popular social media websites and evade modern anti-virus

Penetration Tester, Forensic Analysts, IT Security Professionals (Security Auditors, Security Engineers, Compliance Specialists, etc.)

Trade marks

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Lead Author – TJ O’Connor

Contributing Author Bio – Rob Frost

Technical Editor Bio – Mark Baggett

Introduction

TARGET AUDIENCE

ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK

COMPANION WEB SITE

Chapter 1. Introduction

Introduction: A Penetration Test with Python

Setting Up Your Development Environment

The Python Language

Your First Python Programs

Chapter Wrap-Up

References

Chapter 2. Penetration Testing with Python

Introduction: The Morris Worm—Would it Work Today?

Building a Port Scanner

Building an SSH BotNet with Python

Mass Compromise by Bridging FTP and Web

Conficker, Why Trying Hard is Always Good Enough

Writing Your Own Zero-Day Proof of Concept Code

Chapter Wrap Up

References

Chapter 3. Forensic Investigations with Python

Introduction: How Forensics Solved the BTK Murders

Where Have You Been?—Analysis of Wireless Access Points in the Registry

Using Python to Recover Deleted Items in the Recycle Bin

Metadata

Investigating Application Artifacts with Python

Investigating iTunes Mobile Backups with Python

Chapter Wrap-Up

References

Chapter 4. Network Traffic Analysis with Python

Introduction: Operation Aurora and How the Obvious was Missed

Where is that IP Traffic Headed?—A Python Answer

Is Anonymous Really Anonymous? Analyzing LOIC Traffic

How H D Moore Solved the Pentagon’s Dilemma

Storm’s Fast-Flux and Conficker’s Domain-Flux

Kevin Mitnick and TCP Sequence Prediction

Foiling Intrusion Detection Systems with Scapy

Chapter Wrap Up

References

Chapter 5. Wireless Mayhem with Python

Introduction: Wireless (IN)Security and the Iceman

Setting up Your Wireless Attack Environment

The Wall of Sheep—Passively Listening to Wireless Secrets

Where Has Your Laptop Been? Python Answers

Intercepting and Spying on UAVs with Python

Detecting FireSheep

Stalking with Bluetooth and Python

Chapter Wrap Up

References

Chapter 6. Web Recon with Python

Introduction: Social Engineering Today

Using the Mechanize Library to Browse the Internet

Scraping Web Pages with AnonBrowser

Research, Investigate, Discovery

Anonymous Email

Mass Social Engineering

Chapter Wrap-Up

References

Chapter 7. Antivirus Evasion with Python

Introduction: Flame On!

Evading Antivirus Programs

Verifying Evasion

Wrap Up

References

Index