CREDIT: Magictorch
E ver wanted to be a hacker? Of course you did, that’s why you got into Linux. Or maybe it was because Windows is too expensive. Either way, we’re here to teach you some hacker tricks. Hopefully not anything that’ll get you in trouble (that’s up to you), but certainly some techniques you can use right now to test security on your home network or remote servers.
We’ll introduce BackBox, a distro dedicated to penetration testing, security research and hacking. It’s got everything you need (and probably a lot you don’t) to begin your adventures. We’ll start with port scanning – part of the information-gathering phase of any attack – to find out what services are running on your machines. For this we’ll use Nmap (Network Mapper, as featured in the films The Matrix Reloaded and Elysium), an essential part of any hacker’s arsenal. Then we’ll move on to more advanced network reconnaissance – using EtherApe to display network traffic in real time. Not content with that, we’ll look at packet sniffing with Wireshark and then we’ll even have a go at crafting our own remote access trojan with Metasploit. Oh and just for good measure, we’ll use Metasploit again (it’s another essential tool of the trade) to try to attack BackBox itself. We are relentless. And there’s more, too, so grab a brew and get hacking! Just don’t get in any trouble.
And if you do, don’t tell anyone who told you how to do it. Please.