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There are three types of computer people in this world.
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There are three types of computer people in this world.
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Users, programmers, and hackers.
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The user just wants boring software to make boring spreadsheets to get boring stuff done at work.
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But in their naivety, users often get penetrated by hackers with high levels of riz,
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who employ social engineering to steal personal data,
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intimate photos, and crypto wallets.
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But then you've got programmers.
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They're the unsung heroes who make all the software in the world work,
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but they too get penetrated by hackers.
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If a programmer leaves the back door open to their mainframe,
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it could lead to catastrophic consequences that cost them their job and their employer billions of dollars.
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The lesson to be learned here is that you want to be the one doing the penetrating,
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not some stranger in a foreign country who doesn't even care about your feelings.
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In today's video, you'll learn the fundamentals of ethical hacking
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and pen testing by looking at 10 free and open source tools that you can use right now,
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all of which are available by default on Kali Linux,
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a distro optimized for ethical hacking.
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By the end of this video,
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you'll be a legit wannabe hacker who can take down entire nations,
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but if you like to do bad things,
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you need to turn this video off right now.
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The tools in this video,
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if used non-consensually, it could break many international laws that land you in prison.
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So never do penetration testing on a website or network without permission.
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But now that all the bad guys have clicked off this video,
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let's learn how to use some of the most powerful and dangerous hacking tools.
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To follow along, I would highly recommend installing Kali Linux,
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and the desktop version is awesome.
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Although Microsofties can install it via WSL,
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or if you don't want to use Kali,
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you can just install each one of these hacking tools individually.
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But the best way to get started is to spin up your own virtual private server on Hostinger,
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the sponsor of today's video.
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Their platform gives you the power
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and flexibility to run anything you want without locking you into a complicated and expensive cloud platform.
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You can run a basic Linux server like Arch with powerful hardware like NVMe SSD storage and AMD Epic chips.
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You can easily manage containers with a Docker VPS and their free Docker manager,
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or self-host entire back-ends like Supabase with a single click and zero config nightmares.
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But today, I'm using Hostinger to run Kali Linux,
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and after launching the VPS with just a few clicks,
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I can SSH into it with my password,
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and now our hacking journey begins.
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The first tool you need to know about is Nmap.
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It's like the peeping Tom in your neighborhood who looks through all the windows in your house without actually breaking in.
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On a network, like the one you're connected to right now to watch this video,
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there's likely multiple hosts connected to it,
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like your computer, your PlayStation, and your smart lock.
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And the purpose of Nmap is to map out a network.
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It does this by sending packets over an IP range,
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then analyzes their responses to figure out which ports are open,
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which operating systems they use,
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to help you find backdoors to exploit.
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Like if grandpa misconfigured something on his network,
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you can hack his printer to send him a message.
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To use it, simply use the nmap command,
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followed by an IP address you have access to,
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like your local network, or even a URL that you have permission to penetrate.
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If we do that on a website,
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you'll notice we get the IP address back,
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and it found that ports 80 and 443 were open.
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That's pretty cool, but we can also do a more aggressive scan,
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with the A option.
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This will not only scan the network,
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but also try to detect the operating systems,
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and will use something called tracer route to track the path of the packets across the entire network,
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which can help detect misconfigurations that we can exploit.
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If you're interested in packets though,
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another tool you'll need to know about is Wireshark.
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It's like that guy at a party who tries to eavesdrop on every conversation.
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It allows you to inspect what's happening on the network at a microscopic level.
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You'll want to use the GUI on this one because it collects tons of data from hundreds of different protocols,
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which are all captured in real time and can be analyzed offline.
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For example, if you record the traffic on your network right now
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and notice all this weird traffic going to an IP address in North Korea,
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you can inspect the actual payload and might find out
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that they have access to those photos that were intended for only you and your future ex-wife to see.
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And now you might be radicalized and ready to fight back.
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Metasploit is perhaps the most powerful hacking framework out there.
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It's like a Swiss army knife with an AK-47 attached to it
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that allows even the most unskilled script kitty to launch an attack.
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For example, we might be able to gain access to a Windows machine with a reverse shell,
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thanks to the EternalBlue vulnerability.
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Open up the Metasploit console and search for EternalBlue.
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That should bring up a list of potential Windows targets.
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We know that Grandpa is still on Windows 7,
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so let's go ahead and use that exploit.
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From there, we can set a payload to use a reverse shell,
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and configure the local host to our own IP address.
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And then finally, run the exploit command.
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Congratulations, you just made a successful penetration.
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You can now access all the files on this computer,
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change the desktop background, and install even more malware.
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But Metasploit is almost too powerful,
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and if you use it,
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you'll miss out on a lot of cybersecurity learning opportunities.
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The next tool you need to know about is Aircrack.
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Like the name implies, it's for hacking those magical invisible packets floating around in the air called Wi-Fi.
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When you're at Starbucks enjoying a soy latte coding a Node.js app,
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there could be a guy behind the dumpster using Aircrack who just ran the AirMon command,
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followed by AirDump, to find your network as the perfect target.
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He then proceeded to run AirCrack to crack the Wi-Fi protected access key
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and can now pull all the packets out of thin air floating on this network.
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If you're connected to a regular unencrypted HTTP website,
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your sensitive data could be intercepted.
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That's why you always want to make sure to use HTTPS when submitting forms with personal data,
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because even if a hacker intercepts those packets, they'll be encrypted.
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Luckily, though, the cops just arrested this guy,
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because using aircrack on a network without permission is highly illegal.
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But now, it's time to talk about passwords.
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Normies who watch Hollywood movies think that hackers get access to the mainframe by running some program that cracks their password.
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I could launch a cyber nuke,
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but it'll completely fry his system.
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And believe it or not,
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Hollywood movies about hacking are 100% accurate.
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Kali Linux has multiple password cracking tools,
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like John the Ripper and Hydra,
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but the easiest tool to learn in my opinion is Hashcat.
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First though, it's crucial to understand that nobody in their right mind stores a plain text password in a database.
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Instead, passwords get hashed with a one-way algorithm,
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like SHA or bcrypt, then salt them with another random string to make them even more difficult to crack.
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Now, even if somebody steals the database,
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it's still almost impossible to reverse engineer the hash back to the original password.
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The key word here, though, is almost.
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Let's imagine I found this hash for the president's login credentials to access the Nuclear Armageddon launch button website.
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Hashcat allows us to run a variety of different strategies to figure out the original text value of this hash.
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Like, we could try to brute force every possible string combination,
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but a more common technique is to use a file like rocku.txt,
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which contains over 14 million common passwords.
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Once we have that, we can then use Hashcat and specify a hashing algorithm,
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which in this example is MD5 because it can be cracked in just a few seconds,
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but in real life with a hashing algorithm like bcrypt,
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it might take multiple days to go through the rocky file.
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In any case, it looks like President Camacho used a weak password and forgot to enable 2FA,
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which means it's finally time to kick off Armageddon.
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But you might be wondering how I even found this top secret website.
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Skipfish is a tool for finding vulnerabilities on websites.
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It will recursively crawl an entire website,
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and in the process, scan for vulnerabilities like cross-site scripting,
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SQL injection, and other web application screw-ups.
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It provides this nice HTML report,
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and what's awesome about it is that if you've already hacked a username and password,
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you can provide those credentials to also crawl the deep web beyond what's available to the public.
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Then when you find vulnerabilities,
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you can use tools like cross-site scriptor to install worms,
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just like my hero Sammy did to MySpace back in 2005.
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Now, in order to be a successful cyber criminal,
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you need to think like law enforcement,
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and use their tools like Foremost,
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a forensic data recovery tool built on a process called file carving.
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Imagine you got access to a hard drive in Area 51 somehow,
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but all the data is gone.
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Well, if they did a quick format and didn't overwrite the data,
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it can likely be recovered with Foremost.
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It doesn't even need a file system,
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and will scan the entire disk image byte by byte,
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looking for unique patterns like the bytes at the beginning of a header to identify a JPEG.
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When it finds the corresponding footer,
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it can then reconstruct an image that you were never supposed to see.
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And that's why when you end up with two shots to the back of the head,
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it'll be ruled a suicide.
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At this point, we know how to map networks,
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websites, and hard drives, but the golden goose for any hacker is a database,
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which can be sold form an arrow on the dark web.
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A SQL map allows you to scan a website
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or server to find all the databases and map out their schemas with all the tables and columns.
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Once you have that information,
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you can start launching SQL injection attacks,
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where you submit forms with raw SQL statements in them to try to trick their server into running that code.
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Or better yet, print that code out
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and paste it on the front of your car and blow through a bunch of speed cameras.
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But a more common attack nowadays is denial of service.
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You probably know how to ping a website in Linux,
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but in Kali Linux, you can use HPing3,
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along with the flood option,
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to send packets as fast as possible to an IP address,
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without waiting for replies.
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This can flood a server with traffic and grind it to a halt,
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or cost the developer millions of dollars if they host on a serverless platform.
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When used on one machine,
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it's just a basic DOS attack,
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but if you distribute it across a botnet of all the machines that you've hacked already,
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it then becomes a DDoS attack,
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yet another great way to embark on a magical journey to prison.
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But the sad reality of hacking is that most people are victimized by those they trust.
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Like, I trusted Prince Hyman Cholo to transfer my inheritance after I gave him my checking account password,
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but he took all my money and went to a phish concert.
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The social engineering toolkit in Kali Linux allows you to create
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your own sophisticated phishing attacks using a variety of attack vectors like email,
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QR codes, SMS text messages,
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Arduino IoT devices, and of course websites.
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In fact, the tool can even clone a website,
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which you can then host on your server,
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and when someone finds it and enters their email and password,
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it goes directly to you instead of PayPal.
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But that entire attack was accomplished without writing any JavaScript code.
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And with that, we've looked at 10 dangerously powerful tools for hackers in Kali Linux.
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But we've barely scratched the surface,
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and you'll also want to learn about John the Ripper,
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Nikto, Burp Suite, just to name a few.
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Actually, you know what?
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Forget I ever said anything.
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Nobody should know about any of these tools,
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so go ahead and look into this device real quick.
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I am just a figment of your imagination.
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All right, guys, you just watched a tutorial about Enterprise Oracle Forms with Microsoft Silverlight.
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Make sure to smash that like button and subscribe for more benign and totally not illegal programming content.
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Huge thanks to Hostinger for sponsoring,
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and make sure to check out their platform to get the best deal on your own virtual private server in the industry.
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Thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next one.
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In this lesson, you will practice your English listening and speaking skills using a transcript from a video titled "10 Open Source Tools That Feel Illegal." You will learn to identify key vocabulary related to technology and ethical hacking, while also improving your pronunciation. By engaging with the content, you can enhance your understanding of complex language structures and technical jargon. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn English with YouTube and enrich your vocabulary while exploring an interesting topic.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Penetration testing - The simulation of cyber attacks to assess security.
- Ethical hacking - Hacking performed with permission to improve security.
- Nmap - A network scanning tool used to discover hosts and services.
- Virtual private server (VPS) - A virtual machine sold as a service by an Internet hosting provider.
- Kali Linux - A distribution of Linux specifically designed for penetration testing.
- Social engineering - Manipulating people to gain confidential information.
- Open source tools - Software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance.
- Ports - Virtual endpoints for sending and receiving data over a network.
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