"Linux Essentials for Hackers & Pentesters" is a hands-on tutorial-style book that teaches you the fundamentals of Linux, emphasising ethical hacking and penetration testing. This book employs the Kali Linux distribution to teach readers how to use Linux commands and packages to perform security testing on systems and networks.

Text manipulation, network administration, ownership and permissions, BASH scripting, proxy servers, VPNs, and wireless networks are covered. The book prepares you to perform web application hacking and build your own hacking Linux toolkit by teaching you how to use Linux commands and begin to think like a hacker. Hands-on exercises and practical examples are included in each chapter to reinforce the concepts covered.

This book is a must-have for anyone interested in a career in ethical hacking and penetration testing. Emphasizing ethical hacking practices, you'll learn not only how to hack but also how to do so responsibly and legally. This book will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to make a positive impact in the field of cybersecurity while also acting ethically and professionally. This book will help you hone your skills and become a skilled and ethical Linux hacker, whether you're a beginner or an experienced hacker.

Key Learnings

• Learning linux binaries, complex text patterns, and combining commands
• Modifying and cloning IP addresses, phishing MAC ID, accessing and troubleshooting DNS
• Manipulating ownership and permissions, exploring sensitive files and writing BASH scripts
• Working around disk partitioning, filesystem errors and logical volume management
• Accessing proxy server policies, intercepting server performance and manipulating proxy servers
• Setting up APs, firewalls, VLAN, managing access, WPA encryption, and network analysis using Wireshark

Table of Content

1. Up and Running with Linux Basics
2. How to Manipulate Text?
3. Administering Networks
4. Add and Delete Applications
5. Administering Ownership and Permissions
6. Exploring Shells: BASH, ZSH and FISH
7. Storage Management
8. Working around Proxy Servers
9. Administering VPNs
10. Working on Wireless Networks

Say goodbye to complicated IT tasks and embrace efficient system administration with "PowerShell SysAdmin Crash Course." With hands-on experience and over 50 examples and demonstrations, you will build a strong understanding of PowerShell and gain confidence in its application.

"PowerShell SysAdmin Crash Course" is the ultimate guide for system administrators and PowerShell users. This comprehensive resource teaches you everything to know about PowerShell, from the console and cmdlets to scripting, modules, and more. You will learn essential topics like Active Directory Management, Windows Server, PowerShell Remoting, DSC, SCCM, and administering software updates.

In addition, you will discover advanced techniques such as working with JSON and XML data, parallel processing, multithreading, and creating custom cmdlets and modules. You get to learn how to integrate PowerShell with automation and configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, and Chef, and how to use CI/CD tools like Jenkins. The book also covers integrating PowerShell with Bash and Python scripting and utilizing PowerShell Universal for running automation scripts through a single platform.

• Learn everything about PowerShell, from console to cmdlets to scripting and modules.
• Manage Active Directory, PowerShell Remoting, DSC, SCCM, and software updates.
• Discover advanced techniques like JSON and XML data, parallel processing, and multithreading.
• Create custom cmdlets and modules for automation and configuration management.
• Integrate PowerShell with Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Jenkins, Bash, and Python scripting.
• Use PowerShell Universal to run automation scripts through a single platform.

1. Beginning with PowerShell
2. PowerShell Basics
3. Cmdlets, Aliases, and Functions
4. Up and Running with Scripting Basics
5. Working with PowerShell Modules
6. PowerShell Scripting
7. Windows Management with PowerShell
8. Active Directory Management
9. PowerShell Remoting
10. PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
11. PowerShell and System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
12. PowerShell Security and Best Practices
13. Advanced PowerShell Techniques
14. PowerShell and Automation Frameworks
15. Extending PowerShell and Interoperability
16. Working with PowerShell Universal

This book is ideal for you if you want to build a strong understanding of PowerShell and its application, from the basics to advanced techniques. It is also suitable for you if you want to integrate PowerShell with automation and configuration management tools and other scripting languages.